In mid-2012, Davidi Kitai (pictured), a Belgium native who is known on PocketFives as legrouzin, won the European Poker Tour’s Main Event in Berlin for nearly a million bucks. In 2008, it was more of the same. That year, he took third in the EPT Barcelona feature tournament for $649,000. Kitai is a sponsored pro of Winamax, which accepts EU players, and you can sign up for Winamax hereto be eligible for a special April PLB Competitionthe site is running in conjunction with PocketFives. We also track Winamax for our Online Poker Rankings.

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We caught up with Kitai while the pro was camped out in Cyprus. He told us, “I’m on vacation right now and am playing some poker. I will move to London in a few weeks and will be there for six months or a year. London seems to be the safest choice if you are a poker player. Many poker players live there and everything is easy, although it’s expensive.” We can vouch for London being one of the most expensive cities in the world.

Kitai said he loves the food, pubs, and clubs of the English city and is soon gearing up to head west to Las Vegas for the annual World Series of Poker. Kitai won his second WSOP bracelet in 2013 in a $5,000 Pot Limit Hold’em event. His first piece of hardware came six years ago in a $2,000 Pot Limit Hold’em tournament. The two bracelet wins were worth about $500,000 combined.

I won my second WSOP bracelet last year, so it gives me confidence to do it again this year,” Kitai said of his mindset entering the annual Nevada gathering of poker players. “The schedule looks awesome this year, with so many great tournaments. The beginning of this year has been nice, but could have been better. I have been playing more tournaments, so my ROI this year has not been that amazing. I expect to win a tournament and get a big score before the end of the year.”

How did his second bracelet compare to his first? What was different about the victory in 2013 compared to 2008? “It was a completely different feeling in 2013 than in 2008, which was my first big win,” Kitai commented. “I had signed with Winamax a few weeks before, so it gave me confidence and credibility for the future. Five years later, I already have confidence and credibility, so the 2013 win was more like being able to join a small group of players who have won two bracelets.”

We’ve tracked nearly a half-million dollars in winnings for Kitai online. On the live scene, he has $3.6 million in cashes, according to the Hendon Mob, and leads the all-time money list for Belgium. Kitai is #176 on the money list worldwide for tournament poker.

As we mentioned, he is a sponsored pro of Winamax. “It is amazing to have a team with so many talented players,” Kitai said of the crew at Winamax. “It is always nice to be part of a group in an individual sport like poker. We help each other, share hands, and debate details to perfect our games. We have a great manager, Stephan Matheu, who helps us be on top of our game in every tournament. I also have a mental coach, Pier Gautier, who helps control my emotions.”

If you don’t already have a Winamax account and have an EU bank account, you can sign up through the links on PocketFives and make a deposit to get a 100% first-time deposit bonus up to €500 plus one free month of PocketFives Training. You’ll also be able to play in our exclusive April PLB Competitionon Winamax. Click here for PocketFives’ Winamax link. Remember, the site only accepts players with EU bank accounts.

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