Andre ‘acoimbra’ Coimbra Featured in PokerStars Documentary (Video)

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Team PokerStars Online is back with another short documentary, this time featuring Portugal’s first Supernova Elite player, Andre ‘acoimbra’ Coimbra. The Lisbon-based player, who got into poker after winning the Magic: The Gathering world championship in 2009, is now one of the best online SNG and MTT players in the world.

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2013 challenge

Andre is also well known for taking part in some tricky poker challenges, not least of which involved him playing all 100 events of a MicroMillions festival in 2012 that left him seriously sleep-deprived. This year, though, he’s aiming even higher by attempting to turn $100 into $100,000, with all money won going to charity.

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