Alex Foxen Wins High Stakes Pot-Limit Omaha Poker Tournament

Alex Foxen has surpassed $47.1 million in profession poker event earnings, which is nice for fifteenth place on poker’s all-time cash checklist. The three-time bracelet winner’s newest win on the circuit noticed him greatest a subject of 70 entries in occasion no. 7 on the 2025 PokerGO Tour Pot-Limit Omaha Series.

Foxen secured $315,000 because the champion of this $15,000 buy-in PLO affair. This was his eighth PGT title, and the twenty ninth total recorded victory of his profession.

The 504 Card Player Player of the Year factors that accompanied this triumph had been sufficient to catapult him inside the highest 20 within the 2025 POY rankings offered by Global Poker. This was the primary title and fourth final-table end of the 12 months for the 34-year-old poker professional. With two closing tables and three cashes at this collection, Foxen additionally moved into the lead within the series-long factors race, with 449 complete PGT factors amassed to date.

The robust turnout for this occasion resulted in a $1,050,000 prize pool, with 10 gamers making the cash. Ben Tollerene (tenth), Nick Schulman (ninth), Bryce Yockey (eighth), Arthur Morris (seventh), and Jose ‘Nacho’ Barbero (sixth) hit the rail late on day 1 after the bubble burst contained in the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino Las Vegas.

The closing day started with 5 gamers remaining and Foxen out in entrance. Sean Rafael, contemporary off of a runner-up exhibiting within the earlier occasion, was the primary to fall on the ultimate day of this event. He ran pocket kings into the pocket aces of two-time bracelet winner Jesse Lonis to be left on fumes. He was eradicated shortly after that, incomes $78,750 because the fifth-place finisher.

Six-time bracelet winner Josh Arieh was the quick stack heading into four-handed motion, however he discovered a fast double up with pocket aces towards the pocket kings of Artem Maksimov. He flopped a full home to maneuver right into a digital tie with Lonis for second chip place. Soon after that, he received a large pot off of Foxen to overhaul the outright lead.

Maksimov obtained the final of his stack in on a J32 flop with AQQ3 trailing the A833 of Lonis, who had flopped center set. The flip introduced the 6 to provide Maksimov the nut flush draw, and whereas the J accomplished that draw, it additionally gave Lonis the successful full home. Maksimov walked away with $105,000 because the fourth-place finisher. This was the third-largest stay event rating of his profession.

Game changer! @JesseLonis flops a set to grab the chip lead. Artem Maximoff hits the rail in 4th.

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Lonis edged into the lead after taking down that pot, however there was loads of motion across the leaderboard for all of the remaining three contenders earlier than the following knockout happened. Foxen had doubled up with pocket kings towards the A-J-10-3 double suited of Arieh to grab the chip lead, leaving Arieh because the quick stack within the course of.

Soon after that, Arieh obtained all-in with AOkQ4 dealing with the ten1093 of Lonis after a flop of QJ5. The 10 river improved Arieh to a straight, but it surely additionally gave Lonis a set to go together with his flush draw. The 5 paired the board to provide Lonis tens full for the win, ending Arieh’s run in third place ($141,750). He now has almost $14.1 million in profession scores to his identify.

Lonis took a slight chip lead over Foxen into heads-up play after successful that pot. Foxen received a giant pot early, flopping a wrap straight draw earlier than backing right into a flush. Foxen held roughly a 3:1 chip lead when the ultimate hand of the event was dealt. He limped in from the button with 8843 and Lonis checked his possibility with Q10107. The flop got here down 1052 and Lonis checked his high set. Foxen fired together with his flopped flush and straight attracts and Lonis unleashed a check-raise. Foxen moved all-in and Lonis known as. The flip introduced the A to provide Foxen a flush and the lead. The 9 river modified nothing and Lonis was eradicated because the runner-up, incomes $204,750 for his efforts. He now has almost $15.3 million in lifetime cashes after this newest deep run.

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