Alex Foxen Wins PGT Player of the Year, Fifth Title
The high-stakes legend wrapped up 2025 with 3,134 points, five titles, and $6.27 million in PGT earnings. He's the first player to reach 100 cashes and 10,000 career points.
By Card Shark McGee
Alex Foxen just put a bow on one of the most dominant poker seasons anyone has had in years. The high-stakes crusher clinched 2025 PGT Player of the Year with 3,134 points, five titles, 27 cashes, and $6,277,148 in earnings. Those aren't typos. That's what excellence looks like.
The Quick Hit
- What happened: Foxen won PGT Player of the Year for the 2025 season
- The damage: 3,134 points, 5 titles, 27 cashes, $6.27M in earnings
- Why you should care: First player to reach 100 PGT cashes and 10,000 career points
- The reward: $50,000 PGT Passport plus largest starting stack in the championship freeroll
The Final Push
Foxen locked up the POY race by winning his 12th career PGT title in the Last Chance Series Event #6, a $10,100 No-Limit Hold'em tourney that paid $232,400. That victory pushed him past Sam Soverel (2,979 points) and Chino Rheem (2,803 points) on the leaderboard.
Five titles in a single season. Let that sink in. Most professional players would kill for one. Foxen grabbed five while casually setting records nobody else has touched.
The Records That Stand
During 2025, Foxen became the first player in PGT history to reach:
- 100 career PGT cashes
- 10,000 lifetime PGT points
The PokerGO Tour launched in 2021, and Foxen has been there from the start, grinding the high-roller circuit with a consistency that borders on unfair. He's not just winning—he's cashing constantly, accumulating points, and staying relevant at final tables week after week.
The Championship Freeroll
As Player of the Year, Foxen entered the PGT $1,000,000 Championship with the largest starting stack (350,000). He couldn't convert that advantage into a title—Chad Eveslage ultimately won the event—but Foxen's POY prize included a $50,000 PGT Passport that takes some sting out of the finish.
The Championship featured a stacked final table with Daniel Negreanu, Andrew Lichtenberger, and Michael Wang among others. Sometimes even the best player in the room doesn't win the tournament. Variance is poker's great equalizer.
The Competition
Foxen beat out some serious competition for POY honors:
| Player | Points |
|---|---|
| Alex Foxen | 3,134 |
| Sam Soverel | 2,979 |
| Chino Rheem | 2,803 |
| Michael Mizrachi | 2,286 |
| Joao Simao | 2,272 |
That's a murders' row of high-stakes talent, and Foxen put 155 points between himself and second place. The margin wasn't close.
Looking Ahead to 2026
The PokerGO Tour's sixth season begins January 26 at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas with the PGT Kickoff series. Foxen will enter as the man to beat, the defending POY with momentum and a target on his back.
Whether he can replicate 2025's dominance remains to be seen. Five titles and 27 cashes is an exceptional season by any standard. But Foxen has shown he's capable of exceptional things year after year.
The Bottom Line
Alex Foxen's 2025 campaign will go down as one of the most impressive single seasons in high-stakes poker history. The volume, the results, the consistency—everything aligned. He set records that may stand for years and earned millions while doing it. The rest of the PGT roster spent 2025 chasing a man who kept pulling away. Season six starts soon, and the question for everyone else is simple: how do you catch Alex Foxen when he's playing like this?