Alex Botez loved large success as a Canadian youngster chess prodigy, and lately, she’s thrived alongside her sister on the planet of on-line streaming. Her ventures into the poker world lately have introduced a number of notable outcomes, however her newest deep run was the 31-year-old’s most profitable event efficiency.
Over the weekend, Botez gained ClubWPT Gold’s Poker Champs occasion, taking down the eight-player heads-up shootout with a $500,000 prize pool to earn $250,000, the biggest recorded rating of her event profession.
In her opening-round victory on Sept. 24, Botez defeated Eric “Erobb221” Lamont Robbins Jr., locking up a minimum of $50,000.
Chess Pro Alex Botez takes down streamer Erobb221 for 50K 😳@alexandrabotez strikes on to play within the subsequent spherical of Poker Champs tomorrow🏆 pic.twitter.com/yenymsLFPY
— ClubWPT Gold (@ClubWPTGold) September 25, 2026
Two days later, Botez was two heads-up matches away from victory. First, she battled “PaymoneyWubby” within the semifinals of the event. Botez opened up a lead of greater than 2:1 because the match went on. As the blinds climbed up, all the pieces got here to a head in a rush. Botez opened for a min-raise on the button with Ok♥3♠. Wubby clicked it backed for one extra huge blind, and Botez known as. The flop was Ok♦10♠4♥, Wubby wager three huge blinds, and Botez known as.
On the 10♥ flip, Wubby dedicated himself, betting 9 huge blinds and leaving himself 4 huge blinds behind. Botez went into the tank, activating her 60-second timebank, ultimately shoving. Wubby known as, tabling two pink queens, and the 2♦ river sealed the victory for Botez.
Path To Victory
With $125,000 locked up, Botez awaited her opponent within the finals. That match would in the end be in opposition to Thomas Chance Morris, higher often called “Sodapoppin”.
The second Alex Botez gained 250K in Poker Champs pic.twitter.com/wCuQe62AXt
— ClubWPT Gold (@ClubWPTGold) September 27, 2026
In the primary match of the best-of-three finale, Botez turned the nuts with a jack-high straight and caught Morris bluffing with king-high.
Botez opened up a lead as soon as once more within the second match. On the tournament-clinching hand, Botez known as Morris’ all-in wager with pocket tens on an A♦A♠2♠ board, and she or he as soon as once more caught Morris bluffing with king excessive. The 6♦ flip and J♣ river modified nothing, and Botez locked up the victory.
Alex Botez on the WSOP
Prior to this heads-up event victory, Botez had a number of notable poker event outcomes to her identify. She made the cash within the 2023 World Series of Poker principal occasion, ending in 1,040th place.
Botez made runs in two main occasions at WSOP Paradise in 2024, ending sixtieth in a $10,000 occasion and 187th within the $25,000 WSOP Super Main Event for a complete of $89,490. She additionally claimed a trophy in a 2023 aspect occasion on the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, successful a $550 freezeout for $10,815.
Beyond tournaments, Botez gained $456,900 in a well-known version of Hustler Casino Live again in 2022, which featured Phil Hellmuth, Tom Dwan, Alan Keating, Mr. Beast, and Tyler ‘Ninja’ Blevins.
In chess, Botez has the title of Woman FIDE grasp. Along along with her sister, Andrea, Alex rose to prominence within the streaming world round 2020. What began as primarily chess-based content material expanded to a wide range of different content material streams, with a YouTube channel that just lately surpassed 2 million subscribers, and a Twitch with 1.3 million followers.
Screenshot by way of BotezLive Twitch stream.
