News / nono / 23 June 2008 / Leave a comment

The 2008 $2,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Hold'em champion is Davidi Kitai. He is a 28-year-old economic analyst from Brussels, Belgium. Kitai was born in Antwerp, Belgium.

Kitai works for a banking institution in Belgium and deals with macroeconomic investment issues.

Kitai becomes the first WSOP gold bracelet ever from the nation of Belgium.

Belgium becomes the ninth nation to produce a gold bracelet winner at this year's WSOP. This list now includes Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Russia, and the United States.

Kitai was cheered on by his father, who sat in the audience. He also had about a dozen or so fans and fellow poker players from the Benalux region in his cheering section.

Kitai won $244,583 for first place. This was also his first WSOP gold bracelet victory.