Elisabeth Hille, representing the Norway pokercommunity, put on an impressive show during the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event. While she has no previous cashes in live tournaments, Hille was in position to become only the second woman to reach the final table in WSOP Main Event history, joining Barbara Enright, who did so in 1995. However, she finished in 11th place for $590,000.

Early on Day 4 of the 2012 WSOP Main Event, Hille found her tournament life at stake in a blind-on-blind battle with American Greg gregy20723 Merson. Fortunately for Hille, her Q-Q held up against Merson’s 10-10 on a 9-6-4-8-5 board to double her chip count to 755,000.

Later on Day 4, Hille wound up winning a key hand against American Frank Maro. With almost 500,000 in chips in the pot, Hille’s Q-10 outlasted Maro’s 5-5 on a 6-Q-J-K-3 board, sending Maro to the rail and catapulting Hille to 1.3 million in chips.

On Day 5, Hille wound up winning over 1.2 million in chips to bring her count to 3.1 million when she found herself all-in pre-flop with A-A against American poker player Jeffrey Finklestein‘s A-K. Finklestein seemed to know his fate after seeing Hille’s hand and the board ran out 10-5-5-9-2.

At the start of Day 6, Hille was the last Norwegian left in the Main Event and was in good position with 3,390,000 chips. She began the day in 18th place out of 97 players remaining.

Hille is perhaps the second most notable Norwegian female poker pro behind Annette Annette_15Obrestad. Obrestad, formerly #1 in the PocketFives Poker Rankings, made a name for herself at a very young age and has accumulated over $2.3 in online tournament winnings.

Oberstad became famous in the live poker world the day before her 19th birthday by winning the inaugural WSOP Europe Main Event for over $2 million, the largest live tournament cash by any female player.