Alex Foxen won his fourth career World Series of Poker bracelet on Saturday, defeating China’s Yixi Tang heads-up to take Event #44, the $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Super Turbo Bounty, for $594,246 — and in doing so completed one of the most unusual milestones in WSOP history. With wife Kristen Foxen already a 2026 champion, the Foxens became the first married couple to each win a bracelet in the same summer.
The win capped a whirlwind day. Foxen had busted the $250,000 Super High Roller earlier in the afternoon, then jumped straight into the single-day Super Turbo Bounty. He bulldozed a 466-entry field, landing a double knockout to reach the final nine before eliminating opponents in rapid succession to set up heads-up play.
China’s Yixi Tang Falls One Hand Short
The APAC story of the final table belonged to Yixi Tang. The Chinese pro carried the fight to Foxen heads-up and got his chips in good with a flopped pair of queens — only for Foxen to spike a king on the turn to end it. Tang banked $396,145 for second place, a career-defining payday but an agonising near-miss for what would have been his first WSOP bracelet.
Tang’s deep run fits a wider pattern this summer, with Asian players piling up final-table appearances in Las Vegas. India’s Santhosh Suvarna had already claimed his third bracelet in the $50,000 High Roller for nearly $1.9 million, and Hong Kong and mainland Chinese names have populated leaderboards across the high-roller schedule.
Kristen Foxen’s Record-Setting Run
The other half of the milestone arrived a week earlier. On June 7, Kristen Foxen won Event #19, the $25,000 High Roller, for $1,773,083 — the largest score of her career and her sixth WSOP bracelet, the most ever won by a woman. She defeated Galen Hall heads-up from a 345-entry field that built an $8.1 million prize pool.
Together, the two victories rewrite a small slice of poker history. No married couple had previously both captured WSOP gold within a single series. With the 2026 WSOP running from May 26 to July 15 at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas across 100 bracelet events, there is still plenty of summer left for fresh storylines.
What It Means for Asian Players
For the growing APAC poker community, the real takeaway is less about the Foxens and more about how close the region is to its own breakthrough moments. Tang’s runner-up finish, Suvarna’s title, and a steady stream of Asian deep runs show the gap between the region’s best and the global elite is now measured in single hands. Expect more Asian names in WSOP winner’s circles before the series wraps in July.
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