Alex Foxen has been an elite poker tournament performer over the past decade. In fact, from 2016 through 2025, he had the second-best record of any player on the planet when it comes to Card Player Player of the Year points accumulated. He’s made the top ten in the final POY standings every year from 2018 on, stacking result on top of result as he continues to build one of the best resumés that the game has ever seen.
The 35-year-old professional’s latest major addition saw him defeat a field of 466 entries in the 2026 World Series of Poker $10,000 no-limit hold’em super turbo bounty event for $594,246 and his fourth career gold bracelet.
“I think your career is really about repeated performance and an entire body of work, rather than one event proving something,” Foxen told PokerNews live reporters after closing out the win. “This doesn’t feel, to me, like the one that would do that… but it’s a piece of the body of work, so I’m proud of it.”
The former collegiate football player now has $60,565,402 in career cashes to his name after this victory. He is just the ninth player to ever surpass the $60-million mark, and is now ranked ninth on poker’s all-time money list.
A Couple Of Crushers
In addition to the hardware and the money, Foxen also earned 1,800 POY points with this win. This was his fifth title and 10th final-table finish of 2026. His 6,129 total points and $3.8 million in POY earnings are currently good for second in the overall POY standings presented by CoinPoker. He sits one spot ahead of his wife, Kristen Foxen, who won her sixth bracelet just a week earlier to extend her leads on both the women’s all-time money list and WSOP titles leaderboards.
“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’s latest triumph also came with enough PokerGO Tour points to catapult him into second on that high-stakes-centric leaderboard. Kristen currently ranks fourth on the same list.
This was the third final-table finish of the WSOP for Foxen. He placed fifth in the $600 Deepstack NLH/PLO less than a week before this win, then finished sixth in the $100,000 high roller a few days after that. He has over $1.2 million in earnings across five cashes so far this series.
From Hundreds Of Entrants To One Champion In A Single Day
While most WSOP events last three days and several take a full week to complete, this turbo tournament was finished in a single session. The 466-entry turnout made for a prize pool of $4,333,800, with the top 70 finishers making the money. Play kicked off at noon local time, and by 8:00 PM the bubble burst with the elimination of Nguyen Le.
Plenty of big names ran deep in this event, including Danny Tang (46th), John Juanda (43rd), Josh Arieh (42nd), Elior Sion (29th), Martin Kabrhel (21st), Dario Sammartino (18th), Zachary Grech (17th), Narcis Nedelcu (15th), and Harvey Castro (7th).
Castro hit the rail with $73,933. Two-time bracelet winner Martin Zamani, who had finished fourth in the $10,000 pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better event just a couple of days earlier, scored Castro’s bounty.
Foxen soon came from behind with A♥8♥ besting the A♠J♠ of Sergio Martinez Gonzalez (6th – $99,578) to narrow the field to five. He then cracked the pocket aces of Nazar Buhaiov (5th – $136,737) with 8♣7♣, getting all-in with a pair and straight draw and ending up with eights full.
Foxen fared better with A♠A♦, which held against the A♥K♣ to send Zamani packing in fourth place ($191,357). Not long after that, Cedric Schwaederle committed his last chips with 8♠7♠ against Q♥9♠ for Foxen. The board came down A♠J♣3♥9♦6♣ and Foxen’s pair of nines earned him the pot. Schwaederle cashed for $272,824 as the third-place finisher.
Closing Out The Win
Heads-up began with Foxen well out in front, but the stacks evened out when China’s Yixi Tang made a flush against Foxen’s trip deuces to win a big pot. Tang took the lead not long after that, but Foxen picked off a bluff with third pair to regain momentum and soon had a healthy chip advantage once again.
After falling to just a handful of big blinds, Tang cracked Foxen’s pocket aces with 6-3 to extend the match. He was soon all-in and at risk again, this time with Q♠3♦ against K♣6♠ for Foxen. The flop came down Q♦10♠4♥ to give Tang top pair and the lead. The K♦ turn improved Foxen to a higher pair, though, and left Tang in need of a queen or three on the end. The J♦ rolled off instead, ending Tang’s run in second place ($396,145). This was his largest tournament score yet, topping the $103,000 he earned for a seventh-place showing in a $10,000 Triton One Jeju event this spring.
Alex Foxen takes the lead in the WSOP Player of the Year race!@WAFoxen won Event #44: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em, earning $594,246 + $42,000 in bounties and claiming his fourth career WSOP gold bracelet.
The win also comes in the same week that Kristen Foxen… pic.twitter.com/UlW5jtDRlU
— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) June 15, 2026
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | POY Points | PGT Points |
| 1 | Alex Foxen | $594,246 | 1,800 | 594 |
| 2 | Yixi Tang | $396,145 | 1500 | 396 |
| 3 | Cedric Schwaederle | $272,824 | 1,200 | 273 |
| 4 | Martin Zamani | $191,357 | 900 | 191 |
| 5 | Nazar Buhaiov | $136,737 | 750 | 137 |
| 6 | Sergio Martinez Gonzalez | $99,578 | 600 | 100 |
| 7 | Harvey Castro | $73,933 | 450 | 74 |
| 8 | Jamie Dwan | $55,985 | 300 | 56 |
Photo credit: WSOP / Dominic Iaquinto
