Alex Foxen

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Alex Foxen
Alex Foxen 2019.jpg
Foxen in 2019
Residence Huntington, New York
Born (1991-02-01) February 1, 1991 (age 33)
Cold Spring Harbor, New York, U.S.
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s) 1
Final table(s)7
Money finish(es)66
Highest ITM
Main Event finish		40th, 2019
World Poker Tour
Title(s)2
Final table(s)3
Money finish(es)18
European Poker Tour
Money finish(es)5
Information accurate as of 26 June 2022.

William Alex Foxen (born February 1, 1991) is an American professional poker player from Huntington, New York.

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Foxen played tight end for the Boston College Eagles. [1] In 2012, at the age of 21, he won the first World Series of Poker circuit event he entered in New Orleans. [2] Foxen, however, declared that he did not start playing poker seriously until the age of 23, when he graduated from university.

At this time, he played online for a couple of years before making a transition to live poker in 2016, starting with small tournaments of $200 to $500 buy-ins. [3]

Foxen's first WSOP final table came in 2017. In December of that year, he finished second in the Five Diamond World Poker Classic on the World Poker Tour, earning more than $1,134,000. [4]

In 2018, Foxen earned more than $6.6 million and won high roller events on the WPT and Asia Pacific Poker Tour, as well as finishing runner-up in the Party Poker Millions event in Nottingham, England for $947,000 and the Super High Roller Bowl for $2,160,000, his largest career cash. [5] [6] He earned Player of the Year honors from Global Poker Index and was ranked No. 1 for 38 consecutive weeks from October 2018 to June 2019, a GPI record. [7] [8] At the 2019 WSOP, he finished 40th in the Main Event. [9]

Foxen made the final table of the Five Diamond World Poker Classic for the second time in three years in December 2019. He won the tournament, defeating Toby Joyce heads-up and earning nearly $1.7 million for his first WPT title. [10] The win moved him atop the GPI's POY race for the second straight year. [11]

Foxen won his first bracelet at the 2022 WSOP, winning $4,563,700 in the $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em. [12]

In April 2022, Foxen accused pro Ali Imsirovic of cheating at both live and online poker events. [13]

Personal life

Alex Foxen is married to fellow professional poker player Kristen Bicknell. In June 2018, he defeated her heads-up to win the Mid-Stakes Poker Tour Venetian event. [14] During the 2021 WSOP, Foxen stirred up controversy by questioning the COVID vaccine requirements of the Rio casino. [15]

World Series of Poker bracelets

YearTournamentPrize (US$)
2022 $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em$4,563,700

Style

Foxen plays a loose game - especially when in the chiplead - with his game being dependant on seeing later streets. This is accompanied by a high percentage of turn and river bluffs.[ citation needed ]

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  2. ↑ Dalla, Nolan (May 16, 2012). "OUTFOXED! ALEX FOXEN WINS FIRST GOLD RING". WSOP.com. Archived from the original on December 24, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
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