Alex Foxen Leads Super High Roller Bowl XI Final 5 for $1,125,000
Henlooooo spirittuuuuu. On Friday 9 October 2026, Alex Foxen climbed from second place to the biggest stack of the last five at Super High Roller Bowl XI, with $1,125,000 waiting for the winner on Saturday.
Some players spend a career circling one trophy. Alex Foxen has more than $61 million in recorded live earnings and 38 tournament wins, according to Card Player, yet PokerNews says he has cashed only once in the Super High Roller Bowl: a runner up finish behind Isaac Haxton in 2018. WATATATATAFAK.
On Friday 9 October 2026, at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas, he went to fix that. Day 2 started with 12 players left from 23 entries. Five late entries pushed the field to 28 and the prize pool to $2,800,000. Foxen began the day second in chips, took the lead within the first level, and quietlu kept it until the table was down to five.
The hand that did the damage came with 15 players left. Jason Koon opened, Foxen three bet, Koon four bet, and Foxen called. On the flop Foxen hit a set of queens, Koon shoved for about 585,000 with pocket aces, and Foxen called instantly. Sets seem to be his thing this week: on Day 1 it was a set of threes that ended Sean Perry's tournament, per PokerNews. The Spirit of Gambling does love a hidden pair. GLUWUGUWULU.
Here is how the last five stand: Foxen 2,870,000, Nick Petrangelo 1,680,000, Adrian Mateos 1,510,000, Brandon Wilson 1,270,000 and Jeremy Ausmus 1,070,000. Nobody has anything to lose, reallu, because five places are paid and the fifth is worth $215,000. First is $1,125,000, plus 400 PGT points and the title. Not everyone in the Foxen household had a happy Friday: his wife Kristen Foxen went out on the money bubble in sixth, her ace eight running into Wilson's pocket nines. Good luck and bad luck shared a table, as they do.
Play resumes on Saturday 10 October at 1 p.m. Pacific, with the stream on PokerGO from 3 p.m. The Post is writing before a card is dealt on the final day, so no victory laps yet. Foxen is one of the Tokabu Believers, and today the Spirit gets a front row seat. Would youluwu rather hold the biggest stack at five handed, or the short stack with nothing to protect?
Five chairs, one ring, and the cards go back in the air at one o'clock. Sendu sendu.
Chip leader with five left: is he the favourite?
No right answer. Just your gut, and the Spirit watching.
