Alex Foxen Wins $10K PGT Last Chance for $232,400

How It Started

The prizepool of $830,000 was produced by 83 entries, and despite the field being on the small side, the quality was abundant; Duel WSOP $10,000 Main Event Champion and multiple $50,000 PPC Winner, Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, Sam Sovrel, who Foxen surpassed at the top of the leaderboard counts, and Andrew “LuckyChewy” Lichtenberger were just a trio of names from a star-studded affair.

Only 12 would find the money, and it was Stoyan Madanzhiev who was the victim of the bubble. He got it in good with ace-ten against ace-seven, but was denied the min-cash and a shot at the trophy when a seven hit the river. The players who fell first in the money were a notable who’s who: PGT regular Matthew Wantman (12th – $20,750), High Stakes veteran Byron Kaverman (11th – $24,900), Poker Hall of Famer and ten-time WSOP Bracelet Winner Erik Seidel (10th – $24,900), High Roller regular Philip Sternheimer (9th – $24,900), and the outstanding all-rounder Chino Rheem (8th – $33,200) were the first to depart.

Final Table

Josh Arieh came into the final table with the chip lead, but it wasn’t long until he was usurped at the top of the counts by Brandon Wilson. Wilson was in pursuit of his second title of the series, having won the PGT Last Chance Event #3: $10,100 No-Limit Hold’em for $275,400 just a few days prior.

Mike Zulker was the first to go at the final table in seventh place when he ran ace-jack into ace-queen, and Aram Oganyan joined his tablemate when he departed in sixth. Popular poker coach and YouTuber Jonathan Little was out in fifth after his ace-six fell to king-queen of Arieh. Arieh was next out in a quick string of bust-outs, and he fell to Wilson in a blind v blind confrontation. Wilson open-jammed king-four, Arieh called with ace-nine suited in what was a clash between the biggest stacks at the table.

Foxen then went on to claim a crucial pot versus Wilson, as his pocket tens held against ace-queen suited to help him climb up the counts of the remaining quartet. Foxen then went on to claim more of Wilson’s stack, as he jammed Queen-deuce into Foxen’s ace-king, which remained best by the river of a jack-high runout. Lichtenberger was the next to go in third place when he jammed ten-eight from the small blind and was called by Wilson’s ace-four in the big blind. Lichtenberger flopped a pair and turned two pair, but the river gave Wilson a wheel, which presented Wilson with the advantage going into heads-up play.

Heads-Up

Foxen ate into Wilson’s advantage before flipping the script on Foxen by retaking the lead. Wilson’s ace-four suited held against king-three, which left Foxen with fumes. However, Foxen kept on going, mounting a comeback by winning numerous 60/40s. With the lead having switched back and forth throughout heads-up, Foxen won a massive pot with king-seven suited to best the ace-jack of Wilson. Foxen made a straight on the river to leave Wilson playing short-stack duties, and it wasn’t long after that until they played for everything. Ultimately, Foxen called a button shove with ace-queen suited against Wilson’s jack-ten. Neither player hit anything, and ace-high was good for Foxen, earning him his 12th career PGT title.

Final Table Payouts

Place	Player	Prize	Flag
1	Alex Foxen	$232,400
2	Brandon Wilson	$149,400
3	Andrew Lichtenberger	$107,900
4	Josh Arieh	$78,850
5	Jonathan Little	$58,100
6	Aram Oganyan	$41,500
7	Mike Zulker	$33,200

$1 Million Championship Freeroll

With that victory, the PGT Leaderboard has been impacted, and Foxen now sits at the top of the counts. The leaderboard dictates the players stack size ahed of the $1 Million Championship Freeroll, which will see one player take home $500,000 for the win. Foxen, who catapulted into the top spot, and that means he’ll begin play with the largest stack — 350,000. Soverel, in second place, 340,000, followed by Chino Rheem with 330,000, Michael Mizrachi with 320,000, and Joao Simao rounds out the top five with a 310,000-chip starting stack. 65 players earned a seat to the freeroll, which kicks off at 1 p.m. PT inside the PokerGO Studio on the Las Vegas Strip, and play will finish when six players are left battling it out for the massive first-place prize. Below is the top 10 in the leaderboard.

Alex Foxen		3,134
Sam Sovrel		2,979
Chino Reem		2,803
Michael Mizrachi		2,286
Joao Simao		2,272
Nick Schulman		2,162
Jesse Lonis		1,979
Stephen Chidwick		1,688
Andrew Lichtenberger		1,676
Kristen Foxen		1,671

What’s Next?

Stay tuned to pokerlistings.com to see the outcome of the $1 Million Championship Freeroll in what is sure to be an action-packed affair under the lights of the iconic PokerGo Studio.

That’s all for now, folks. Until next time.