Winamax Poker Open Trophy Stays in Ireland Following Tom Kitt’s Win

Matthew Pitt Senior Editor

Sep 30, 2014 3 min read Last updated Jan 08, 2016

Tom Kitt: 2014 Winamax Poker Open winner

Ireland was awash with French poker players over the weekend weekend as the Winamax Poker Open rolled into Dublin for the latest instalment of its €550 buy-in Main Event.

A grand total of 994 players bought into the event during the two starting flights, and they were all outlasted by Ireland’s Tom Kitt who defeated Alexis Coming heads-up to scoop the €75,000 first place prize.

2014 Winamax Poker Open Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Tom Kitt	Ireland	€75,000
2	Alexis Coming	France	€51,000
3	Pierre Tassin	France	€37,000
4	Adrien Delmas	France	€28,569
5	Jonathan Rozema	Netherlands	€22,500
6	Sebastian Leclercq	France	€17,000

The six-handed final table got underway on Sunday night with Kitt being Ireland’s only representative, bringing up the rear sixth in chips. A poker pro by trade, but also a keen musician, Kitt didn’t put a foot wrong as he danced his way past a quartet of French players and one Dutchman on his way to a superb victory.

While Kitt was going quietly about his business, rank amateur Alexis Coming was busy making a name for himself. Coming eliminated fellow Frenchman Sebastian Leclercq in a battle of the blinds before making a loose call of an all-in bet with A♠K♦ versus A♦9♦ of Jonathan Rozema on a 5♥7♦3♦ flop, only to hold to crippled his Dutch opponent. Rozema busted on the very next hand.

Kitt gave his stack and his guaranteed prize money a boost when Adrien Delmas moved all-in from the small blind with A♥4♠ and he looked him up with the dominating A♣7♣. Kitt made a flush by the river of the K♣J♣Q♠6♦3♣ board to leave the tournament with only three players in the hunt for the €75,000 first place prize.

Those three became two when Kitt’s A♥7♣ held against the K♠10♣ of Pierre Tassin, with the chips going in preflop.

The well-supported Irishman went into heads-up trailing Coming by 6.2 million to 14 million chips and lost some early ground before finding a double-up to claw his way back into contention. Kitt check-raised all-in with 8♦7♥ on a 8♣7♦6♥ flop and received another loose call from Coming who held A♠J♣. Kitt filled up on the turn to bridge the gap between him and his sole opponent.

As the clocks turned to 4:00 a.m. the contest came to a conclusion, and again it was a check-raise on the flop from Kitt that sealed the deal.

Kitt checked to Coming on a 9♠8♠6♥ flop, Coming tested the waters with a continuation-bet before calling the all-in check-raise of Kitt. Coming flipped over 10♦8♣ and Kitt the A♠6♠. The A♥ on the turn all but locked up the hand for Kitt as it left Coming drawing razor thin, and when the river came the K♥ Kitt had won all of the chips in play and ensured the Winamax Poker Open trophy would be staying on the soil of its adopted home country.