Team PokerStars Pro Profile: Andre Akkari
Andre Akkari is not like many poker pros. He didn't start his career with massive satellite parlay or bankroll built on multi-tabling 20 SNGs at a time. Akkari started with a bankroll of exactly...
View ArticlePokerStars Sunday Tournament Results (6/8/08)
It's a week full of congratulations. First biggest congrats go to Kongsgaard for winning this week's Sunday Million and more than $158,000 (Sunday Million final table wrap-up). We should also...
View Article2008 World Series: The boy from Brazil
Beneath the stage of the $50K HORSE final yesterday was the $2K no limit hold’em event, smaller in stature perhaps but no less significant in terms of there being a bracelet at stake. It featured...
View ArticleWCOOP: Akkari enjoys Barcelona air
Team PokerStars Pro Andre Akkari has been hanging out in Barcelona for the European Poker Tour and playing WCOOP at the same time. This is a road dispatch from the Brazilian bomber himself. By Andre...
View ArticleWSOP 2011: Andre Akkari wins first gold bracelet, $675,117
I have missed few things that I really wanted to see during my career in poker. I've been fortunate enough to be around for most of the great moments, and those that I've missed have been unavoidable....
View ArticlePreparing yourself for Brazil's Carnival!
The LAPT and BPT Grand Finals will soon be upon us and this time we don't just have a poker main event tournament lined-up, but a big poker festival taking place during one of world most exciting...
View ArticleHail Corinthians!
With all the traveling that I do for poker, I don't usually get to take non-poker trips. But I've spent lots of time recently planning for a non-poker trip. My club soccer team, Corinthians, won the...
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