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2009-06-12 07:58:14
WSOP Event #26: Akkari on the limit

>Life's come a long way for Team PokerStars Pro Andre Akkari. Not so many years ago he pitched up in Vegas with nothing more than a few bucks in his pocket and a head full of dreams. Now he's back as one of Brazil's best known players, and having the time of his life as he ploughs his way through the ...

2009-05-30 08:07:28
>WSOP Event #3: When four cards are quieter than two

>While all the roller-coaster no limit excitement bounces off the Amazon Room's walls, there's a quieter bunch of players crafting away in one corner. This is the $1,500 Omaha Hi/Low 8 or Better crowd who, with only a few exceptions, tend to go about their business in a more controlled fashion. When ...

2008-09-12 01:37:18
>EPT Barcelona: End of the road for Akkari

>What was all that about the possibility of going from a massive amount of chips down to nothing? That's exactly what happened to former chip leader Brice Cournut from France, who started with 130,000 but was on the rail within an hour after a series of drastic hands that would leave lesser men ...

2008-04-12 08:37:51
>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 nothing. At first, he was a struggling businessman in Brazil. His time was short and his bank account was ...

2007-07-08 02:30:00
>2007 World Series: Vamoooooo Brazil!

>Editor's note: You may or may not know, we have a wild and crazy Brazilian PokerStars blogger here named Maria. She's been trailing the Brazilians around with a fervor that only caffeine and poker passion can produce. Since she writes in her native Portuguese (and I can't understand 95% of it), I've ...

2007-07-04 11:00:00
>Andre Akkari joins Team PokerStars

>PokerStars announced today that Brazilian Player Andre Akkari is joining the elite Team PokerStars. Anyone who watched poker in Brazil has likely seen Akkari as a poker commentator for ESPN Brazil. Now, Akkari is in Las Vegas flying the flags of both his native Brazil and his home poker site, ...

Andre Akkari is one of Brazil’s finest poker talents, and here at his official website is where you can get all of his latest news, as he travels the world playing in the biggest and best tournaments. Get the lowdown on Andre’s latest poker activities and find out which tours and events he’s playing. It’s a great way to keep up-to-date with all of the events on his calendar, and also get updates on his live poker tournament performances. 

He’s a key member of Team PokerStars Pro, and one of the highest-earning Brazilian poker players of all time. Team PokerStars Pro is PokerStars roster of professional players that includes world champions, as well as and up and coming stars from all over the globe. You can find them at the world’s top events, including the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT), North American Poker Tour (NAPT) and European Poker Tour (EPT), as well as playing online every day at PokerStars, the world’s largest poker site.