Seat 6: Davidi Kitai, Brussels, Belgium -- 5,695,000
Davidi Kitai is already top of the Belgium all-time money list, having accrued nearly $1.8 million in live tournament winnings. Nearly half of that on those earnings have come from the EPT and Kitai has a chance here today to make it even more.
Despite his casual looks, Davidi Kitai is known as a fearsome player. He has numerous tournament accolades, including a World Series of Poker gold bracelet won in 2008. He conquered the $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em event to etch his name in the WSOP record books and score $244,583. On top of that, this is Kitai’s second EPT final. He came third at EPT Barcelona in Season 5 for €455,000, which is his best live result to date. Kitai also won the World Poker Tour Celebrity Invitational in 2011 for $100,000.
According to his professional profile, Kitai has all the qualities of a good tournament player: "cool, confidence and a touch of madness." As well as tournaments, Kitai is also an online cash game specialist, mainly playing pot-limit Omaha.
Kitai perfected his poker skills during a trip to Los Angeles in 2003. He had ventured to the United States to learn English, but it was Texas Hold’em that he mastered. Kitai goes into the final table as the chip leader with nearly 5.7 million in chips. He's the only play over five million and has over 25% of the chips in play.
Bio courtesy of PokerStars.