Alex Foxen Continues High Roller Mastery with Poker Masters Win
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It's beginning to sound like a broken record at this point, but Alex Foxen has done it again with yet another high roller poker tournament win. This one required a huge comeback at the final table.
The former college football athlete conquered Saturday's final table at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas to claim the $10,100 No-Limit Hold'em Poker Masters title for $272,000. He beat a field of 109 entrants for the largest share of the $1,090,000 prize pool in the sixth event of the series. In doing so, he surpassed reigning world champion Michael Mizrachi atop the 2025 PGT leaderboard.
Foxen Wins Again
Six players returned on Saturday for the final table with Martin Zamani out in front by a wide margin. Foxen and Andrew Lichtenberger were still in solid position, however, and both would become factors as the tournament wound down.
Foxen lost a chunk of his stack early, while Lichtenberger, aka "Lucky Chewy," grabbed some chips off Zamani's stack and then built his stack even further at the expense of Bin Weng, who bowed out in sixth place for $55,000.
Poker Masters Event #6 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Foxen | $272,000 |
| 2 | Doug Lee | $180,000 |
| 3 | Martin Zamani | $125,000 |
| 4 | Andrew Lichtenberger | $98,000 |
| 5 | RJ Sullivan | $71,000 |
| 6 | Bin Weng | $55,000 |
Foxen began to make his move when he won a race to double with pocket jacks against RJ Sullivan, who was left with crumbs. Lichtenberger put Sullivan out of his misery in fifth place, a $71,000 cash.
Doug Lee started increasing his stack, taking from Lichtenberger. But Zamani, at that point, was beginning to take over the final table. Foxen, on the other hand, ran into a major setback when he doubled "Lucky Chewy."
That left Foxen with just over 10 big blinds. Lee would double into the lead for the first time at the final table. Zamani then lost even more of his stack when he doubled Foxen after both players were all in preflop with ace-rag only for Foxen to hit a pair to avoid chopping the pot.
The final table action became even more intense and back-and-forth when Zamani doubled through Lichtenberger, which was followed by Foxen doubling through Zamani.
Foxen, shortly after, became the chip leader before Lee sent Lichtenberger home in fourth place ($98,000). Lee held over 60% of all the chips at one point during three-handed play. But Foxen would make his move by busting Zamani with pocket queens against pocket nines. Zamani took home $125,000 for third place.
Lee held less than a 2:1 chip advantage when heads-up play started. Both players would battle for quite some time, right up until a sick final hand occurred.
Foxen raised to preflop with J♣8♠ and received a call from Q♣3♣. The flop came out 8♣6♦3♥, enticing to both players. A continuation bet was made, and Lee called to hit a fortunate Q♥ on the turn. Foxen bet about two-thirds pot this time, again receiving a call before hitting trips on the river. Lee checked and then called an all-in bet only to find out his hand was no good and he'd have to settle for second place and $180,000.
The $272,000 victory brought Foxen's live tournament cashes over $53 million, according to The Hendon Mob. He won his 10th PGT title.
The Poker Masters series runs through Oct. 2. Event #7: $10,100 No-Limit Hold'em also kicked off on Saturday in Las Vegas.
2025 Poker Masters Winners So Far
| Place | Entrants | Prize Pool | Winner | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poker Masters 2025 $1,000,000 Showcase | 239 | $1,195,000 | David Coleman | United States | $270,000 |
| Event #2: $5,100 No-Limit Hold'em | 130 | $650,000 | Mike Zulker | United States | $157,000 |
| Event #3: $10,100 No-Limit Hold'em | 101 | $1,010,000 | Andrew Moreno | United States | $252,000 |
| Event #4: $10,100 No-Limit Hold'em Final Table Payouts | 112 | $1,120,000 | Darren Elias | United States | $280,000 |
| Event #5: $10,100 No-Limit Hold'em | 112 | $1,120,000 | Chino Rheem | United States | $280,000 |
| Event #6: $10,100 No-Limit Hold'em | 109 | $1,090,000 | Alex Foxen | United States | $272,000 |
*Feature image courtesy of PokerGO.
