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$\"Kristen$ Kristen Foxen won the $25,000 High Roller event at the 2026 WSOP, completing an astonishing record of four million-dollar prizes and 23 final table appearances within nine months. She is already one of the world's top poker players.<\/em><\/span><\/p>

When Kristen Foxen won the 2026 WSOP $25,000 High Roller event on Sunday, it marked her first outright victory in a major ultra-high-stakes event. This also put an exclamation mark on one of the longest and most sustained periods of peak tournament poker activity in recent memory.<\/span><\/p>

Since her 13th place finish in the 2024 WSOP Main Event, where she earned 1TP 4T 600,000, this six-time WSOP bracelet winner has reached the final table so frequently that the organizers could practically reserve a seat for her. During that period, few could come close to her record. And with this year's WSOP only two weeks in, there's absolutely no sign of her slowing down.<\/span><\/p>

Four seven-figure prizes, 23 final table appearances, and nearly $11 million in winnings\u2014almost all won against the world\u2019s top players in the toughest tournaments.<\/span><\/p>

Currently ranked GPI Female Player of the Year and leading the Women's Lifetime Money List, she is not only the best female poker player in the world, but also one of the best poker players in the world. It's that simple.<\/span><\/p>

And these numbers may be even more astonishing than you imagine...<\/span><\/p>

Four times in nine months, winning over a million dollars in prize money.
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In just over nine months, Foxen recorded four tournament wins exceeding $1 million, all from the most challenging and highest buy-in events in the poker calendar.<\/span><\/p>
Three of her achievements came from the Triton Super High Roller Series, where she finished third, fourth, and second. Ultimately, she converted these deep high roller hauls into an outright victory in Sunday's WSOP $25,000 High Roller (8-max).<\/span><\/p>
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Tournament<\/span><\/th> Ranking<\/span><\/th> bonus<\/span><\/th> date<\/span><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
WSOP $25,000 High Roller 8-Max<\/span><\/td> 1st place<\/span><\/td> $1,773,083<\/span><\/td> June 2026<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Triton Jeju $100,000 Main Event<\/span><\/td> 4th place<\/span><\/td> $1,449,000<\/span><\/td> March 2026<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Triton Jeju II $125,000 7-person table<\/span><\/td> 3rd place<\/span><\/td> $1,104,000<\/span><\/td> September 2025<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Triton Montenegro $50,000 8-person table<\/span><\/td> 2nd place<\/span><\/td> $1,039,000<\/span><\/td> May 2026<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>
Final table machine
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Over the past two years, this Canadian player has become a "final table machine" in a sense. Since July 2024, she has reached the final table 23 times, finishing in the top three 12 of those appearances.<\/span><\/p>
Even more impressive is the percentage of these prize records that translate into deep runner-up finishes. In the past 12 months alone, Foxen has reached the final table 13 times out of 36 recorded live prizes, including 9 final tables so far in 2026.<\/span><\/p>
In 23 final tables since July 2024, she has turned five of them into victories and finished in the top three 12 times, highlighting her high frequency of appearances at the very top of poker's most prestigious events.<\/span><\/p>
Sweeping Triton
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Of course, it\u2019s almost impossible to talk about high roller tournaments these days without mentioning Triton, and Foxen\u2019s performance on that tour accounts for a large part of her recent hot streak.<\/span><\/p>
Since her deep run in the WSOP Main Event, she has accumulated $5,987,000 in winnings in Triton events alone, with 16 money runs, including 7 top-nine finishes. Three of these runs exceeded $1 million, and in her last six Triton events during this period, she has cashed in at least twice in each event.<\/span><\/p>
She carried the momentum from the Montenegro event\u2014a fourth place, a runner-up, and a 16th place\u2014directly into this year's WSOP Summer Series.<\/span><\/p>
A crazy 2026 (and more?)
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No amount of emphasis can overstate how incredible Foxen's 2026 has been so far. This calendar year alone, she has 13 winnings, accumulating $5,709,182, averaging a staggering $438,000 per win.<\/span><\/p>
For comparison, Kristen Foxen's 2026 year-to-date performance alone would place her within the top 500 of all poker players of all time, making her the sixth most successful female player in history. She already boasts two wins and nine final table appearances, and her career live casino winnings are rapidly approaching $19 million, currently placing her 80th on the all-time poker money list.<\/span><\/p>
However, this was not surprising to those who had been following the story. Her husband, Alex Foxen, also a top player, put it best to PokerNews before her latest victory: "It's amazing how common this has become... (Kristen) knows how to do it."<\/span><\/p>
Foxen echoed this confidence after her victory, telling PokerNews, "It feels like I belong here, it's what I'm meant to do. I'm so lucky to have found poker and to be able to do this." After 24 months of performance, absolutely no one would disagree.<\/span><\/p>
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Texas Hold'em Hand Rankings and Showdown Rules (Beginner\u2019s Essentials)<\/a>
Texas Hold'em Betting teaching: Check \/ Bet \/ Call \/Raise and Betting Strategy Analysis<\/a>
The importance of Texas Hold'em position? Why is the back position more advantageous?<\/a>
How to play Texas Hold'em? Novices learn Texas Hold'em rules, processes and betting teaching in 10 minutes<\/a>
Texas Hold'em Starting Hands Strategy Guide: Which Hands to Play?<\/a>
Texas Holdem Starting Hands Chart Tutorial: Complete Starting Hand Chart and Position Strategy<\/a>
How to play Texas Hold'em? Complete rules and a hand's flow (Preflop \/ Flop \/ Turn \/ River)<\/a><\/p>
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Andrew Robl's stunning fold in the latest episode of High Stakes Poker has reignited the poker community's debate about the "best high-stakes fold of all time." This article compares two classic second-best folds by Robl and Doug Polk, analyzing which one is more impressive.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":17877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[325],"tags":[1022,991,3657,1226,3655,413,3656,2411,710,1014,2263,3658,1193,3588,1057],"class_list":["post-17871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-325","tag-2026-wsop","tag-alex-foxen","tag-gpi-","tag-kristen-foxen","tag-triton-","tag-wsop","tag-3656","tag-2411","tag-710","tag-1014","tag-2263","tag-3658","tag-1193","tag-3588","tag-1057"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17871"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17896,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17871\/revisions\/17896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

Tournament<\/span><\/th>	Ranking<\/span><\/th>	bonus<\/span><\/th>	date<\/span><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
WSOP $25,000 High Roller 8-Max<\/span><\/td>	1st place<\/span><\/td>	$1,773,083<\/span><\/td>	June 2026<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Triton Jeju $100,000 Main Event<\/span><\/td>	4th place<\/span><\/td>	$1,449,000<\/span><\/td>	March 2026<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Triton Jeju II $125,000 7-person table<\/span><\/td>	3rd place<\/span><\/td>	$1,104,000<\/span><\/td>	September 2025<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Triton Montenegro $50,000 8-person table<\/span><\/td>	2nd place<\/span><\/td>	$1,039,000<\/span><\/td>	May 2026<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div> Final table machine $\"\"$ <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3> Over the past two years, this Canadian player has become a "final table machine" in a sense. Since July 2024, she has reached the final table 23 times, finishing in the top three 12 of those appearances.<\/span><\/p> Even more impressive is the percentage of these prize records that translate into deep runner-up finishes. In the past 12 months alone, Foxen has reached the final table 13 times out of 36 recorded live prizes, including 9 final tables so far in 2026.<\/span><\/p> In 23 final tables since July 2024, she has turned five of them into victories and finished in the top three 12 times, highlighting her high frequency of appearances at the very top of poker's most prestigious events.<\/span><\/p> Sweeping Triton $\"\"$ <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3> Of course, it\u2019s almost impossible to talk about high roller tournaments these days without mentioning Triton, and Foxen\u2019s performance on that tour accounts for a large part of her recent hot streak.<\/span><\/p> Since her deep run in the WSOP Main Event, she has accumulated $5,987,000 in winnings in Triton events alone, with 16 money runs, including 7 top-nine finishes. Three of these runs exceeded $1 million, and in her last six Triton events during this period, she has cashed in at least twice in each event.<\/span><\/p> She carried the momentum from the Montenegro event\u2014a fourth place, a runner-up, and a 16th place\u2014directly into this year's WSOP Summer Series.<\/span><\/p> A crazy 2026 (and more?) $\"\"$ <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3> No amount of emphasis can overstate how incredible Foxen's 2026 has been so far. This calendar year alone, she has 13 winnings, accumulating $5,709,182, averaging a staggering $438,000 per win.<\/span><\/p> For comparison, Kristen Foxen's 2026 year-to-date performance alone would place her within the top 500 of all poker players of all time, making her the sixth most successful female player in history. She already boasts two wins and nine final table appearances, and her career live casino winnings are rapidly approaching $19 million, currently placing her 80th on the all-time poker money list.<\/span><\/p> However, this was not surprising to those who had been following the story. Her husband, Alex Foxen, also a top player, put it best to PokerNews before her latest victory: "It's amazing how common this has become... (Kristen) knows how to do it."<\/span><\/p> Foxen echoed this confidence after her victory, telling PokerNews, "It feels like I belong here, it's what I'm meant to do. I'm so lucky to have found poker and to be able to do this." After 24 months of performance, absolutely no one would disagree.<\/span><\/p> Want to change Texas Holdem from \"can understand\" to \"can win\"?<\/h3> If you want to learn more about Texas Hold'em, you can continue reading\uff1a<\/span><\/p> The Origins of Texas Hold'em: Why is it the World's Most Popular Poker Variant?<\/a> Texas Hold'em Hand Rankings and Showdown Rules (Beginner\u2019s Essentials)<\/a> Texas Hold'em Betting teaching: Check \/ Bet \/ Call \/Raise and Betting Strategy Analysis<\/a> The importance of Texas Hold'em position? Why is the back position more advantageous?<\/a> How to play Texas Hold'em? Novices learn Texas Hold'em rules, processes and betting teaching in 10 minutes<\/a> Texas Hold'em Starting Hands Strategy Guide: Which Hands to Play?<\/a> Texas Holdem Starting Hands Chart Tutorial: Complete Starting Hand Chart and Position Strategy<\/a> How to play Texas Hold'em? Complete rules and a hand's flow (Preflop \/ Flop \/ Turn \/ River)<\/a><\/p> Hunter Poker offers comprehensive tutorials, hand analysis, and strategy sharing to help players upgrade from simply "reading the cards" to understanding the range<\/strong> . This allows you to make better decisions in every hand.<\/em><\/p> \u25b6\ufe0f In\u00a0Facebook<\/strong> Follow Hunter Poker.<\/a><\/span> \ud83d\udcd8 In\u00a0Youtube<\/strong> Follow Hunter Poker.<\/a><\/span><\/p> Want to learn more about Texas Hold'em gameplay and strategies?<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h3> <\/b>Online Texas Hold'em free tournaments typically have no entry fee, making them ideal for beginners to familiarize themselves with the rules and for advanced players to test strategies and gain experience. View full brand profiles to learn about each platform's free tournament schedule, features, and target audience.<\/span> <\/span><\/p> <\/p> Go to learn more<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Andrew Robl's stunning fold in the latest episode of High Stakes Poker has reignited the poker community's debate about the "best high-stakes fold of all time." This article compares two classic second-best folds by Robl and Doug Polk, analyzing which one is more impressive.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":17877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[325],"tags":[1022,991,3657,1226,3655,413,3656,2411,710,1014,2263,3658,1193,3588,1057],"class_list":["post-17871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-325","tag-2026-wsop","tag-alex-foxen","tag-gpi-","tag-kristen-foxen","tag-triton-","tag-wsop","tag-3656","tag-2411","tag-710","tag-1014","tag-2263","tag-3658","tag-1193","tag-3588","tag-1057"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17871"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17896,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17871\/revisions\/17896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}