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) 3
Final table(s)20
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 last updated on 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]

In 2021, Foxen was one of the more prominent players who protested the WSOP decision to require players to be vaccinated against COVID-19. [12]

Foxen won his first bracelet at the 2022 WSOP, winning $4,563,700 in the $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em. [13] He claimed his second bracelet in the $500 Pot Limit Omaha - Mystery Bounty 6-Max (2024 WSOP Online) cashing for $20,064. [14] His third bracelet came in the 2024 WSOP Paradise winning the $100,000 + 6,000 High Stakes World Series of Poker Paradise Championship for a prize sum of $3,850,000. [15]

In April 2022, Foxen accused pro Ali Imsirovic of cheating at both live and online poker events. [16]

As of December 2024, Foxen's total live tournament winnings exceeds $42,500,000. [17]

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. [18]

World Series of Poker bracelets

An "O" following a year denotes bracelet(s) won at the World Series of Poker OnlineAn "P" following a year denotes bracelet(s) won during the World Series of Poker Paradise
YearTournamentPrize (US$)
2022 $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em$4,563,700
2024O $500 Pot Limit Omaha - Mystery Bounty 6-Max (Online Bracelet Event #17)$20,064
2024P $100,000 + 6,000 No Limit Hold'em - Triton Main Event (Bracelet Event #7)$3,850,000

In addition to these results Foxen also holds two circuit rings. [19]

Style

Foxen plays an aggressive game - especially when in the chiplead - with his game being dependant on seeing later streets. This can both be utilized with small sized raises or larger raise sizes - while the smaller ones could be used to getting to end streets cheap and while the larger ones could garner a fold from a villain without showdown.

To balance his raise sizes he then includes borderline hands in multiple ranges as for example his three-bet raising range and his four-bet range as evident in the one hand Foxen 3-bet his A♣ 10♥. [20] and just a moment later 4-bet his A♣ 10♣. [21]

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