Kristen Foxen: From Online Grinder to High Roller Champion
Kristen Foxen is a Canadian professional poker player born in 1986 in St. Catharines, Ontario. Previously known as Kristen Bicknell, she built her career through high-volume online cash games before becoming a regular contender in major live tournaments. Her record connects the everyday discipline of an online professional with victories on some of poker’s most demanding stages.
The Hendon Mob figures checked for this profile list 19.238.670 $ in recorded live tournament earnings, a best live cash of 1.773.083 $ and 81st place on the overall all-time money list. She ranks fifth among Canadian players and first on the women’s all-time live tournament money list. By October 2026, her achievements also include six World Series of Poker bracelets.
Born in 1986 in Ontario
Born on December 29, 1986, Foxen grew up in St. Catharines. She began playing poker while at university in 2006 and developed her game online under the screen name krissyb24. The early years of her career were centred on playing large numbers of hands rather than chasing a single televised tournament result.
Jennifer Harman was an important source of inspiration. Watching an accomplished woman compete comfortably in high-stakes games helped Foxen imagine a professional future of her own. Her subsequent path would take her from online cash tables to the same international poker scene she had followed as a developing player.
The Online Work Behind the Live Results
Foxen earned PokerStars Supernova Elite status in 2011, 2012 and 2013, an achievement associated with exceptional playing volume under the site’s former rewards system. Her Women in Poker Hall of Fame biography describes a workload of approximately 2.5 million hands per year, primarily at online cash-game stakes between 1 $/2 $ and 2 $/4 $.
This background helps explain the continuity in her career. Long before her largest live prizes, she had spent years making repeated decisions, managing sessions and learning to handle swings. Those habits gave her a substantial professional foundation when live tournaments became a larger part of her schedule.
2013: A First World Series of Poker Bracelet
Competing under the name Kristen Bicknell, she won the 2013 WSOP Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship for 173.922 $. It was her first bracelet and the first major live title in a career that had previously been defined largely by online play.
The result gave her a recognised championship credential, but her later record would extend well beyond ladies events. She continued to enter open tournaments and gradually moved into fields containing many of the strongest professionals on the circuit.
2016: An Open-Field Bracelet
Her second WSOP title arrived in the 2016 1.500 $ No-Limit Hold’em Bounty event, with a listed first-place prize of 290.768 $. The victory established that her success at the series was not limited to one format or one type of field.
Viewed together, her first two bracelets mark a clear progression: the initial breakthrough in 2013, followed three years later by another championship against open competition. Both preceded the much larger buy-ins that would eventually become a regular feature of her tournament schedule.
2019: Winning at Poker Masters
In November 2019, Foxen won the 25.000 $ No-Limit Hold’em event at Poker Masters for 408.000 $. She defeated Chance Kornuth heads-up in a 51-entry tournament, with Ali Imsirovic finishing third. At the time, it was the largest live score of her career.
The title was especially significant because of the setting. Poker Masters attracts a concentrated field of experienced high rollers, making it a different test from a large festival event. Her victory showed that she could convert a deep run into a title at a substantially higher buy-in.
Online Bracelets in 2020, 2023 and 2024
Foxen’s online roots remained part of her competitive identity. She won the 2020 WSOP Online 2.500 $ No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed event for 356.412 $, then added the 888 $ Crazy 8’s title in 2023 for 92.142 $.
Her fifth bracelet came in the 2024 WSOP Online 1.000 $ No-Limit Hold’em Six-Max event for 56.703 $. These results belong in her overall WSOP championship record, while online prizes should be distinguished from the live tournament earnings total displayed by The Hendon Mob.
2024: Thirteenth in the WSOP Main Event
Foxen became one of the central stories of the 2024 WSOP Main Event, reaching 13th place in a record field of 10.112 entries and collecting 600.000 $. Her run put her close to the final table of the game’s most widely watched tournament.
The finish was both a major payday and a different kind of examination from a high roller. The Main Event demands sustained play across many days against a broad mix of opponents. Her elimination ended the run before the final table, but the result remains an important landmark in her career.
Repeated Success on the PokerGO Tour
Foxen won the PGT Kickoff 10.100 $ finale in 2024 for 165.000 $ and repeated in the corresponding event in January 2025 for 197.625 $. Returning to win the same event a year later added another example of sustained results to her record.
In February 2025, she took down PokerGO Cup Event #7, a 15.100 $ No-Limit Hold’em tournament, for 348.300 $. Starting the final table near the bottom of the chip counts, she worked her way into control and defeated Patrick Leonard heads-up. An additional U.S. Poker Open victory that April brought 158.025 $.
Triton and the Women’s Earnings Lead
In September 2025, Foxen finished third in the Triton Jeju 125.000 $ No-Limit Hold’em Seven-Handed event for 1.104.000 $. It was her first seven-figure live cash and moved her past Vanessa Selbst at the top of the women’s all-time live tournament money list.
Her largest results continued to grow in 2026. A fourth-place finish in the Triton Jeju 100.000 $ event paid 1.449.000 $, followed by 1.039.000 $ for second in a 50.000 $ event in Montenegro. These finishes show how much of her recent progress has come in exceptionally expensive open tournaments.
2026: A Sixth Bracelet and a Career-Best Prize
Foxen won the 2026 WSOP 25.000 $ No-Limit Hold’em High Roller for 1.773.083 $, defeating Galen Hall heads-up. The result gave her a sixth bracelet and replaced her previous best live cash with a championship victory.
The title is a useful meeting point for the main strands of her career: extensive experience, success across online and live poker, and an increasingly strong high roller record. Six bracelets also extended her lead for the most WSOP titles won by a woman.
Kristen Foxen’s Six WSOP Bracelets
| Year | Championship event | Recorded first-place prize |
| 2013 | Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship | 173.922 $ |
| 2016 | 1.500 $ No-Limit Hold’em Bounty | 290.768 $ |
| 2020 | WSOP Online: 2.500 $ No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed | 356.412 $ |
| 2023 | WSOP Online: 888 $ Crazy 8’s | 92.142 $ |
| 2024 | WSOP Online: 1.000 $ No-Limit Hold’em Six-Max | 56.703 $ |
| 2026 | 25.000 $ No-Limit Hold’em High Roller | 1.773.083 $ |
Five GPI Awards and Hall of Fame Recognition
Foxen won the Global Poker Index Female Player of the Year ranking in 2017, 2018 and 2019, then added titles for 2023 and 2025. Those five season-long awards provide a broader measure of consistency than any single tournament finish.
She was also inducted into the Women in Poker Hall of Fame as part of its Class of 2024. The honour recognised an established body of work; the major Triton results and sixth WSOP bracelet that followed added further achievements to an already substantial record.
Kristen Bicknell and Kristen Foxen: One Career
Older results and reports frequently use the name Kristen Bicknell. She married fellow professional Alex Foxen in April 2022 and now competes as Kristen Foxen. Both names refer to the same player, an important detail when following the full chronology of her tournament results.
Her career is best understood as a continuous development rather than a sudden breakthrough. The online workload came first, followed by early bracelets, repeated annual recognition and increasingly successful appearances in high rollers. The latest results build on that long professional history.
Career Figures at a Glance
| Category | Details |
| Name | Kristen Foxen, formerly Kristen Bicknell |
| Year of birth | 1986 |
| Birthplace | St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Listed residence | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
| Recorded live tournament earnings | 19.238.670 $ |
| Best recorded live cash | 1.773.083 $ |
| Overall all-time money list | 81st |
| Canadian all-time money list | 5th |
| Women’s all-time live tournament money list | 1st |
| WSOP bracelets | 6 |
| GPI Female Player of the Year | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023 and 2025 |
| Best WSOP Main Event finish | 13th in 2024 — 600.000 $ |
Career figures checked on October 25, 2026. Recorded live tournament earnings are gross cashes and exclude private cash-game results. Image positions refer to three separately supplied AI-generated illustrations created in October 2026.