Alex Foxen Wins 10th PGT Title in Poker Masters Event #6: $10,100 No-Limit Hold'em for $272,000

Alex Foxen's earned his first Poker Masters title, and tenth PGT title, today after an intense battle in Event #6:$10,100 No-Limit Hold'em. And while technically, Foxen had won a Poker Masters title before, the first came in 2020 in the Poker Masters online which took place on partypoker during the COVID-19 pandemic, today's win represented his first live Poker Masters title. 

Foxen had his work cut out for him to start the day, as he began in the middle of the pack, well behind start-of-the-day chip leader Martin Zamani. And play was relatively slow going to kick off the action until Bin Weng and Doug Lee tangled in the second level of play. In his final hand, Weng called a shove from Doug Lee on a ten-high flop. Weng held the best of it with second pair against Lee's thrid pair, but Lee made trips on the river to notch the first elimination of the day. 

It was around this time that Foxen began his rise to the top, outflipping RJ Sullivan in a roughly 3 million chip pot. Sullivan wouldn't last much longer and he was eliminated by Andrew Lichtenberger just a few hands later. 

Four handed play lasted quite some time with players trading big pots and double ups for more than two levels. It would be Lichtenberger who fell first when he jammed his king-jack into Doug Lee's jacks. Lee would hold and send Lichtenberger to the rail in 4th place. 

Doug Lee would then take a commeanding lead and set himself up for heads-up play when Martin Zamani's nine-high bluff went awry. Lee, holding ace-king, made the call and held to soar into the commanding chip lead that he would eventually carry into heads-up play. Zamani fell just a few hands later to Foxen when he shoved his pocket nines into Foxen's queens and failed to improve.

Foxen and Lee's heads-up battle was an arduous one for both players, with the lead being exchanged several times, both players out racing eachother and trading blows back and forth. But in the final hand, Foxen finally got the bet of Lee. In that hand, Lee flopped bottom pair against Foxen's top pair and called a bet on the flop. The turn brought Lee the lead with two pair and he set the trap, just calling as Foxen bet again. The river brought Foxen trips though, and when he moved all in, Lee called ending the tournament. Lee did earn $180,000 and 180 PGT points for his run though, which was enough to move him into 8th on the 2025 Poker Masters Leaderboard.

Foxen collected $272,000 and 272 PGT points for the win, which was more than enough to move him into first place on the overall PGT leaderboard, putting him ahead of 2025 Main Event Winner Michael Mizrachi. 

Event #6: $10,100 No-Limit Hold'em Final Table Payouts

Alex Foxen Retakes the Top Spot on the 2025 PGT Season Leaderboard wih 2,404 PGT Points

The race for the Purple Jacket is truly heating up with six events officially in the books at the 2025 Poker Masters. Mitchell Halverson continues to sit atop the leaderboard with 330 points, but several players crept into contention in Event #6 with their second and third cashes.

Among the risers was David Coleman, who picked up his second cash of the series and moved back into 2nd place on the leaderboard. Alex Foxen climbed into 6th place with his victory, while Doug Lee moved into 8th place with his third cash of the series—his best performance so far. Meanwhile, Martin Zamani and RJ Sullivan rose to 19th and 21st place respectively, and Andrew Lichtenberger jumped into 11th place.

Big moves were also made on the 2025 PGT Season Leaderboard, as Alex Foxen recorded his 18th cash of the season. His 272 PGT-point haul from Event #6 was more than enough to retake the top spot on the season-long leaderboard. The win marked Foxen’s 18th cash, 10th final table, and 3rd win of the year, boosting his yearly PGT earnings to $5,499,098. It also secured his 10th lifetime PGT title. With the victory, Foxen now has a career total of 9,800 PGT points, surpassing Stephen Chidwick (9,796), along with 73 career final tables and 99 career cashes.

Elsewhere on the 2025 PGT Season Leaderboard, Andrew Lichtenberger notched his 14th cash of the year, leaving him in 8th place overall. The remainder of Event #6’s final table still have work to do in order to qualify for this year’s PGT Championship—including Martin Zamani, who moved into the top 100 overall with 521 points. Currently, the number to beat is Matthew Wantman, who sits in 40th place with 902 PGT points.

2025 Poker Master Leaderboard

2025 PGT Season Leadboard - Top 10

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