Excessive stakes crusher and five-time GPI Feminine Participant of the 12 months Kristen Foxen added one other title to her already spectacular resume after outlasting the 66-entry discipline to win her fifth profession PGT title in Occasion #4: $10,000 NLH.
Foxen bested a stacked ultimate desk that included Michael Rossitto, Brock Wilson, Sam Soverel, and Jeremy Ausmus. She defeated Ausmus heads-up to take residence the highest prize of $198,000, with Ausmus recording his second runner-up end of the sequence.
Last Desk Outcomes
1Kristen FoxenCanada$198,000
2Jeremy AusmusUnited States$128,700
3Sam SoverelUnited States$89,100
4Brock WilsonUnited States$66,000
5Michael RossittoUnited States$49,500
6Brandon WilsonUnited States$36,300
7Nate SilverUnited States$26,400
Winner’s Response
“I’m tremendous completely happy,” Foxen instructed PokerNews following the win. “It was identical to, the best ultimate desk ever, which is a aid attributable to the truth that I’ve had some ultimate tables that didn’t go that approach not too long ago. This one was simply good and simple and enjoyable.”
Foxen additionally earned 198 PGT leaderboard factors for the win, placing her in fourth place on the U.S. Poker Open leaderboard. Foxen spoke on the added motivation the leaderboard gives, with a $25,000 PGT passport and the Golden Eagle trophy going to the general winner of the sequence.
“That large eagle is sort of fairly. I used to be pondering on the way in which right here that the advantage of successful this occasion wouldn’t simply be successful, however the truth that I might get these leaderboard factors that might assist me for this sequence, after which additionally for the general sequence for the 12 months. I positively used the factors as motivation for at present.”
Probably the most constant performers on the excessive curler circuit over the previous a number of years, Foxen attributed her success to her adaptability on the tables.
“I could be improper, however I might say my potential to deviate, the place perhaps some folks wouldn’t. Typically that’s going to steer me to perhaps making dangerous calls or dangerous folds, however that’s the model of poker I wish to play.”
Last Day Motion
Ausmus started the day with practically half the chips in play, whereas Rossitto was the acute brief stack with simply seven large blinds. Though Rossitto loved an early double up towards Wilson, a comeback was not within the playing cards, and he grew to become the primary casualty of the day after getting his stack in preflop with ace-nine suited, just for Soverel to flop a Broadway straight with king-ten. Soverel dispatched Wilson subsequent in fourth place, closing the hole between himself and Ausmus, whereas Foxen was nicely behind in third.
The turning level for Foxen throughout three-handed play got here after flopping an open-ender with ten-eight, whereas Ausmus held high pair with ace-king. Foxen check-raised her draw on the flop, and after the straight got here in on the flip she bought the max, doubling by Ausmus on the river to take the chip lead, whereas Ausmus went from first in chips to short-stacked.
Ausmus shortly mounted a comeback after choosing off a bluff from Soverel to reclaim a lot of the chips he had misplaced. Soverel was left with lower than one large blind and hit the rail proper after, leaving Foxen and Ausmus heads-up, with Foxen holding a small chip benefit over Ausmus. Each gamers have been pretty deep, with Ausmus the efficient stack at barely greater than 70 large blinds.
“It was a enjoyable one,” Foxen mentioned of the heads-up match. “It was good, as a result of we began just a little bit deeper than common. Normally whenever you get heads-up right here it’s like 30 large blinds efficient. We had a number of fairly enjoyable arms. He took an attention-grabbing check-raise flop, check-raise flip spot. It was enjoyable, and fortunately the playing cards fell in my favor.”
Heads-up play was transient however action-packed, with Ausmus pulling off a double check-raise in one of many first arms. Ausmus check-raised his flopped gutshot, after which check-raised once more after choosing up a flush draw on the flip. Foxen had known as the flip appropriately with second pair, however the flush got here in for Ausmus on the river, bringing the 2 gamers near even.
The ultimate hand of the match noticed Foxen flop a set of sixes towards Ausmus, who had an overpair with pocket nines. The chips bought in on the river, with Ausmus being pressured to accept a second runner-up end this sequence.
