Kristen Foxen (formerly Kristen Bicknell) is a Canadian professional poker player who was born on 29th December in Ontario, Canada. While little is known about her childhood, reports state that her parents didn’t like her playing poker. While she lacked support from her parents when she began playing poker to make a living, their minds changed when she began to play poker professionally and recorded big wins. Currently, amongst the richest female poker players, let’s have a look at Kristen Foxen poker career, Kristen Foxen net worth and other details of this female poker pro.
Bicknell was introduced to poker in her first year at college. She started to play online poker in 2006 and instantly fell in love with the card game. She enjoyed the game so much that she ended up playing heads-up for nearly 12 hours with her friends before starting to host little home games while also continuing to play millions of hands online under ‘krissyb24’ (PokerStars) and ‘krissy24’ (Full Tilt Poker).
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Kristen was a big fan of Poker After Dark, a poker show on NBC where she particularly loved Jennifer Hartman, who also became a primary inspiration for Kristen to become a poker player. Bicknell’s first big win came at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in 2013, where she won the $1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold’em Championship to earn her first gold bracelet alongside a pay cheque of $173,922.
She also won the WSOP $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em bounty event in 2016 to win her second bracelet and walk away with $290,768 in winnings. She dominated live poker competitions In 2018 and 2019 before returning to online tournaments in 2020, citing the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bicknell won her third WSOP bracelet by shipping the $2,500 NLHE 6-Handed in 2020 to earn a prize of $356,412. It is also worth noting that she was amongst the top three most successful female poker players in 2022.
It was the same year that Bicknell tied the knot with Alex Foxen, another professional poker player and the duo became the power couple in poker! She also became the first female player to win a fourth WSOP bracelet by shipping the WSOP Online $888 No Limit Hold’em Crazy 8’s event in 2023.
Kristen Foxen had one of the greatest moments of her poker career at the Main Event of WSOP 2024. She had an incredible run at the coveted event that saw her fight through Day 8 and make it to the final 15 players from a record-breaking player pool of 10,211.
The only time a female player made the final table was at WSOP 1995 when Barbara Enright finished fifth at the 1995 Main Event. Foxen finished 13th for a payday of $600,000. Adding to that, she is among one the highest-placing female players in the WSOP ME history.
Her performances in the last few years have positively impacted Kristen Foxen net worth. While there is no official number about Kristen Foxen net worth 2024, the number would be quite high given how she and her husband have over $27 Million in combined live tournament earnings.
It is also worth noting that Foxen is the only female poker player who has reached the Supernova Elite status (SES) on PokerStars for three years. She achieved the feat by playing $1/2 and $2/4 cash game tables while featuring on 24 tables at a time. SES is the biggest achievement any online cash game grinder can reach.
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