Andre Akkari

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Biography

Andre Akkari is a Brazilian poker player, WSOP bracelet winner and PokerStars Ambassador. He is also the CEO and founder of FURIA, a Brazilian eSports organization.

Akkari won his WSOP bracelet back in 2011, winning Event #43: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em for $675,117. In 2022, he narrowly missed out on a second finishing second in Event #52: $2,500 Nine-Game Mix 6-Handed for $135,848.

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Akkari's Career

Akkari started to play poker professionally in 2006, and first cashed at the World Series of Poker in 2008, one year after signing as a PokerStars Ambassador. He says that his first year at the WSOP was "incredible."

"I spent two years watching every show, collecting every news article about WSOP, tracking all the champions, I was crazy about it," he told PokerNews in 2020. "After I signed with PokerStars, and the opportunity to be there was ON!

"When I first got into the Rio, it was like I knew everything already! It was like I was at Disneyland in that moment. It was incredible for me!"

The largest cash of Akkari's career is of course his WSOP bracelet win, but he has numerous cashes on the European Poker Tour and in the PokerStars Championship. In 2017, he finished fifth in the PokerStars Championship Barcelona Main Event for $373,767. Six years later, the Brazilian again finished fifth in the EPT Barcelona Main Event, this time for $424,611.

PokerNews Covered Events

Event	Place	Prize
2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona €5,300 EPT Main Event	5^th	€393,300
2023 World Series of Poker Event #91: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.	16^th	$7,305
2023 World Series of Poker Event #72: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty	20^th	$29,725
2023 World Series of Poker Event #35: $10,000 Secret Bounty	10^th	$45,301
2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10,300 PCA Main Event	61^st	$25,600
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona €10,300 EPT High Roller	17^th	€50,740
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona €2,200 Estrellas Poker Tour High Roller	9^th	€57,490
2022 World Series of Poker Event #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event World Championship	689^th	$21,000
2022 World Series of Poker Event #84: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.	11^th	$11,664
2022 World Series of Poker Event #67: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout	40^th	$13,730
2022 World Series of Poker Event #52: $2,500 Nine Game Mix 6-Handed	2^nd	$135,848
2022 World Series of Poker Event #34: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em	120^th	$3,486
2021 World Series of Poker Event #67: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event World Championship	348^th	$33,900
2021 World Series of Poker Event #23: $1,500 Eight Game Mix 6-Handed	60^th	$2,641
2021 World Series of Poker Event #14: $1,500 Seven Card Stud	27^th	$2,687
2019 World Series of Poker Event #62: $10,000 Razz Championship	6^th	$51,911
2019 World Series of Poker Event #26: $2,620 No-Limit Hold'em Marathon	143^rd	$4,051
2019 World Series of Poker Event #20: $1,500 Seven Card Stud	38^th	$2,437
2019 World Series of Poker Event #14: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.	26^th	$4,997
2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em	3^rd	€184,520
2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10,300 PCA Main Event	24^th	$44,060
2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona €2,200 EPT National High Roller	92^nd	€6,280
2018 World Series of Poker Event #58: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed	28^th	$16,958
2018 World Series of Poker Event #34: $1,000 DOUBLE STACK No-Limit Hold'em	425^th	$2,251
2018 World Series of Poker Event #24: $2,620 THE MARATHON No-Limit Hold'em	163^rd	$4,435
2018 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo©Casino EPT Main Event	15^th	€35,500
2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona Main Event	5^th	€317,960
2017 World Series of Poker Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship	409^th	$31,170
2017 World Series of Poker Event #58: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	127^th	$2,811
2017 World Series of Poker Event #55: $1,500 Seven Card Stud	16^th	$3,682
2017 World Series of Poker Event #44: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.	57^th	$4,523
2017 World Series of Poker Event #20: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER	971^st	$2,357
2017 World Series of Poker Event #3: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em SHOOTOUT	23^rd	$6,407
2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Barcelona €5,300 Main Event	32^nd	€27,400
2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final €10,600 Main Event	23^rd	€40,050
2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $25,000 High Roller	16^th	$79,400
2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event	113^th	$17,800
2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Barcelona €5,300 Main Event	134^th	€10,300
2013 World Series of Poker Event #27: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em (Mixed Max)	47^th	$6,475
2013 World Series of Poker Event #23: $2,500 Seven-Card Stud	17^th	$4,701
2012 World Series of Poker Event 35: $2,500 Mixed Hold'em	15^th	$10,219
2011 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona Main Event	61^st	€14,000
2011 World Series of Poker Event #43: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em	1^st	$675,117
2011 World Series of Poker Event #17: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.	45^th	$4,771
2011 Latin American Poker Tour Peru Main Event	43^rd	$3,870
2010 PokerStars.net LAPT Rosario Main Event	38^th	$6,470
2010 World Series of Poker Event #16: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed	104^th	$3,636
2009 World Series of Poker Europe £10,000 WSOPE Main Event	27^th	£25,918
2009 World Series of Poker Event 32 - $2,000 No Limit Hold'em	65^th	$6,309
2009 World Series of Poker Event 3 - $1,500 Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-better	48^th	$4,925
2009 L.A. Poker Classic $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship	29^th	$38,085
2008 World Series of Poker Event 52 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em	249^th	$2,756
2008 World Series of Poker Event 12 - $1,500 Limit Hold'em	69^th	$3,243

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