The 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is in the home stretch with the Main Event set to crown a champion in a few days. More than 70 WSOP bracelets have been awarded at Bally’s / Paris on the Las Vegas Strip, and one of those braclets was won by Alex Foxen.
Event #50: $250,000 Super High Roller attracted 56 entrants and created a prize pool of nearly $14 million. The final eight players were led into the final table by Foxen who held a big chip lead ahead of Martin Kabrhel and Chris Hunichen.
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Three-time WSOP bracelet winner Dan Zak would fall in eighth-place losing a flip to Foxen, while Phil Ivey exited next when Brandon Steven held the superior hand in the preflop clash. Steven would eliminate the next two players as Kabrhel exited in sixth, and Sam Soverel fell in fifth place. Adrian Mateos’ title defense ended in fourth-place before a hand between Steven and Foxen would be Sporting News’ WSOP Hand of the Week.
WSOP Hand of the Week: Foxen faces big bluff
Steven opened with a raise on the button holding ace-jack suited before Foxen three-bet the small blind holding nine-eight suited. Steven called having the advantage and sharing the same suit as Foxen before the flop landed ten-high with Foxen flopping a gutshot straight draw.
Foxen continued with a bet and Steven called as the turn paired the ten, and gave both players flush draws to diamonds. Foxen bet out again, and Steven called as the river paired Foxen’s nine.
Now electing to check, Foxen was faced with a bet of 7.7 million into a pot of roughly 21 million. Foxen deliberated and used several of his time extensions before making the correct call to win the pot and sit with more than 70% of the chips in play three-handed.
Foxen would eliminate Hunichen in third place, and then Steven in second, to be crowned the $250,000 Super High Roller champion. Foxen won the $4,563,700 first-place prize and his maiden WSOP bracelet.
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