It has been an exciting couple of weeks for Brazilian poker pro Andre Akkari, highlighted, of course, by his fifth-place finish out of 1,682 in the PokerStars Championship Barcelona Main Event.
The Team PokerStars Pro earned €317,960 for that showing, his second-largest career score behind the $675,117 he earned in 2011 for winning his first World Series of Poker bracelet in a $1,500 no-limit hold'em event. The finish in Barcelona carried Akkari over the $2 million mark in lifetime tournament earnings.
Meanwhile Akkari has also found himself near the top of a few other lists recently — the ones tracking sales of new mobile apps.