Kristin Foxen wins the PokerGO Tour Kickoff Series Finale

Kristen Foxen has clinched her first Poker Championship title of 2024 after winning the final PokerGO Tour kicks off series. The four times World Series of Poker The bracelet winner bested a field of 50 entries in the $10,500 No Limit Hold’em event, defeating Poker Hall of Fame player Daniel Negreanu in heads-up to take home the trophy and the $165,000 jackpot.

Foxen increased her career tournament earnings to $7,872,216 with the win. She remains second on the list of highest-earning women of all time, trailing only ($10,899,027).

This was the twelfth recorded title of Foxen’s career, and her second win in Bgt It happened. Her first came in a $25,000 event in 2019 Poker masters festival. This $408,000 win remains the biggest score of her career.

In addition to the title and money, Foxen also earned a lot of ranking points as champion. 300 Card player Her Player of the Year points for second place at the series final table were enough to move her to 13th place in 2024. Boy Race standings provided by World poker. It also rose to second place in Bgt Rankings for the entire season, with a total of 429 points and $214,275 in qualifying earnings.

The fifth and final event of Bgt Starting The series ran from January 15 to 16 on Bookergo The studio is inside ARIA Resort and casino in Las Vegas. The $500,000 prize pool was eventually paid out among the top eight winners World Poker Tour Champion and bracelet winner Dylan Linde (eighth) and two-time bracelet winner Eric Baldwin (seventh) cashed in late on the first day.

Day two began with Negreanu in the chip lead among the final six, while Foxen sat in fourth place on the leaderboard, just ahead of her husband, Alex Foxen. This wasn’t the first time the pair faced each other at the final table. Back in 2018, they ended up facing off one-on-one in a $5,000 buy-in event at deepStack Venice Championship Poker Series, With Alex eventually coming out on top after the pair struck a deal to redistribute the remaining prize money.

Bracelet winner Masashi Oya was the first to fall (6th place – $30,000). Alex Foxen soon followed when his pocket serves couldn’t hold up against his wife’s pocket queens. Kristin fumbled the first set and held on from there to send her husband home with $40,000 for his efforts. He now has more than $31.8 million in lifetime earnings after finishing fifth.

The Classic marked the end of bracelet winner Aram Zobayan’s run at the event. His KQ wasn’t able to outscore Negreanu’s scores. Neither player made contact with the board and Zobayan was eliminated in fourth place ($50,000).

Sam Laskowitz scored his fourth place at the final table of the year at the event. All five of his finishes have come in the money in 2024 Bgt Championships. This final round ended when his flush draw collided with Foxen’s floundering top set. Laskowitz couldn’t find the spade after the chips came in and was out in third place ($70,000). He now ranks third in Boy Race with 960 points and over $377,000 in qualifying winnings.

Head-to-head play began with Foxen getting 4,265,000 to Negreanu’s 3,235,000. She was able to extend her advantage even further before the final hand was dealt. She moved everything from the button to get an effective 4.5 big blind with J6 And Negreanu is called from the big blind with K9. J board ran out82109 Foxen’s pair of jacks won her the pot and the title.

Negreanu took home $105,000 as runner-up. This was his second time at the final table this year, having won the $10,500 buy-in event during Bgt last chance The festival is just two days away in 2024. Six-time and two-time bracelet winner WPT The champion now has more than $51 million in career tournament winnings, good for seventh on the all-time poker money list.

Here’s a look at the payouts and ranking points awarded in the final table:

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