Kristen Foxen Secures Second PGT Title of 2025 with PokerGO Cup Victory

From A Short Stack to Complete Dominance

If you thought Foxen’s run in the tournament was anything all smooth sailing, you couldn’t be more wrong. The Canadian started the final table as the short stack in a field stacked with talent, including 11-time WSOP bracelet winner Erik Seidel and online crusher Patrick Leonard. On top of that, the event drew 86 entrants, creating a $1,290,000 prize pool, and the final table action didn’t disappoint.

Early on, things weren’t looking great for Foxen. She lost nearly a third of her stack in the opening rounds, but a key double-up against Leonard gave her the lifeline she needed. She moved all in against Leonard A-Q, and the board ran out clean, vaulting her back into contention.

Key Eliminations and Foxen’s Rise to the Top

The first elimination came when Eric Wasserson shoved his short stack, running into Farid Jattin’s A-Kc. The board bricked out, sending Wasserson out in seventh place for $51,600.

Next to fall was David Peters, who got his last chips in with Q-J, only to be dominated by Sergio Aido. The board ran and Peters exited in sixth place for $64,500.

Aido himself was the next casualty. He moved all in with A-4 and found a caller in Foxen. Foxen elimited Aido in fifth place for $90,300.

Then came the biggest shift at the table — Erik Seidel’s elimination in fourth place. Seidel got his chips in preflop with Q Q , only to watch as Jattin called with A J and found an A on the flop. The final board sealed Seidel’s fate, and he exited with $116,100.

With a massive chip lead over Leonard and Jattin, Foxen continued to dictate the pace. Jattin, down to his last big blinds, shoved with K Q , only to run into Foxen’s A Q . The board of A J 9 5 K didn’t help, and Jattin collected $161,250 for third place.

Closing It Out

Foxen entered heads-up play with a commanding 4:1 chip lead. Leonard made an early push with A 9 , but Foxen called with K J . The board came 10 4 4 Q J , giving Foxen a rivered two-pair for the win. Leonard took home $225,750 as the runner-up, while Kristen Foxen celebrated her second title of the year.

PokerGO Cup Event #7 Final Table Results

Kristen Foxen’s 2025 Streak Continues

Don’t get us wrong. This win is more than impressive. However, this isn’t just about one tournament — Foxen has been crushing the PGT (and just about every other tournament) so far in 2025. She kicked off the year with a victory in the $10,100 PokerGO Tour Kickoff Series finale in January, adding $197,625 to her bankroll.

With this latest victory, Kristen Foxen now sits atop the PGT leaderboard with 857 points, surpassing Joey Weissman (730 points) as the early front-runner in the season-long race. If she keeps up this pace, Foxen could be on track for one of the best years of her career.

Still, let’s not pretend that Foxen’s poker talents are limited to the PGT. In 2024, Foxen captured her fifth World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet by winning Event #19: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max in the WSOP Online series. She topped a 172-player field, earning $56,703 and solidifying her place as the most decorated female player in WSOP history. Her incredible record spans both live and online events, a feat few poker professionals — male or female — have achieved. As for us, we’re just waiting to see which poker mountain Foxen chooses to climb next.

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