Former Champion Kitai Eliminated

Samir El Gaddari raised to 2,000 and Davidi Kitai three-bet from the small blind to 4,000. El Gaddari called. The flop came and Kitai bet 2,600 and his opponent called.

The turn was the and Kitai bet 6,700. Again, El Gaddari just called. The river was the and Kitai moved all in for around 30,000. El Gaddari snap-called. Kitai showed for ace-high and El Gaddari held for a wheel and doubled up for 20,850.

This left Kitai with 8,000 in chips and that went in the next hand and got called by El Gaddari and Karim Bouzham. The flop came and Bouzham moved all in. El Gaddari open-folded and Bouzham showed . He had Kitai in a bind, with the Belgian holding , and there was no help on the runout and he was eliminated.