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Alex Foxen Adds to Legacy with Fourth WSOP Bracelet
Alex Foxen has added yet another chapter in his illustrious poker career after he displayed a dominant performance in Event #44: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty to take home a first-place prize of $594,246 after outsprinting a field of 466 entries at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
Foxen is in the top tier of the poker world's premier names, and for good reason. Tonight’s first-place prize is a mere drop in his career earnings and doesn’t even rank in his top 15 single-event cashes of his career. For Foxen, this title is just another entry in the mosaic of his poker legacy that continues to grow with each title.
Event 44: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Foxen | United States | $594,246 |
| 2 | Yixi Tang | China | $396,145 |
| 3 | Cedric Schwaederle | France | $272,824 |
| 4 | Martin Zamani | United States | $191,357 |
| 5 | Nazar Buhaiov | Ukraine | $136,737 |
| 6 | Sergio Martinez Gonzalez | Spain | $99,578 |
| 7 | Harvey Castro | United States | $73,933 |
| 8 | Jamie Dwan | United Kingdom | $55,985 |
“I think your career is really about repeated performance and an entire body of work, rather than one event,” said Foxen to PokerNews after his title-winning run. “Proving something. This doesn’t feel like to me as much the one that would do that, but it’s a piece of the body of work, so I’m proud of it.”
Foxen did share that although it was just another day at the office in so many ways, there was a piece of sentimentality in winning this event just one week after his wife, Kristen Foxen, took down the $25,000 High Roller event.
“It feels great. Super fortunate for how we started out this summer,” said Foxen. “It’s definitely extra special to have it happen at the WSOP in the wake of Krissy having a big win.”
Foxen was unflappable despite the rapid super-turbo structure, as he exerted his usual palpable presence at the poker table. It appeared he was destined for a cake walk to a title, but he hit a snag when his heads-up opponent, Yixi Tang, proved a game competitor.
Foxen went into his heads-up match with all the chips, as it appeared he was destined for a swift finish to his fourth bracelet, but Tang battled back.
Tang would pull close when his flush bested Foxen’s trip deuces. Foxen would then lose the chip lead when he fired three barrels with a missed straight draw and was called by Tang.
It was at this time that Foxen displayed what makes him a world-class player and a perennial top-ten player in the Global Poker Index. He remained undeterred and began to chip away at Tang, even after relinquishing the chip lead.
Foxen shared that he remained focused on the technical aspects of poker to avoid being emotionally compromised at such a critical juncture of the match.
“There’s definitely a little bit of frustration when that happens, but it’s still just look at the stacks, the big blinds, the position, and take it from there,” Foxen said. “Just see it one hand at a time. For me, that’s the best way to remove any kind of emotional aspect from it.”
His steady approach paid off. He regained his footing and began to get a stranglehold on the match. This culminated when Foxen and Tang got the chips in preflop, with Foxen holding a slight edge with his king-high. Tang paired his queen on the flop, but the turn saved the day when Foxen paired his king. A blank river was the final card of the tournament as Foxen earned his fourth WSOP title.
When it was all said and done, Foxen stood above the rest, adding his seventh cash of this summer and his fourth WSOP bracelet to his resume.
Foxen Streamrolls Final Table
Foxen’s ascension began when he scored a double elimination of Daniel Swartz and Jovan Kenjic when he hit a king on the flop to outpace both his opponents’ pocket pairs.
Foxen would go on a heater at the final table, starting with Adrien Delmas when Foxen hit trip queens to overcome Delmas’ big slick to knock him out in ninth place.
Jamie Dwanwould fall to Sergio Martinez Gonzalez in eighth place. Harvey Castrowas eliminated by Martin Zamani in seventh place.
After an interlude, Foxen would take center stage when he managed to hit a flush to sink Sergio Martinez Gonzalez.
Foxen would add another person to his victim count when he sent Nazar Buhaiov to the rail when Foxen hit a full house on the river to crack Buhaiov’s aces as Foxen began to take control of the final table.
The Foxen show would continue; this time, it was at the expense of Zamani. Foxen opened on the button before Zamani went all-in. Zamani found out the bad news as his ace-king was no match for Foxen’s pocket aces.
Foxen then went on to eliminate Cedric Schwaederle as Foxen paired his nine on the turn and faded the straight draw as he sent Schwaederle packing in third place.
The final elimination of the night saw Tang move all-in for around six big blinds with queen-three, and Foxen call with king-six. Tang spiked a queen on the flop, but Foxen paired his king on the turn. The river bricked, Tang fell in second place, and Foxen became a four-time WSOP bracelet winner.
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