After many delays due to COVID-19 pandemic, 31-year-old Dennis Blieden, a WPT champ, was sentenced to 6.5 years in federal prison this week. Details here.
Alex Foxen Wins WPT Online Series High Roller, Shawn Daniels Continues Hot Streak
3 Min read
Alex Foxen outfoxed the competition in the $10,3000 buy-in WPT Online Poker Series High Roller on Partypoker en route to a $252,288 score. Kristen Bicknell, his longtime girlfriend, also cashed (15th place out of 101 for $21,489).
Alex Foxen continues to win high rollers, sometimes even online events. (Image: Poker Central)
Foxen, the 2018 and 2019 Global Poker Index Player of the Year is among the top high rollers in the world. He’s won more than $17 million in live tournaments and, over the past year, has been crushing it online.
The WCP is the brainchild of Tapscott and
Chadwick Pelletier. Both have worked in the poker industry for over a decade, Tapscott as a freelance poker writer and Pelletier as a creative director.
Tapscott’s work writing features about college poker players inspired the idea for the tour. Some of that included interviewing
Justin Bonomo and
“There was no world championship for college players,” Tapscott says. “And there are
600 million college students worldwide. It was a no-brainer to collaborate and create a free-to-enter platform for college players to have fun, learn the game, and compete for some amazing prizes.”
Organizers hope to create an
Pluto TV Spain to launch five more channels in June telecompaper.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from telecompaper.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.