Kristen Foxen won the U.S. Poker Open $10,000 event, securing her fifth PGT title.

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冠軍反應
決賽日戰況

高額桌頂尖好手、五屆 GPI 年度最佳女性玩家 Kristen Foxen，在擊敗 66 人次的參賽陣容後，為她本就輝煌的生涯再添一座冠軍。她在賽事 #4：$10,000 無限注德州撲克中，贏得了個人第五座 PGT 冠軍。

Foxen 擊敗了包括 Michael Rossitto、Brock Wilson、Sam Soverel 與 Jeremy Ausmus 在內的堅強決賽桌陣容。她在單挑中戰勝 Ausmus，抱走 $198,000 冠軍獎金，而 Ausmus 則在本系列賽中第二次獲得亞軍。

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冠軍反應

「我超級開心，」Foxen 賽後告訴 PokerNews。「這簡直是我遇過最輕鬆的決賽桌了，讓我鬆了一口氣，因為最近幾次決賽桌都沒有這麼順利。這次又輕鬆又有趣。」

Foxen 也憑藉這場勝利獲得 198 點 PGT 排行榜積分，使她在美國撲克公開賽排行榜上暫居第四名。Foxen 談到排行榜帶給她的額外動力——系列賽總冠軍將可獲得 $25,000 的 PGT 參賽資格與金鷹獎盃。

「那隻老鷹真的滿漂亮的。我在來的路上就想過，贏得這場比賽的好處不只是冠軍本身，還有我能獲得排行榜積分，這對我在這個系列賽、甚至全年的系列賽都有幫助。我確實把積分當作今天的動力。」

身為過去幾年在高額豪客賽中表現最穩定的選手之一，Foxen 將她的成功歸因於在牌桌上的適應能力。

「我可能說得不對，但我認為我的優勢在於能夠偏離常規，而有些人可能做不到。有時候這會導致我做壞的跟注或壞的棄牌，但這就是我喜歡的撲克風格。」

決賽日戰況

Ausmus 在當天開賽時握有接近半數的籌碼，而 Rossitto 則是極度短碼，僅有 7 個大盲注。儘管 Rossitto 在早期對上 Wilson 時成功雙倍，但逆轉未果，他成為當天第一個出局的選手——他在翻牌前以 A9 同花全押，不料 Soverel 以 K10 在翻牌圈組成了「Broadway」順子。Soverel 隨後將 Wilson 淘汰在第四名，縮小了與 Ausmus 之間的差距，而 Foxen 則遠遠落後在第三位。

Foxen 在三人大戰期間的轉折點，來自於她以 10-8 在翻牌圈組成兩頭順聽牌，而 Ausmus 則以 A-K 持有頂對。Foxen 在翻牌圈對她的聽牌進行了過牌加注，並在轉牌圈完成順子後獲得了最大價值，在河牌圈從 Ausmus 身上成功雙倍，取得籌碼領先，而 Ausmus 則從籌碼領先者變成了短碼。

Ausmus 很快發起反擊，他成功抓到了 Soverel 的詐唬，收回了大部分失去的籌碼。Soverel 隨後剩下不到一個大盲注，緊接著便遭到淘汰，留下 Foxen 與 Ausmus 進入單挑，Foxen 握有微小的籌碼優勢。兩人籌碼都相當深，Ausmus 的有效籌碼略高於 70 個大盲注。

「這場單挑很有趣，」Foxen 談到。「很棒，因為我們的起始碼比平常深了一點。通常在這裡打到單挑時，有效碼大概只有 30 個大盲注。我們打了幾手滿有趣的牌。他做了一個很有趣的翻牌圈過牌加注、轉牌圈再過牌加注的動作。很好玩，幸好牌都站在我這邊。」

單挑時間雖然短暫，但充滿了精彩動作。Ausmus 在其中一手牌初期就施展了雙重過牌加注：他在翻牌圈以卡順聽牌過牌加注，並在轉牌圈又多了同花聽牌後再度過牌加注。Foxen 正確地以第二對在轉牌圈跟注，但 Ausmus 在河牌圈完成了同花，讓兩人籌碼回到接近平手。

比賽的最後一手牌，Foxen 以 6 在翻牌圈組成三條，對上 Ausmus 的 9 口袋超對。雙方在河牌圈全押，Ausmus 被迫在本系列賽中第二次屈居亞軍。

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