Saturday, April 21, 2012

EPT BERLIN: BRAVE BLUFFS AND COURAGEOUS CALLS - DAVIDI KATIA ENTERS TRIPLE CROWN CLUB

PHOTO: POKERNEWS

Welcome to the Triple Crown Club, Mr. Davidi Kitai. After a Pot Limit Hold'em Bracelet victory at the 2008 WSOP and a 2011 WPT Invitational victory, Kitai has just wrapped won EPT Berlin, becoming the first Belgian poker player to win a EPT event.

Kitai and Canadian Andrew Chen had quite the duel. Both players bluffed and semi-bluffed as as they exchanged the chip lead. But it's a monster call by Kitai that had the twitter world - especially fellow poker pros.


It's a big win for Kitai and a big win for Belgium. Kitai joins Kevin Vandersmissen with recent major tournament victories.

Both Kitai (2012 PTPR Rank: 10th) and Chen (2012 PTPR Rank: 4th) enter the 2012 QuadJacks Poker Player of the Year Top 10 with their Berlin performances. For Chen, it's a return to the Top 10.

Mario Puccini was fourth in the event, Cesar Garcia sixth, Vladimir Geshkenbein was 10th while Anton Wigg finished 14th in Berlin.



FT PAYOUTS (EURO)
Davidi Kitai €712,000
Andrew Chen €613,000
Andre Morath €290,000
Mario Puccini €220,000
Bahadir Kilickeser €172,000
Cesar Garcia €133,000
Marc Wright €97,000
Pratyush Buddiga €72,000

DEFENDING CHAMPION
Ben Wilinofsky (Eliminated)

NEXT TOUR STOP
EPT Grand Final
Casino Monte Carlo, Monaco
April 25-May 1, 2012


PTPR PREMIER EVENT
European Poker Tour Berlin
EPT Berlin NLH Main Event
April 16-21, 2012

Grand Hyatt Berlin | Berlin, Germany
Buy-in: $6,955 | Prizepool: $4,889,435
Entries: 745

PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION
DAVIDI KITAI 132
ANDREW CHEN 82
ANDRE MORATH 52
MARIO PUCCINI 42
BAHADIR KILICKESER 37
CESAR GARCIA 32
MARC WRIGHT 32
PRATYUSH BUDDIGA 17
JORDI RIBA CORRONS 17
VLADIMIR GESHKENBEIN 17
ERIC VUISSOZ 17
TOMAS CIBAK 15
HEINZ KAMUTZKI 15
ANTON WIGG 15
FLORIAN DOHNERT 15
DMITRY GRINENKO 12
DANIEL PIDUN 12
JASPER WETERMANS 12

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