Akkari won his WSOP bracelet back in 2011, winning Event #43:R$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em forR$675,117. In 2024, he narrowly missed out 🧲 on a second finishing second in Event #52:R$2,500 Nine-Game Mix 6-Handed forR$135,848.

Brazil Home to Online Poker "Elite" says PokerStars Ambassador 🧲 Andre Akkari

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 2024. "After I signed with PokerStars, and the opportunity to be there was ON!