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.