Seth Davies’ $4.75M WSOP Super High Roller Win Extends Astounding 2025

It’s hard to have a better six-week stretch than the one Seth Davies has enjoyed since early May. The spree began with wins in a €100,000 high roller at EPT Monte Carlo and a $50,000 no-limit hold’em Triton title in Montenegro for a combined $2.5 million. Davies then set a career-best with a second-place finish in the $200,000 Triton Invitational in Montenegro for $4.19 million.

That personal record stood for less than one month.

Davies made the strongest statement of his poker career to date by taking down the $250,000 super high roller at the 2025 World Series of Poker, banking $4,752,551, the biggest prize of the 2025 WSOP thus far. The huge score brought his total earnings from the past 12 months to over $19.1 million. Among his other highlights during that period were victories in both the Super High Roller Bowl IX and the Super High Roller Bowl pot-limit Omaha events.

Davies’ first career bracelet came against a 63-entrant field of the strongest high-stakes players in the world. Only the top ten earned a share of the $15,584,625 prize pool.

Over In A Flash

Davies defeated Alex Foxen in one of the fastest and most dramatic heads-up matches in recent WSOP history. After Foxen dispatched Thomas Boivin in third place, it appeared as though Foxen and Davies were set for a potential knock-down, drag-out heads-up battle.

But on the very first hand of the heads-up match, at 400,000-800,000 blinds with a big blind ante of 800,00, fireworks erupted. Foxen opened to 2 million, and Davies three-bet shoved all in for 45 million, over 56 big blinds. Foxen called immediately and tabled A♥ Q♦, which had Davies’ A♦ J♠ in a world of hurt.

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The poker gods were smiling on Davies on this day. The J♥ 10♣ 5♣ completely reversed their fortunes and put Davies on the brink of victory. The 9♣ turn gave Foxen four additional straight outs, and 11 potential winning river cards in total. But the 4♦ gave Davies the pot, and the lion’s share of chips.

On hand two of heads-up play, the tournament ended with an equally incredible runout. Davies limped the button, Foxen shoved for 4.5 million and Davies happily called with pocket aces. Foxen was trailing with K♦ 5♣, but a K♣ 6♥ 2♦ flop brought hope and immediate outs. The 5♥ was one of them, and it gave Foxen two-pair and a chance at starting a comeback in earnest. But that dream was dashed when the 2♣ river paired the board and gave Davies the victory.

A Star-Studded Finale

As you might expect in a $250,000 buy-in tournament, there were no soft spots among the final eight in the WSOP super high roller. There was Ben Tollerene, fresh off of a $6 million Triton Montenegro trip and a third-place finish in the $WSOP $50,000 high roller.

Martin Kabrhel, perpetual lightning rod and victim of one of the sickest bluffs in recent poker history. David Peters, the four-time bracelet winner who executed said bluff. Chris Brewer, the 2023 champion of this event. Bryn Kenney, poker’s all-time leading money winner who extended his grip on that distinction with $1.44 million for fourth place. Boivin, a Belgian pro making a breakout performance on one of poker’s biggest stages.

And, of course, Foxen. The three-time bracelet winner, courtesy of his second-place finish, is now comfortably among the top-10 earners in WSOP history.

Thinning The Field

Kabrhel avoided the indignity of going out first among this final eight when he ran his A♣ K♥ into Kenney’s pocket aces, only for the board to run out an eight-high straight.

“You’re in a hole right now, Martin.”

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Instead, it would be Tollerene making the first exit of this final table. Pocket aces were in high supply on Monday, and Tollerene would have the distinct displeasure of running his kings into Foxen’s aces. An A♣ on the flop was the cherry on top for Foxen, while Tollerene settled for eighth.

Still the short stack, Kabrhel enjoyed a significant pay ladder jump before getting all-in again. This time around, his 8♦ 7♦ was up against Brewer’s A♣ J♠. Both players paired the A♥ 9♥ 8♣ flop, but with no further improvement Kabrhel’s tournament ended in seventh.

The eliminations flowed freely, as Peters was the next to find himself on the chopping block. His K♦ 7♦ was live against Foxen’s A♦ 6♠, but the A♥ Q♣ 7♥ flop didn’t do much to bolster Peters’ chances. The 4♠ turn and 8♣ river officially spelled Peters’ doom in sixth place.

Boivin, who began the final table with the chip lead, maintained that spot as the field was reduced to five. But Foxen was about to make his move to the top, courtesy of yet another bad beat in the career of Brewer.

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On a board of Q♣ 3♣ 3♠ 5♥, Foxen was the aggressor preflop, on the flop and on the turn with pocket nines. Brewer was all too happy to call each time with Q♠J♥.

Everything flipped on its head when the 9♥ landed on the river, though. Foxen put Brewer all in, and after a short consideration Brewer called to see the bad news that Foxen had found the unlikely full house on the end.

Davies Makes His Move

At one point during four-handed play, Boivin and Foxen appeared destined to battle heads-up. Boivin had 42 million, Foxen 10 million, Kenney 7.7 million and Davies just 6.5 million.

Davies picked up a key double through Foxen with pocket eights against A♥ 10♦. Then Davies doubled again, playing a massive pot against Boivin in which Davies’ pocket queens rivered a full house and got paid off by Boivin’s A♠ 7♠ on a 7♥ 4♣ 2♣ 4♠ Q♥ board.

When Davies’ pocket kings held off Kenney’s A♠ Q♥, he suddenly found himself in the chip lead three-handed. Davies quickly jumped out to a big lead, only for Foxen to double his way back into contention with pocket jacks against Davies’ A♥ K♠.

Foxen dispatched Boivin in third place with A♥ 7♦ to Boivin’s K♦ Q♦, as it ran out 10♣ 9♥ 5♦ 5♣ 6♣. And while Foxen had bracelet number four in his sights, that’s simply not how things would play out from there.

Davies Racking Up Accolades

With this $4,752,551 win, Davies’ career earnings surged to $45,473,368, putting the World Poker Tour champion comfortably in the top 20 on poker’s all-time money list. In 2025 alone, he’s earned $12,264,030.

In addition to his first career WSOP bracelet, Davies earned 720 Card Player Player of the Year points.

Davies’ victory was also worth 700 PokerGO Tour points, which put him 19th on the overall PGT season-long leaderboard.

Final Table Results

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