Kristen Foxen Real Name: Kristen Bicknell, Poker Pro Bio She/Her

Kristen Foxen is a stage name; we haven't found a mainstream source confirming the real name, so we don't publish one.

Known as: Kristen Foxen
Quick answer: Kristen Foxen was born Kristen Bicknell. She took the name Foxen when she married fellow poker pro Alex Foxen in 2022. Her well-known online screen name is "krissyb24." She is a Canadian professional poker player, born December 29, 1986, in St. Catharines, Ontario, and she lives in Las Vegas. She has won six WSOP bracelets, which is the most ever won by a woman. As of October 2026, she has about $19.2 million in live tournament earnings, which puts her first on the women's all-time money list (Hendon Mob). [1][2][3]
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| Fact | Detail | |---|---| | Current name | Kristen Foxen | | Birth (maiden) name | Kristen Bicknell | | Online alias | krissyb24 (PokerStars). She also won a 2024 WSOP Online bracelet as "Saraswati" | | Born | December 29, 1986 | | Birthplace | St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada | | Lives in | Las Vegas, Nevada | | Nationality | Canadian | | WSOP bracelets | 6 (the record for a woman) | | Best WSOP Main Event finish | 13th (2024) | | Live earnings | about $19.2M (Hendon Mob, October 2026) | | Spouse | Alex Foxen (married April 2022) |

Is Kristen Foxen's real name Bicknell?

Yes. She was born Kristen Bicknell, and her early results were recorded under that name, including her first WSOP bracelet in 2013 [1][3]. Since her 2022 marriage to Alex Foxen she has competed as Kristen Foxen, and the poker databases now list her under her married name. PokerNews still keeps her profile at the "kristen-bicknell" web address [3]. If you see older headlines about "Kristen Bicknell," they're about the same player.

Early life and online poker

Foxen grew up in St. Catharines, in Ontario's Niagara region [1][2]. Poker.org reports that she started playing in 2006, as a college freshman, after watching Jennifer Harman on Poker After Dark. She began with low-stakes cash games in Canada [4].

Online, she became a grinder under the name "krissyb24" on PokerStars. She played more than 2.5 million hands a year in 2011, 2012, and 2013, and earned Supernova Elite, PokerStars' highest VIP status at the time [4]. Poker.org notes that when she and Alex started dating, she was the one who was "crushing it" [4].

Career highlights

2013: First WSOP bracelet. She won the $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship for $173,922 [1][3].
2016: Second bracelet. She won the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Bounty for $290,768 [1][3].
2020: Third bracelet. She won the WSOP Online $2,500 NLH 6-Handed for $356,412 [1][3].
2023: Fourth bracelet. She won the WSOP Online $888 Crazy 8's and became the first woman with four bracelets [1].
October 2024: Fifth bracelet. She won WSOP Online Event #19 ($1,000 NLH 6-Max) for $56,703, playing as "Saraswati." She was the first woman to reach five [1][3].
2024 WSOP Main Event: 13th place for $600,000, just short of the final table [1][3].
June 2026: Sixth bracelet. She won the $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller at the 2026 WSOP for $1,773,083, beating Galen Hall heads-up in a field of 345 entries. It's the biggest live cash of her career [1][3][4].
Global Poker Index: Wikipedia lists her as a five-time GPI Female Player of the Year [1].

Six bracelets is twice as many as any other woman has won. Vanessa Selbst, Barbara Enright, and Nani Dollison are tied for second with three each [1]. Three of her bracelets came at live events in Las Vegas (2013, 2016, 2026), and three came online (2020, 2023, 2024) [1].

As of October 2026, the Hendon Mob lists her live earnings at $19,238,670. That ranks her 81st on the overall all-time money list and 5th in Canada, and she ranks 14th in the GPI [2]. She is the top woman of all time by live earnings [1][4].

Kristen Foxen's husband: Alex Foxen

She's married to Alex Foxen (William Alex Foxen), the American high roller and two-time GPI Player of the Year. They married in April 2022 in a small ceremony with close friends and family in the Florida Keys [1][3]. They skipped the honeymoon and went straight to the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open in Hollywood, Florida. She told PokerNews, "The timing kind of worked out perfectly with the date that we picked for our wedding" [3]. PokerNews reports that the couple has no children [5].

PokerNews puts them among poker's best-known couples, alongside Jennifer Tilly and Phil Laak, and Liv Boeree and Igor Kurganov [3]. Read his full bio: Alex Foxen real name.