Alex Foxen remains to be seven years away from being eligible for the poker Corridor of Fame, however the 33-year-old is on a trajectory that ought to make him a shoe-in as soon as he hits 40 — the cut-off age for potential inductees.
He added one other accolade to his bulging poker resume by profitable his third World Collection of Poker bracelet and his second Triton trophy within the $100,000 Triton Most important Occasion that came about on the Atlantis Resort, Paradise Island, within the BahamasParadise. The win additionally got here with the humongous payday of $3.85 million.
The occasion attracted 181 high-rollers who constructed a prize pool of $18.2 million. The highest 31 have been paid no less than $160,000, and included Stephen Tune, Sorel Mizzi, Justin Bononmo, Chris Brewer, and Jason Koon.
The highest 5 gamers received no less than $1 million. This was Foxen’s second seven-figure money throughout the week, as he received $2.8 million for ending six within the $500,00 buy-in occasion received by Alejandro Lococo.
“It’s fairly surreal to get a second Triton win, third bracelet, all this stuff,” Foxen mentioned in his post-game interview. “I ran actually good. I really feel like I performed nearly in addition to I might. Simply tremendous proud of the second.
It’s good to get a few these, particularly after spending so lengthy away from Triton. It looks like Triton has grow to be the top of the excessive stakes poker scene and having been away from that I positively really feel like I got here again a possibly just a little bit forgotten and probably underestimated. So it’s thrilling to get a pair instantly.”
Ending runner-up was Joao Viera, the famous person from Portugal who went over $10 million in lifetime winnings with a $2.59 million money.
Fedor Holz began the desk with 73 massive blinds, however fizzled in third place, which was good for $1.8 million. The German skilled and Triton common is approaching the $50 million mark.
Russian Aleksandr Zubov shattered his earlier greatest money of $278,000 for ending fifth in a $20,000 Triton Poker Tremendous Excessive Curler Collection occasion in March with a $1.482 million prize right here. Earlier than the 12 months began, his greatest money was for $36,883 in 2021. He beat that seven instances in 2024.
This was Finland’s Ossi Ketola’s fifth match money, in line with the Hendon Mob, and he already is near $5 million in winnings. To make that sentence much more absurd, all these cashes got here within the final month or so. That already places him sixth on the all-time cash checklist for Finnish gamers. David Coleman, Samuel Millar, Dimitar Danchev, and Seth Davie rounded-out the ultimate desk.
