Summary:
- Kristen Foxen’s $1.1M third-place finish at the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series makes her the first woman to surpass $12M in career earnings.
- Mike Watson takes the $125K title, earning $2.13M and joining the five-time Triton champions club.
- The star-studded final table included Stephen Chidwick, Artur Martirosian, and other top names.
History was written once again at the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series in Jeju, where Canadians with a passion for heated poker championship events got to watch 38-year-old Canadian poker pro Kristen Foxen cement her place among the game’s legends.
The Saint Catharines-born finished on third in the $125K NLH 7-Handed, taking home a whopping $1,104,000, marking the biggest live score of her career.
Her deep run also carried her well over her $12 million mark in terms of lifetime tournament earnings, turning her into the first woman in poker history ever to achieve that milestone. With the result, Foxen has now officially overcome Vanessa Selbst to become the top female money winner in poker history.
However, it wasn’t an easy thing to do, as Foxen had to figure out what was the best way to navigate a final poker table packed with elite competition that included Triton mainstays Stephen Chidwick and Artur Martirosian.
Watson, Five-Time Triton Champ
On top of Foxen’s spectacular performance, fellow Canadian Mike Watson managed to stole the spotlight in the end by not only securing the win but also joining one of Triton’s most exclusive clubs: he is now a five-folded Triton championship winner, a rare distinction that he only shares with poker icons Phil Ivey and Punnat Punsri.
The finish was also spectacular on its own, with Watson sealing the deal against Chidwick by hitting a straight flush on the river.
Before their dramatic showdown, Watson and Chidwick had already agreed to a deal, splitting up the prize money before battling for the trophy. Even so, the heads-up duel lived up to the hype, with Watson ultimately taking the crown and a career-best payday of $2,130,812 million.
Kristen Foxen’s performance may not have brought her the title, but it delivered something even more enduring, which is her place at the very top of the women’s game.
Great Britain’s Stephen Chidwick came in second with $1,927,188, followed by Foxen in third, Japanese Jun Obara in fourth at $849,000, Russia’s Artur Martirosian in fifth at $673,000, and the USA’s Sean Winter in sixth with $526,000.
