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Kristen Foxen shines at PGT Kickoff Series

31 January 2025

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Kristen Foxen shined brightest at the PGT Kickoff series to open the 2025 PGT season. With three cashes and one victory, Foxen now sits atop the tour leaderboard with 525 points.

Foxen won the series finale, which was an event she won last season to open the PGT year. This time, Foxen's win earned her $197,625. She also finished in the money in two other events to bring her season earnings to $218,275. With 525 points locked up, Foxen is very much on her way to qualifying for the season-ending PGT $1,000,000 Championship.

Also winning events at the 2025 PGT Kickoff series were Andrew Lichtenberger, Patrick Leonard, Masato Yokosawa, and Spencer Champlin.

Event #1: $5,000 NL Hold'em Results
1st: Andrew Lichtenberger - $117,600
2nd: Nick Schulman - $75,600
3rd: Matthew McEwan - $54,600
4th: John Riordan - $39,900
5th: Dennis Beres - $29,400
6th: Patrick Leonard - $21,000
7th: Erik Seidel - $16,800
8th: Nick Seward - $16,800
9th: Jesse Lonis - $12,600
10th: Manuel Fritz - $12,600
11th: Ethan Yau - $12,600
12th: Mike Zulker - $10,500

Event #2: $5,000 NL Hold'em Results
1st: Patrick Leonard - $124,800
2nd: Aram Zobian - $79,200
3rd: Joseph Cheong - $57,600
4th: Joey Weissman - $43,200
5th: Sam Laskowitz - $33,600
6th: Natalie Ferguson - $24,000
7th: Chino Rheem - $19,200
8th: John Riordan - $19,200
9th: Andrew Moreno - $14,400
10th: Phil Hellmuth - $14,400
11th: Stephen Song - $14,400
12th: Bertrand Rosique - $12,000
13th: Rodger Johnson - $12,000
14th: David Chen - $12,000

Event #3: $5,000 NL Hold'em Results
1st: Masato Yokosawa - $142,800
2nd: Neil Warren - $89,600
3rd: Nick Seward - $64,400
4th: Blake Vogdes - $50,400
5th: Erik Seidel - $36,400
6th: Michael Vanier - $28,000
7th: Justin Saliba - $22,400
8th: Jesse Lonis - $22,400
9th: Francis Anderson - $16,800
10th: Bertrand Rosique - $16,800
11th: Shannon Shorr - $14,000
12th: Dylan Linde - $14,000
13th: Mitchell Halverson - $11,200
14th: Brad Owen - $11,200
15th: Kristen Foxen - $11,200
16th: Joao Simao - $8,400

Event #4: $5,000 NL Hold'em Results
1st: Spencer Champlin - $157,500
2nd: Michael Vanier - $97,650
3rd: Martin Zamani - $69,300
4th: Eric Blair - $53,550
5th: Sam Soverel - $37,800
6th: Joey Weissman - $31,500
7th: Patrick Leonard - $25,200
8th: Beka Iordanishvili - $25,200
9th: David Peters - $18,900
10th: Yunkyu Song - $18,900
11th: John Riordan - $15,750
12th: Andrew Lichtenberger - $15,750
13th: David Chen - $12,600
14th: Igor Yaroshevskyy - $12,600
15th: Jeff Madsen - $9,450
16th: Justin Saliba - $9,450
17th: Brandon Sunshine - $9,450
18th: Kristen Foxen - $9,450

Event #5: $10,000 NL Hold'em Results
1st: Kristen Foxen - $197,625 (A heads-up deal was made)
2nd: Joao Simao - $197,625 (A heads-up deal was made)
3rd: Stephen Song - $111,600
4th: Jeremy Ausmus - $83,700
5th: Andrew Moreno - $65,100
6th: Nick Seward - $46,500
7th: Neil Warren - $37,200
8th: John Andress - $37,200
9th: Bin Duan - $27,900
10th: Carson Richards - $27,900
11th: Sean Winter - $27,900
12th: Sam Soverel - $23,250
13th: Eric Blair - $23,250
14th: Michael Berk - $23,250

As a special offering for the PGT Kickoff series, all in-the-money finishes were worth double points. That means that anyone who cashed received a nice little boost to their 2025 campaign and are that much closer to qualifying for the season-ending PGT $1,000,000 Championship.

As expected, the five events winners are at or near the top of the leaderboard, but sandwiched among them is Joao Simao in third place. Simao finished the PGT Kickoff series with two cashes, including a runner-up result to Kristen Foxen in the final event.

2025 PGT Leaderboard Top 10
1st: Kristen Foxen - 525 points
2nd: Patrick Leonard - 342 points
3rd: Joao Simao - 324 points
4th: Spencer Champlin - 315 points
5th: Masato Yokosawa - 286 points
6th: Andrew Lichtenberger - 267 points
7th: Nick Seward - 256 points
8th: Neil Warren - 253 points
9th: Stephen Song - 252 points
10th: Michael Vanier - 251 points

 
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