After a monstrous month that noticed him profitable two occasions outright and securing two extra podium finishes, two-time Global Poker Index (GPI) Participant of the Yr Alex Foxen secured the honors of being the April GPI Participant of the Month.
Foxen, who now has $45.7 million in Hendon Mob earnings, had 5 cashes, 5 top-10 finishes, two victories and $943,485 in earnings throughout the month of April.
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Alex Foxen April 2025 Scorecard
| Occasion | End | Prize (USD) | GPI Factors | Winner/Runner-Up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15K PLO Occasion #7 | WON/70 | $315,000 | $352 | Jesse Lonis (2nd/USA) |
| 15K PLO Occasion #9 | third/71 | $143,775 | $238 | Jesse Lonis (USA) |
| PLO Bounty Occasion #11 | 2nd/78 | $41,610 | $192 | Zachary Schwartz (USA) |
| 15K NLHE Occasion #6 | fifth/98 | $102,900 | $223 | Brandon Wilson (USA) |
| 15K NLHE Occasion #7 | WON/81 | $340,200 | $370 | Neil Warren (2nd/USA) |
Not Foxen Round
Foxen began the month off with a victory in Occasion #7: $15,100 Pot-Restrict Omaha on the 2025 PokerGO Tour (PGT) PLO Series for $315,000. Only a few weeks later, the high-stakes professional and former Boston School athlete took down the seventh occasion of one other sequence, $15,100 No-Restrict Maintain’em on the 2025 US Poker Open, for $340,200 and his second PGT trophy of the month.
Alex wasn’t the only Foxen to win a trophy on the sequence. The Occasion #1: $5,100 No-Restrict Maintain’em title and $158,025 went to his spouse, Kristen Foxen, a five-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner who final yr was inducted into the Ladies in Poker Corridor of Fame.
Foxen’s two victories in April solely inform a part of the story. The previous faculty footballer additionally completed runner-up within the PGT PLO Collection Occasion #11 $5,000 Pot Restrict Omaha – Bounty for $41,610 simply days after ending third within the $15,000 buy-in Occasion #9 for $143,775.
Not ten days later, Foxen completed fifth within the US Poker Open Occasion #6 $15,000 NLH for $102,900.
Foxen might have a powerful Might in addition to Triton Montenegro will get underway. He secured 5 cashes on the Triton Jeju festival in March, together with a third-place bounty occasion end that earned him $221,000.
Robust Aprils for Matthew Wantman, James Collopy
There have been different high-stakes execs who had an excellent month in April. Matthew Wantman completed runner-up within the Participant of the Month race with seven cashes, 5 top-tens and one victory in a $10,000 US Poker Open occasion for $231,300, which he adopted up with a runner-up end in a $15,000 buy-in occasion for $242,550.
In the meantime, Jim Collopy completed third with six cashes, 4 top-tens and one victory within the $25,000 PLO Collection Championship for $450,367. Later, Collopy completed runner-up in a US Poker Open $10,000 buy-in occasion for $174,400.
Three non-People made the April top-ten: Lautaro Guerra (Spain – sixth), Jon Kyte (Norway – eighth) and Nacho Barbero (Argentina – ninth).
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GPI Prime 10 April 2025
| Rank | Participant | Nation | Outcomes | Wins | Prime 10s | GPI Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Foxen | USA | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1,375.92 |
| 2 | Matthew Wantman | USA | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1,304.03 |
| 3 | Jim Collopy | USA | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1,128.36 |
| 4 | Eric Blair | USA | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1,011.21 |
| 5 | Christian More durable | USA | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1,000.08 |
| 6 | Lautaro Guerra | ESP | 5 | 0 | 4 | 976.94 |
| 7 | David “Chino” Rheem | USA | 5 | 0 | 4 | 967.92 |
| 8 | Jon Kyte | NOR | 7 | 1 | 5 | 931.57 |
| 9 | Nacho Barbero | ARG | 4 | 0 | 3 | 927.55 |
| 10 | Brian Altman | USA | 8 | 0 | 1 | 895.39 |
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