Alex Foxen just keeps putting up numbers on the live tournament circuit. The 34-year-old poker pro has finished inside the top 20 in the final Card Player Player of the Year standings for eight straight years, with the seven most recent finishes all being inside the top 10.
He’s on track to extend that incredible run even further in 2025, as he currently sits in third place in the POY standings presented by CoinPoker, having won four titles and made 17 POY-qualified final tables this year. His 8,483 points trail only Jesse Lonis (1st – 9,249) and Punnat Punsri (2nd – 8,604).
Foxen’s latest triumph saw him defeat a field of 109 entries in event no. 6 at the Poker Masters. He secured $272,000 as the champion of the $10,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em affair, growing his overall earnings to $55.2 million.
This victory also came with 272 PokerGO Tour points. With 18 qualifying cashes and 2,404 points, Foxen now sits at the very top of the PGT leaderboard.
Thinning The Field
The final day began with six remaining. Martin Zamani was out in front, with Foxen in the middle of the pack when cards got in the air.
Two-time World Poker Tour champion Bin Weng was the first to fall. He was down to about 16 big blinds when he defended with 9♣7♣ facing a button raise to 125,000 by Doug Lee with K♥8♣. The flop came down 10♠9♦8♦ and Weng checked his middle pair and open-ended straight draw. Lee checked and the 5♥ prompted Weng to fire 200,000 (four big blinds). Lee moved all-in and Weng called the remaining 620,000 in his stack. The 8♠ rolled off on the end, giving Lee trip eights and the pot. Weng earned $55,000 as the sixth-place finisher.
.@BinWeng88 gets his money in good…
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RJ Sullivan took a fatal blow to his stack when his A♠Q♣ lost a huge preflop coin flip against the J♦J♣ of Foxen. A ten-high runout kept Foxen’s pocket pair best, sending the pot worth 65 big blinds his way. Sullivan was left with just shy of six big blinds, which went in on the following deal. His K-8 ran into pocket aces for bracelet winner Andrew Lichtenberger, who flopped aces full of jacks. Sullivan got his last blind and a half in after making jacks and eights on the turn. The river was a mere formality, though, as Sullivan was drawing dead. He earned $71,000 as the fifth-place finisher, the second-largest score so far for the Florida resident.
A Pair Of Bracelet Winners Bow Out
Lichtenberger was ultimately the next to be eliminated. He ran K♥J♥ into the J♠J♦ of Lee, who had min-raised from the cutoff. Lichtenberger shoved for just shy of 16 big blinds on Lee’s left. The 8♥4♥3♦ flop gave Lichtenberger a flush draw to go with his live overcard, but the 9♦ turn and 2♣ river kept Lee ahead. Lichtenberger took home $98,000 and 98 PGT points for his efforts, climbing to eighth in the season-long points race in the process. This was his 14th cash in a qualifying tournament so far. The bracelet winner based out of Las Vegas now has nearly $24.5 million in career cashes.
Zamani had overtaken the lead during three-handed play, but fell to the bottom of the leaderboard when his 9♠8♠ lost a big all-in against the A♥K♠ of Lee. The two-time bracelet winner soon got all-in with 9♠9♥ trailing the Q♥Q♣ of Foxen. The A♥K♣5♠2♥5♥ runout was no help for Zamani, and he headed to the payout desk to collect $125,000.
Some big hands during three-handed play at today’s final table!
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Zamani grew his lifetime haul to $7.9 million with this third-place showing.
Back-And-Forth Battle
Heads-up play began with Lee holding 8,450,000 to the 5,175,000 of Foxen. Foxen found an early double with A-7 over A-3 to edge into the lead. Foxen was able to pull ahead by more than 2:1 during this stretch, but Lee found a double of his own with K-7 besting A-J to narrow the gap considerably. Soon after that, Lee bombed a river with middle set of sevens and got looked up by a rivered pair of deuces for Foxen. With that, Lee had surged into his own lead of nearly 2:1.
Foxen got all-in again with K♦9♣ facing the A♣3♣ of Lee and doubled on a king-high runout. The next key hand began with Lee limping from the button with 5♦2♦. Foxen checked with A♣3♣ and the flop came down J♣J♦10♦. Foxen check-called 200,000 and the 10♥ paired the board on the turn. It checked through and the 2♥ completed the board. Foxen checked and Lee fired 850,000 with his busted flush draw. Foxen called with queen high and the two pair on board and won the hefty pot to take the lead.
The final deal of the tournament sent J♣8♠ to Foxen. He raised to 350,000 on the button and Lee called with Q♣3♣ in the big blind. The flop came down 8♣6♦3♥ and Foxen fired 650,000 with his top pair. Lee called with bottom pair and the Q♥ hit the turn to give him queens up. He checked and Foxen bet 1,500,000. Lee called and the 8♥ river gave Foxen trip eights. He checked and Foxen moved all-in. Lee called fairly quickly and was shown the winner. He settled for $180,000 as the runner-up. This was the third-largest score yet for Lee. The Canadian grew his career earnings to $2.5 million with this strong showing.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | POY Points | PGT Points |
| 1 | Alex Foxen | $272,000 | 600 | 272 |
| 2 | Doug Lee | $180,000 | 500 | 180 |
| 3 | Martin Zamani | $125,000 | 400 | 125 |
| 4 | Andrew Lichtenberger | $98,000 | 300 | 98 |
| 5 | RJ Sullivan | $71,000 | 250 | 71 |
| 6 | Bin Weng | $55,000 | 200 | 55 |
Photo credit: PokerGO Tour / Antonio Abrego.
