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Davidi Kitai Wins WPT Celebrity Invitational

Belgian WSOP bracelet winner Davidi Kitai won the World Poker Tour Celebrity Invitational at Commerce Casino in Los Angeles Wednesday evening, collecting $100,000 in the process.

The lead in heads-up play switched a couple times between Kitai and fellow Winamax Pro and Internationally-ranked chess master Almira Skripchenko.

Skripchenko surged to the lead, doubling through Kitai wwith a full house, only to see Kitai take the lead again with a nine-high straight against her trip nines.

On the final hand, Kitai open shoved suited Q,3 which was called by Skripchenko's A,2, but Kitai hit two pair to Skripchecko's top pair to take the title.

The $200k freeroll event drew 482 players to Commerce Casino last weekend, including a host of poker pros and Hollywood celebrities.

Stars including Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Lou Diamond Phillips, Don Cheadle, and Shannon Elizabeth were joined by poker pros like Scotty Nguyen, Liv Boeree, Antonio Esfandiari, Barry Greenstein, and Phil Laak to walk the red carpet and play a little cards in the name of charity.

For the second consecutive year, Chrysalis, an organization dedicated to helping economically disadvantaged and homeless people become self-sufficient through employment opportunities, was named the event's official charity partner.

Minnesota lawyer and model Damon Schramm grabbed the chip lead heading into Wednesday's TV final table with chess stars Skripchenko and Dinara Khaziyeva, Heimiller, West Coast regular George Rechnitzer and Kitai joining him there.

Kitai won a WSOP bracelet in 2008 and now has $1,588,333 in career live tournament earnings.

Here's how the final table of the WPT Celebrity Invitational finished up:

1. Davidi Kitai - $100,000

2. Almira Skripchenko - $50,000

3. Dan Heimiller - $20,000

4. George Rechnitzer - $15,000

5. Damon Schramm - $10,000

6. Dinara Khaziyeva - $5,000

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