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Kristen Foxen Adds Another Title With Victory in U.S. Poker Open Event #4
- Kristen Foxen wins 2026 US Poker Open Event #4, earning $198,000.
- Foxen's first 2026 PokerGO Tour win, marking her fifth PGT career title.
- Victory moves Foxen to fourth place in the PokerGO series standings.
Kristen Foxen picked up one more major win on the high-stakes circuit after taking down Event #4: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em at the 2026 U.S. Poker Open. She beat a 66-entry field at PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas and collected $198,000 for first place.
It was Foxen’s first PokerGO Tour win of the year, but not exactly unfamiliar territory. The victory was the fifth PGT title of her career and moved her into fourth place in the series standings.
From Shorter Stack to Champion
Foxen did not come into Day 2 as the favorite on paper. That role belonged to Jeremy Ausmus, who started the day with nearly half the chips in play and a massive advantage over the rest of the field.
Ausmus had already built momentum by eliminating several big names during Day 1, including Alex Foxen and Jesse Lonis. He returned with 135 big blinds, while Foxen had 44, which meant she needed a shift in pace if she was going to make a real run at the title.
Michael Rossitto was the first player to fall at the final table’s business end, finishing fifth when his ace-nine suited couldn’t survive against Sam Soverel’s king-ten after a Broadway flop. Brock Wilson then went out in fourth when his king-ten lost to Soverel’s ace-four on an ace-high board.
The Hand That Changed the Tournament
Foxen found a double through Ausmus in a hand that completely changed the shape of the event. Holding ten-eight, she check-raised the flop with an open-ended straight draw against Ausmus’s top pair, improved to a straight on the turn, and got paid off by the river.
That pot moved her into the lead and put Ausmus on the defensive for one of the first times all tournament.
Soverel’s run ended not long after. He made a move with a missed straight draw, but Ausmus called him down with an overpair. Soverel managed one short-stack double, though the comeback was brief, and he was eventually eliminated in third when his king-five lost to Ausmus’s ace-nine.
Foxen Holds Her Nerve Heads-Up
By the time heads-up play began, Foxen had edged ahead with 4.5 million to Ausmus’s 3.7 million. She added to that lead early by winning a pot with ace-high after Ausmus missed a straight draw, stretching the gap to around three-to-one.
Ausmus did manage to fight back. A rivered four-flush in a big pot brought him level again and gave the match a bit more tension heading into the closing stretch.
Both players were dealt pocket pairs, always a decent sign that someone’s evening may be about to get expensive. Ausmus held nines, but Foxen’s sixes improved to a set on the flop. The chips went in by the river, and the hand gave Foxen the win, the trophy, and the $198,000 first-place payout.
Event #4 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kristen Foxen | Canada | $198,000 |
| 2 | Jeremy Ausmus | United States | $128,700 |
| 3 | Sam Soverel | United States | $89,100 |
| 4 | Brock Wilson | United States | $66,000 |
| 5 | Michael Rossitto | United States | $49,500 |
| 6 | Brandon Wilson | United States | $36,300 |
| 7 | Nate Silver | United States | $26,400 |
Another Reminder of Foxen’s Place in the Game
At this point, Foxen has five PokerGO Tour titles, 18 PGT final tables, and more than $4.1 million in earnings on that tour. Her overall live results push past $15.1 million, good for the top spot on the women’s all-time money list.
Foxen also owns five WSOP bracelets, the most by any woman, and her résumé stretches across nearly every major corner of tournament poker. From the online grind that saw her reach Supernova Elite three straight years on PokerStars to major live titles on the WSOP, WPT, and PokerGO circuits, there is not much left to debate about her standing.
She was inducted into the Women in Poker Hall of Fame in 2024, and results like this are the reason those honours tend to arrive early rather than late.
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