Akkari Crippled, Then Tripled, Then Resigned to the Rail

Andre Akkari: (XXX) / {7-Hearts} {2-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} {k-Clubs}
Opponent: {3-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} / {4-Clubs} {5-Clubs} {a-Spades} {9-Hearts}

We caught up with the action right at the tail end of the hand. Akkari's opponent dwelled up for a while before betting. Akkari dwelled up for a while before calling, and then mucked immediately to his opponent's two pair.

So reduced to just 500 chips, and with 100 of that going in as the ante, Akkari called all in to completion and a call in front of him. As the two other players in the hand continued to fight it out, Akkari sat quietly, peering at his down cards from time to time. Eventually all betting was complete and all three turned their cards face up - and Akkari's pair of nines was good enough to take the main pot to more than triple up.

"You're a brave man," one of the other players in the hand told him, eyeing up Akkari's hand:

{j-Clubs} {6-} {9-} / {7-Hearts} {9-Spades} {k-Clubs} {3-Diamonds}