Jouhkimainen and Burns Tangle

Joni Jouhkimainen opened the hijack for 450,000 and Kahle Burns called from the button. Alex Foxen came along from the big blind. All three checked on [5sTh4c] before the [2c] hit the turn. Foxen led for 1,075,000 and Jouhkimainen called. Burns squeezed to 3,025,000 and Foxen folded. Jouhkimainen called. The [8d] on

Foxen Building

Active in the first level of the final day has been Alex Foxen, now over 13 million in chips.  He was unfazed by raising Kristen Bicknell's big blind from the small blind (to 360,000) only to find her jamming 3,000,000; he passed and moved on to raising the next hand. Big

Alex Foxen Pulls Away as Chip Leader

The first and only player to top four million chips in the High Roller Finale so far is Alex Foxen, who pushes John Duthie into second.  The field is still growing, and with two one-hour levels left of late registration, it looks like that $1,000,000 guarantee may yet be met

High Roller Finale: Chip Leaders

John Duthie has slightly extended his chip lead in the opening levels of Day 2 in the $10,300 High Roller Finale.  Creeping up on him in chips are both Alex Foxen and Kristen Bicknell (on different tables, for a change). Bicknell added a few chop-pot chips to her stack after taking

MILLIONS $10,300 High Roller Finale Day 1 Overnight Chip Counts

Here's how the surviving baker's dozen from Day 1 in the $10,300 High Roller Finale stack up. Their numbers are sure to be swelled by late registrants tomorrow (registration closes after four levels, at 6:30pm).  Play restarts at 2pm, one hour earlier than scheduled.

Foxen Exits

Alex Foxen started out the shortest with a stack of just 200,000 to start the day. He survived the first half hour but has just departed the tournament area after running out of chips. According to his former neighbor and good friend Steven van Zadelhoff, Foxen shoved with [Ax2x] off-suit under

Foxen Caught Bluffing in Monster Pot as Fast Calls With Ace-Queen High

We got there on the turn but found out the details from Dietrich Fast after the hand had completed. Fast opened under the gun plus one for 25,000 and saw small blind Alex Foxen three-bet to 110,000. Fast called in position after the big blind folded. Foxen fired 60,000 on the [6h2cKh]