EPT Berlin Won By Davidi Kitai

Davidi Kitai has won the European Poker Tour Berlin, after defeating a field of 745 players to claim the title, and the €712,000 ($941,488) top prize after a deal was struck.
Following his win in the German capital, the Belgium pro becomes only the 5th player to complete a Triple Crown, with his EPT title added to a 2008 victory at the WSOP $2k PLO Event for $244,583, and a WPT win in 2011 at the L.A. Poker Classic for $100,000.
Davidi Kitai now has live tournament earnings of $2,726,325 and commenting on his biggest win to date,  said; “I feel really great, it’s amazing. I never expected to beat this field.”
As the final table at Berlin’s Hyatt Hotel got underway, Davidi Kitai was chip leader on a 5.695m stack, followed by Germany’s Bahadir Kilickeser (4.64m) and Canada’s Andrew Chen (3.6m).
First out was Pratyush Buddiga in 8th ( €72,000), whose four-bet preflop all-in with A-Q was called by Bahadir Kilickeser (A-10), with a 10 then hitting on the turn.
Next, Davidi Kitai eliminated Marc Wright in 7th (€97,000), while 6th (€133,000) spot went to César García, whose A-K faltered against the pocket queens of Mario Puccini.
Bahadir Kilickeser (7-5) on the big blind then re-raised Andrew Chen (K-J) all-in on a J-8-7 flop, who made the call eliminating the German in 5th (€172,000), followed by Mario Puccini in 4th (€220,000) holding J-10 to Kitai’s pocket queens. Subsequently, Chen took out Germany’s last hope André Morath in 3rd (€290,000), thus setting up the heads-up phase of the competition.
After some back and forth, Davidi Kitai pulled ahead of Andrew Chen before the final hand was played when he open-pushed with K-7 into Chen’s A-Q. The K-6-6-3-K board then sealed Chen’s fate who finished the runner-up for €613,000, while Davidi Kitai was crowned the 2012 EPT Berlin Champion.
The final payouts were as follows:
1.Davidi Kitai (Belgium) €712,000
2.Andrew Chen (Canada) €613,000
3.André Morath (Germany) €290,000
4.Mario Puccini (Germany) €220,000
5.Bahadir Kilickeser (Germany) €172,000
6.César García (Spain) €133,000
7.Marc Wright (UK) €97,000
8.Pratyush Buddiga (USA) €72,000