2011 World Series of Poker

Event #58: $10,000 Main Event
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$8,715,638
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$64,531,000
Entries
6,865
Level Info
Level
43
Blinds
1,200,000 / 2,400,000
Ante
300,000

Akkari Short Annnnnnddddd Out

Andre Akkari
Andre Akkari

Bracelet winner and Team PokerStars Pro (Brazil) Andre Akkari is out of the Main Event.

We saw Akkari lose a few hands to Mike Matusow including this one where on a flop of {10-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} Matusow bet out 575 and Akkari raised it up to 1,625. Matusow made the call and the two saw the turn {7-Hearts} both players checked and the river came {7-Clubs} Both players checked again and Matusow announced, "I would've played kings or aces the same way" as he showed down {9-Clubs}{10-Clubs} for top pair. Akkari mucked and was down to just 12,000 at that point.

While we missed the action, we did see him getting up and walking away from the table just a few hands later. Although he made an early Main Event exit, it does not overshadow his excellent series and bracelet win with one of the most exciting rails the WSOP has ever seen.

Player Chips Progress
38,000 -2,000
Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
Busted

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