2011 World Series of Poker

Event #43: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 3
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
$675,117
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,856,950
Entries
2,857
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
40,000

Poker Vox Pop: Maria Mayrinck on Andre Akkari

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Andre Akkari celebrating with his rail
Andre Akkari celebrating with his rail

Andre Akkari has one of the loudest and most chant-happy rails this World Series has seen ... well maybe they're not as good as the British rails, but they definitely have the numbers to take on any country!

So far PokerStars Team Pros Alexander Gomes and Gualter Salles have been spotted, as well as Team PokerStars Online member Diego ‘vgreen22’ Brunelli and Maria Mayrinck in amongst a sea of yellow and Brazilian flags.

Although Akkari is the table short stack at the moment with around 2,300,000, we decided to grab Maria for today's instalment of our Poker Vox Pop.

Is Andre better at football (or soccer to you Americans) or poker?
Tough one... I'm going to have to say poker because look how fat he is!

Does Andre love football or poker more?
It's a coinflip.

If Brazil were in the World Cup Final and he had a final table to play, would he be late to the final table?
He would come to the final table with an iPad and watch it while playing.

If Andre wins, how crazy are you guys going to go?
Oh my God... We will go absolutely insane. You'll have to call the ambulance! Because if he wins, it will be like Brazil winning the World Cup!

Tags: Andre AkkariMaria Mayrinck