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Bracelet Secured: Seth Davies Crushes $250K Super High Roller at 2025 WSOP

Bracelet Secured: Seth Davies Crushes $250K Super High Roller at 2025 WSOP

After more than a decade of close calls, deep runs, and near misses, Seth Davies can finally scratch one thing off his poker to-do list: win a WSOP bracelet. The longtime high-stakes tournament pro triumphed in Event #46: $250,000 Super High Roller at the 2025 World Series of Poker, banking $4,752,551 and securing a career-defining victory in the series’ biggest buy-in event.

And he didn’t just win it — he took it in style. Davies closed out the title in a two-hand heads-up sprint against Alex Foxen, ending a wild final day that featured coolers, some controversy, and a milestone 14 years in the making.

A Rollercoaster Final Table and a Lightning-Fast Finish

With just 63 total entries, the Super High Roller packed a $15.5 million prize pool and a top-heavy payout structure that gave the top two players over $7.8 million combined. Among those chasing the biggest first-place prize of the series were Bryn Kenney, Chris Brewer, David Peters, and Ben Tollerene — names that have become synonymous with a certain tier of competition.

The final day opened with a non-poker dispute, as Martin Kabrhel loudly challenged the WSOP staff over time bank allocations. The request was denied, and the poker soon took over.

On the felt, the early stages were a bloodbath of bad beats and brutal matchups. Kabrhel somehow escaped an ace-king vs. aces spot with a board-wide straight, only to bust a hand later. Ben Tollerene wasn’t so lucky — his kings ran into Foxen’s aces, and he exited in eighth.

WSOP 2025 Alex Foxen
Alex Foxen

From there, Alex Foxen went on a tear. He sent out Peters, then eliminated Brewer with a full house after the latter flopped top pair. Brewer stood up from the table in disbelief, and suddenly it was down to five.

Davies, meanwhile, kept a lower profile in the early action but surged when it mattered. He eliminated Kenney in fourth with pocket kings versus ace-queen, and then began applying serious pressure once the final three returned from break with nearly equal stacks.

Thomas Boivin, who also finished third in the $100K High Roller, became Davies’ final victim before heads-up play. Davies had chipped away steadily at Boivin’s stack until he was forced all-in with Broadway suited cards, only to be called and outdrawn by Foxen’s ace-high.

Two Hands, One Bracelet

After a short break, the heads-up match between Davies and Foxen got underway — and ended almost instantly.

In the very first hand, both players picked up big aces. All the chips went in, with Foxen dominating Davies, but a jack on the flop gave Davies top pair. A river brick sealed the double, and Foxen was left short-stacked with just a few blinds.

The second hand ended it. Foxen shoved with two pair by the turn, but Davies had pocket aces — and a counterfeit on the river handed him the pot, the bracelet, and a $4.75 million score.

Final Table Results – Event #46: $250,000 Super High Roller

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Seth Davies$4,752,551
2Alex Foxen$3,060,314
3Thomas Boivin$2,057,430
4Bryn Kenney$1,446,929
5Chris Brewer$1,066,731
6David Peters$826,348
7Martin Kabrhel$674,359
8Ben Tollerene$581,411

🏆 Who Is Seth Davies?

Seth Davies has long been one of the most respected tournament players in high-stakes circles. Known for his calm presence, technical precision, and quiet consistency, Davies has now crossed the $18 million mark in career earnings with this win.

WSOP 2025 Seth Davies
Seth Davies

Before this week, his largest live score came in 2019 when he finished fourth in the Super High Roller Bowl Bahamas for $1.02 million. He also placed fourth in the 2021 WSOP $250K Super High Roller for $930K and owns a WSOP Circuit ring from 2022—but the bracelet had eluded him.

Until now.

Davies credited both mindset and run-good for the breakthrough, saying he’s learned to be more content with results and more focused on performance than pressure. But that doesn’t mean the moment was lost on him.

Davies said the win meant a lot, especially considering how long he’d dreamed of this moment. He recalled watching poker on television during the boom years of the early 2000s and thinking how incredible it would be to one day win one of those gold bracelets himself.

He finally has. And with a Triton title already under his belt this year, Seth Davies isn’t just checking boxes anymore — he’s making a case as one of the best tournament players in the game.

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Written By: Iva Dozet News Editor