Kristen Foxen Captures Sixth WSOP Bracelet In Largest Win Of Her Career

Kristen Foxen already sat atop the women’s all-time money list and the leaderboard for the most World Series of Poker bracelets won by a female player. Now, with the largest win of her career, the 39-year-old Canadian poker pro is lapping the field.

On Sunday, June 7, she took down the 2026 WSOP $25,000 no-limit hold’em eight-max event for her sixth WSOP bracelet and a new top payday of $1,773,083. She now has twice as many bracelets as any other woman in the game, with Vanessa Selbst, Barbara Enright, and Nani Dollison tied for second with three each. Her $20,729,755 in lifetime earnings on the circuit also gives her roughly a $9.8 million lead over Selbst, who is also ranked second on the women’s money list with over $10.9 million in cashes.

This score topped the $1,449,000 Foxen earned for a fourth-place finish in a $100,000 buy-in at Triton Jeju this spring to become her new largest payout. She now has four seven-figure cashes, having also placed third in a $125,000 Triton Jeju event last fall and second in a $50,000 Triton Montenegro event this spring for $1,039,000.

Foxen’s First Live Bracelet Win In A Decade

“Honestly, it’s so surreal… I was thinking, ‘When was the last time I won a bracelet in person?’ And I don’t think I’ve won one in real life since we’ve been together,” Foxen told WSOP’s Jeff Platt, gesturing to her husband and fellow poker pro Alex Foxen, a three-time bracelet winner in his own right.

“It really means a lot, especially as a $25,000 [buy-in]. This was a tough field, a tough final table,” she continued. Foxen was then presented with her latest piece of WSOP hardware by her husband, who was on the rail to witness the triumph.

Foxen first broke through at the series in 2013, winning the ladies championship for her debut bracelet. Three years later, she took down her first open event with a win in a $1,500 bounty tournament. Her next three bracelets all came online. She took down a $2,500 six-max event in 2020, an $888 crazy eights event in 2023, and a $1,000 six-max in 2024. All six of her WSOP titles have come in no-limit hold’em tournaments.

Kristen Foxen has done it again!

After four grueling days against one of the toughest fields of the summer, Foxen outlasted 345 entries in the $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em, defeating Galen Hall heads-up to win her sixth WSOP gold bracelet and $1,773,083.

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Rankings Points Galore

In addition to the hardware and the title, Foxen also earned 1,680 Card Player Player of the Year points for the win. This was her second title and eighth final-table finish of 2026. With 5,017 total points and more than $5.2 million in to-date POY earnings, she now sits in second place in the overall POY standings presented by CoinPoker.

This victory also came with 750 PokerGO Tour points. Foxen has cashed seven times in PGT-qualified events. Her previous win this year saw her take down a $10,000 event at the U.S. Poker Open for $198,000.

With 1,258 total PGT points, Foxen now sits just 13 points behind current season-long race leader Brock Wilson on the high-stakes-centric tour’s leaderboard.

Last Day Kicks Off With Hall Leading The Final Half-Dozen

The top 52 finishers earned a share of the $5,804,500 prize pool in this event, with big names aplenty among the list of those who cashed. Stephen Chidwick (28th), Brock Wilson (27th), Samuel Mullur (26th), Aliaksei Boika (23rd), ‘Turbo’ Nguyen (22nd), Philip Sternheimer (19th), Nick Schulman (18th), Shannon Shorr (17th), Eric Wasserson (15th), Brian Rast (14th), Jesse Lonis (13th), Thomas Muehloecker (10th), and Barak Wisbrod (9th) were some of the many notables who ran deep.

Bracelet winner and PokerStars Caribbean Adventure champion Galen Hall came into the final day of this high-stakes affair with the lead, with Foxen in second chip position when cards got in the air.

Zdenek Zizka was the first to fall under the bright lights of the mothership stage inside Paris Las Vegas. The Czech bracelet winner earned $300,942 as the sixth-place finisher. Zizka’s A♥10♥ lost out against the A♠2♣ of Hall after the chips went in on a Q♠10♠4♠ flop. The longtime backgammon star called off his last 10 or so big blinds with middle pair leading his opponent’s flush draw, but the 6♠ spades left him drawing dead. Zizka now has over $3 million in recorded poker scores to his name.

A classic preflop race spelled the end of Ignacio Moron Chavero’s run in this event. He jammed from the small blind with A♠10♦ and Foxen called the 18-blind shove from the big blind with 8♠8♣. The board came down J♦9♣3♠2♣J♠ and the pocket pair held up to send Moron Chavero packing in fifth place. The $413,389 payout was the largest yet for the Spanish player.

Cutting The Field In Half

The next knockout of the day was also thanks to a battle of the blinds. Bracelet winner Joey Weissman was down to his last 12 big blinds when he looked down at K♥8♣ in the small blind. He moved all-in and received a call from Ding Biao, who barely had him covered. Ding held K♠Q♥. The board came down J♠10♦4♥9♥3♣ and Weissman settled for $577,326 as the fourth-place finisher. This was the second-largest score of his tournament career, trailing only the $694,609 that came with his bracelet win in a 2012 WSOP $2,500 no-limit hold’em event.

Ding’s momentum was soon halted when he lost a healthy pot with two pair against the straight of Hall. Ding bet his rivered tens up on the end and called Hall’s raise to fall back down to around 12 big blinds. He had a good chance to double up with a pair of aces and an eight kicker leading the same pair and seven kicker of Hall with one card to come. The river put a pair of deuces on board, giving both players aces up with a queen kicker for a chop.

Ding eventually got his last 10 big blinds in with K♥7♠ from the small blind. Foxen called with A♥8♦ from the big blind and the two saw a flop of K♦J♦2♦. While Ding flopped top pair, he had to fade diamonds and aces with two cards to come. The 9♣ turn was safe for him, but the 3♦ on the end ended his tournament in third place ($819,504).  The three-time Triton Poker winner surpassed $22.6 million in earnings thanks to this score.

A Swingy Heads-Up Clash

With that, Foxen took a slight lead into heads-up play with Hall. The first big clash went Hall’s way, as the river gave him the nut flush while also improving Foxen to kings up. She called a smaller value bet on the end to send the hefty pot Hall’s way.

Foxen bounced back when her K♣J♠ outflopped the pocket threes of Hall. She regained the advantage there and began to pull away before Hall won a few pots to stabilize. He then surged back into the top spot when he took down a sizable pot on a 8♥8♦3♣J♥7♦ board with 8♣2♥. His river value bet went uncalled, but with plenty of action before that, the pot was still sufficient to put him back in front.

The tables turned yet again when a straight-over-straight cooler earned Foxen a full double-up. Hall raised to 1,400,000 from the button with 10♣7♠ and Foxen called the 800,000 more with Q♠10♥ from the big blind. The J♥8♣3♥ flop gave both players gutshot straight draws hinging on a nine. Foxen checked and Hall fired 3,000,000 with his lower straight draw. She called and the 9♥ rolled off on the turn to fill both gutshots. Foxen bet 3,400,000 and Hall called. The river brought the 4♣ and Foxen moved all-in for 10,650,000. Hall called and fell below 23 big blinds.

On the very next hand, Foxen picked up A♥A♦ on the button and limped for 600,000 total. Hall jammed with A♣4♦ and Foxen snap-called. The K♦9♣8♦5♥2♣ runout changed nothing and Hall was eliminated in second place, earning $1,182,050 for the second-largest payday of his career.

Final Table Results

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