Alex Foxen Real Name: William Alex Foxen, Poker Pro Bio He/Him

| Fact | Detail | |---|---| | Name he plays under | Alex Foxen | | Full name | William Alex Foxen | | Born | February 1, 1991 | | Birthplace | Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA | | Lives in | Las Vegas, Nevada | | Nationality | American | | College | Boston College (Carroll School of Management, class of 2014) | | WSOP bracelets | 4 | | WPT titles | 1 | | GPI Player of the Year | 2018, 2019 | | Live earnings | about $59.9M (Hendon Mob, October 2026) | | Spouse | Kristen Foxen (married April 2022) |

Is "Alex Foxen" his real name?

Yes, mostly. Alex is his real middle name. The Hendon Mob database lists him as "William Alex Foxen," and Wikipedia gives the same full name [1][3]. Some profiles spell the middle name out as "Alexander" [2], but the poker databases use "Alex." Either way, he isn't playing under a made-up stage name. He just goes by his middle name, which a lot of people do.

Early life and football

Foxen grew up on Long Island in New York. Before poker, he was an athlete. Poker.org reports that he was a three-sport player in high school (football, lacrosse, and hockey) and earned all-conference honors as a tight end in his senior year [2]. He went on to play NCAA Division I football at Boston College, where he was a tight end wearing #44 [1]. He wasn't a regular starter for the Eagles, and he has said that his first goal was the NFL [2].

He graduated from Boston College's Carroll School of Management in 2014 [1].

How Alex Foxen got into poker

He got off to a famous start. In May 2012, at age 21, Foxen won the very first WSOP Circuit event he entered, at Harrah's New Orleans, for $22,421 and a Circuit ring [1][4]. After college he played online for a few years, then moved to live tournaments full-time around 2016 [1].

Career highlights

Foxen became one of the most feared players on the high-roller circuit, where buy-ins often run from $25,000 to $250,000 and up.

• Two-time GPI Player of the Year (2018 and 2019). He was the first player to win the Global Poker Index's top award twice in a row [2].
• WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic champion. He won the $10,000 Main Event at Bellagio for $1,694,995 [2].
• Runner-up at the 2018 Super High Roller Bowl. He finished second in the $300,000 buy-in event for $2,160,000 [2].
• First WSOP bracelet: 2022 $250,000 Super High Roller. He won it for $4,563,700, which is still his biggest live cash [2][3][5].
• 2025: He finished second in the same $250K WSOP Super High Roller for about $3 million [2].
• 2026 WSOP: He won the $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty (Event #44) for $594,246 on June 14, 2026, and also made deep runs in the $100K and $25K PLO High Rollers [3]. PokerNews now lists him with four bracelets [4].
• Late 2026: He finished 3rd in Super High Roller Bowl XI for $450,000 on October 8, 2026 [3].

As of October 2026, the Hendon Mob lists his live earnings at $59,912,862. That makes him 10th on the all-time money list, 6th in the U.S., and 3rd from New York State, and he ranks 3rd in the GPI [3]. His best rank on the all-time list so far is 9th [3].

Away from the table, Foxen co-founded the training site Chip Leader Coaching [5].

Alex Foxen's wife: Kristen Foxen

Foxen is married to Kristen Foxen, born Kristen Bicknell. She is a Canadian pro who holds the record for the most WSOP bracelets won by a woman. They married in April 2022 in a small ceremony in the Florida Keys. Instead of a honeymoon, they went straight to the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open in Hollywood, Florida [6][7]. PokerNews reports that the couple has no children [4].

They're often called poker's top power couple, and they sometimes end up at the same final table. Read her full bio: Kristen Foxen real name (Bicknell).

Playing style and reputation

Foxen has a reputation for an aggressive, theory-driven style and a heavy tournament schedule. He plays the WSOP, Triton, the PokerGO Tour, and the WPT almost every year. His 2026 Hendon Mob results alone include cashes in no-limit hold'em, pot-limit Omaha, 2-7 Lowball, H.O.R.S.E., and mixed games, which shows how far beyond hold'em his game now goes [3].