Davidi Kitai

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Davidi Kitai
Davidi Kitai (2018)
Davidi Kitai (2018)
  Personal information  
Date of birth September 28, 1979
place of birth BelgiumBelgium Antwerp
Nickname
KitbulWinamax
place of residence BelgiumBelgium Brussels
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 00.$ 930,816
Total prize money $ 10,150,182
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 3
Cashes 36
Best main event 223rd ( 2017 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
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Cashes 4th
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 15th
  Main Event of the PokerStars Championship  
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Cashes 3
  Main Event of party poker Live  
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Cashes 1
Last updated: July 27, 2020

Davidi Jacob Kitai (born September 28, 1979 in Antwerp ) is a professional Belgian poker player . He is a three-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker and won the Main Event of the World Poker Tour and the Main Event of the European Poker Tour once . He is one of nine poker players who have completed the so-called Triple Crown .

Personal

Kitai lives in Brussels . He has been married since September 2017 and had a daughter in August 2018.

Poker career

Career

Kitai started playing prestigious live tournaments in 2006. He is sponsored by the online poker platform Winamax , where he plays under the nickname Kitbul .

In July 2007 , Kitai was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and reached the money ranks in the main event . A year later he won at the 2008 WSOP tournament of the variant Pot Limit Hold'em and first Belgian player, a bracelet . Kitai secured his biggest prize money to date in September 2008 with third place at the main event of the European Poker Tour (EPT) in Barcelona , which brought him 455,000 euros . In February 2011, he won the Celebrity Invitational of the World Poker Tour (WPT) in Los Angeles and received a prize of 100,000 US dollars . At the EPT Berlin Main Event , Kitai secured the title in mid-April 2012 and won the main prize of 712,000 euros. With his victory, he became the fifth player to win tournament titles in all three major tournament series WSOP, WPT and EPT. This feat is known as the Triple Crown and has now been achieved by nine poker players. Kitai secured his second bracelet at the 2013 WSOP and won a tournament with a prize money of around $ 225,000. At the beginning of May 2014, he came third at the EPT High Roller in Monte-Carlo for prize money of 526,400 euros. Kitai won another event at the World Series of Poker in June 2014 and secured his third bracelet and over $ 500,000 by winning a tournament in No Limit Hold'em . In early November 2015, Kitai played at the Asia Championship of Poker in Macau and reached the final table in two tournaments for prize money equivalent to more than $ 500,000. At the World Series of Poker Europe played out in Berlin at the end of October 2015 , Kitai took second place behind Jonathan Duhamel at the high roller event for almost 350,000 euros in prize money. At the 2016 WSOP , Kitai finished runner-up in the Six Handed No Limit Hold'em World Championship for over $ 400,000. In April 2018 he won a € 25k Super High Roller from the partypoker Millions in Barcelona with a prize money of € 700,000 and reached the final table of the main event just a few days later . Kitai finished seventh there for a further 325,000 euros in prize money.

Overall, Kitai has earned more than 10 million US dollars with poker in live tournaments , making him the most successful Belgian poker player . From April to November 2016 he played as part of the Paris Aviators in the Global Poker League , but missed the playoffs with his team.

Bracelet overview

Kitai at the 2008 WSOP

Kitai cashed 36 times at the WSOP and won three bracelets :

year Buy-in (in $ ) competition Attendees Prize money (in $)
2008 2000 Pot-Limit Hold'em 605 244,583
2013 5000 Pot-Limit Hold'em 195 224,560
2014 3000 No-Limit Hold'em Six Handed 810 508,640

Prize money overview

year Prize money (in $ ) Tournament victories
2006 00.042,612 1
2007 00.097,548 -
2008 01,041,356 1
2009 00.209,536 -
2010 00.089.114 -
2011 00.283.226 1
2012 01,161,004 2
2013 00.547.686 2
2014 02,358,784 2
2015 00.913.960 1
2016 00.921.017 -
2017 00.429.997 -
2018 01,650,589 2
2019 00.397.115 -
2020 00.00.6646 -
total 10.150.182 12

Web links

Commons : Davidi Kitai  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Davidi Kitai on hold-em-poker.eu, accessed on September 8, 2015 (French).
  2. ↑ Davidi Kitai in the database of the Global Poker Index, accessed on February 29, 2016 (English).
  3. ↑ Post on Instagram from February 10, 2018, accessed on February 16, 2018.
  4. ↑ a b Davidi Kitai in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on September 8, 2015 (English).
  5. ↑ Davidi Kitai on winamax.fr, accessed on December 3, 2019.
  6. ↑ 38th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2007 ($ 10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed September 8, 2015.
  7. ↑ 39th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2008 ($ 2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on September 8, 2015.
  8. ↑ EPT - 5 - Barcelona (€ 8,000 + 250 No Limit Hold'em - EPT Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on September 8, 2015 (English).
  9. ↑ 2011 LA Poker Classic (WPT Celebrity Invitational) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed September 8, 2015.
  10. ↑ EPT - 8 - Berlin (€ 5,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on September 8, 2015 (English).
  11. ↑ 44th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2013 ($ 5,000 Pot Limit Hold'em (Event # 19)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on September 8, 2015.
  12. ↑ EPT - 10 - FPS - 4 - Grand Final (€ 25,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller 8 Max) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 9, 2018 (English).
  13. ↑ 45th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2014 ($ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed (Event # 15)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on September 8, 2015.
  14. ↑ APPT 2014 Asia Championship of Poker (HK $ 500,000 Super High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 9, 2018.
  15. ↑ APPT 2014 Asia Championship of Poker (HK $ 250,000 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 9, 2018.
  16. ↑ 2015 World Series of Poker (WSOPE) - Europe (€ 25,600 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller # 10) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 9, 2018 (English).
  17. ↑ 47th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2016 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship (Event # 39)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 9, 2018.
  18. ↑ partypoker Millions Grand Final Barcelona (€ 25,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em - € 25k Super High Roller # 3) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 9, 2018 (English).
  19. ↑ partypoker Millions Grand Final Barcelona (€ 10,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event # 7) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 16, 2018 (English).
  20. ↑ Belgium All Time Money List in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed September 8, 2015.
  21. ↑ Paris Aviators on the Global Poker League website, accessed May 13, 2016.
  22. ↑ Davidi Kitai in the World Series of Poker database, accessed January 30, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Kitai, Davidi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kitai, Davidi Jacob (full name); Kitbul (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian poker player
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Antwerp , Belgium