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Las Vegas, Nevada (June 8, 2026) - Already one of the most recognizable professional players in the poker world, an individual considered by many as the “Queen of Poker” added to her already impressive legacy last night at the 57th annual World Series of Poker.

Canadian professional poker player Kristen Foxen went the distance in one of the most competitive tournaments a player can enter at the 2026 WSOP, defeating American professional poker player Galen Hall heads-up to win the $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller.

Kristen Foxen adds to a storied poker career

Making an addition to an already legendary WSOP bracelet total, Foxen now has six WSOP bracelets to her name, winning her first in the $1,000 Ladies Event at the 2013 WSOP.

While Foxen now has six WSOP bracelets and a 13th-place finish in the WSOP Main Event to her long list of accolades, her victory in the $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller may very well stand as her most impressive feat to date.

Receiving the $1,773,083 top prize, Foxen’s win in the $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller is not only the largest score of her poker career, but the fifth-largest cash by a woman in poker history.

Largest tournament cashes by a Woman in Poker History

Now with a live tournament career winnings total standing at nearly $19 million (statistic courtesy of TheHendonMob), no woman has won more money in poker tournament history than Kristen Foxen.

Acknowledging the biggest win of her poker career, here is how Kristen Foxen won her sixth WSOP bracelet.

Kristen Foxen WSOP Bracelets Wins

2013: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Ladies Event - $173,922
2016: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Bounty Event - $290,768
2020: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed Event - $356,412
2023: $888 No-Limit Hold’em Crazy 8’s - $92,142
2024: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max - $56,703
2026: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller - $1,773,083

Kristen Foxen wins the WSOP $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller

Reaching Day 4 of the $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller, Foxen competed with some of the best players in poker to reach her sixth career WSOP bracelet.

The higher the buy-ins, the tougher the fields, but with five WSOP bracelets to her name, Foxen was in proper company when it came to facing off against skilled competition.

At the final table of the tournament, Foxen bided her time early on, but would thin the herd after eliminating Spaniard Ignacio Moron in fifth place, winning a race with pocket eights to Moron’s ace-ten.

While her fellow final tablers would do their part in eliminating one another, Foxen gained an enormous amount of momentum after getting a bluff through against the now #1 all-time Chinese leader in tournament winnings, Biao Ding, and then forcing the then chip leader, Galen Hall, to fold to a four-bet preflop holding ace-king.

Moments later, Foxen would knock out Ding in third place, after the Chinese crusher moved all-in in the small blind with king-seven, and Foxen scored a flush on the river after calling with ace-eight.

Now in a heads-up duel with fellow WSOP bracelet winner Galen Hall, Foxen would start the match-up with the chip lead, but only slightly, with the chip stacks essentially even.

Getting the better of Foxen’s two pair with a flush in a three-bet pot, Hall regained the chip lead, applying even more pressure to Foxen.

With the experience needed to remain unfazed, despite being down two-to-one in chips, Foxen slowly crept her way back, winning a series of pots as she bobbed and weaved around her opponent.

In what was essentially the climax of the tournament, both players would turn a straight, but while Hall held a jack-high straight, Foxen’s queen-high straight was better, and with nearly all the chips entering the pot, Foxen was now just moments away from her sixth WSOP title.

Having only a few chips remaining, after Foxen limped in in the small blind, Hall moved all-in with ace-four offsuit, only for Foxen to make the quick call with pocket aces.

As Foxen won the final pot of the tournament and her most notable title to date, she savored the moment with her enthusiastic rail.

WSOP $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller Final Table Results

1st place: Kristen Foxen - Canada - $1,773,083
2nd place: Galen Hall - United States - $1,182,050
3rd place: Biao Ding - China - $819,504
4th place: Joey Weissman - United States - $577,326
5th place: Ignacio Moron - Spain - $413,389
6th place: Zdenek Zizka - Czechia - $300,942
7th place: Ihar Soika - Belarus - $222,798
8th place: Giuseppe Calio - Argentina - $167,792