Alex Foxen Leads the $10K 8-Game With 81 Career Final Tables Behind Him

The Chip Lead at Two Tables

Alex Foxen has made 81 career final tables, more than some poker rooms see in a year, and the one he's building right now might matter more than all of them.

When Event #80 of the 2026 WSOP, the $10,000 8-Game Mixed Championship, played down to its final 18 on July 3, Foxen sat behind 1,310,000 in chips. That's nearly triple the next-largest stack at his two remaining tables. His résumé already includes four gold bracelets, six Circuit rings, and $29,398,254 in lifetime tournament earnings. A fifth bracelet in an event that rotates through eight poker disciplines would put an exclamation point on one of the most versatile careers in modern tournament history.

A fifth bracelet in an event that rotates through eight poker disciplines would put an exclamation point on one of the most versatile careers in modern tournament history.

Why the 8-Game Matters

The 8-Game Championship isn't a vanity event. It cycles through No-Limit Hold'em, Pot-Limit Omaha, Razz, 2-7 Triple Draw, Limit Hold'em, Omaha Hi-Lo, Stud, and Stud Hi-Lo. Winning it requires competence across every format on every street. Specialists get exposed. Foxen's 81 final tables across a breadth of tournament structures suggest he won't be.

His 1,310,000 stack at 18 players represents a commanding lead. For context, the field began as a $10,000 buy-in championship and has already shed everyone outside the final two tables.

The Field Around Him

Foxen isn't alone in credentials. Andjelko Andrejevic (450,000 chips) brings one bracelet, one ring, and $3,939,647 in lifetime earnings across eight final tables. Richard Bai (384,000) holds three Circuit rings with $1,738,169 earned over 22 career final tables. Matthew Schreiber (383,000) has accumulated $1,257,621 across eight final tables of his own.

Then there's the earlier chip leader who didn't survive to this stage. Clayton Mozdzen topped the counts at 27 players with 420,000 in chips, carrying $883,771 in career earnings. But by the time the field hit 18, Mozdzen's name was gone from the leaderboard. Two-time bracelet winner Steve Billirakis ($2,412,276 lifetime) also fell before the final 18.

The casualties underscore the event's difficulty. This is not a field where a big stack at 27 guarantees a seat at the final table.

Foxen by the Numbers

Four bracelets already put Foxen in rarefied air, but here's what separates his profile from the typical multi-bracelet winner: volume and consistency. Eighty-one career final tables is an extraordinary conversion rate across what has to be thousands of tournament entries. Six Circuit rings on top of four bracelets means he's winning hardware on both the main WSOP stage and the year-round Circuit.

At $29.4M in lifetime earnings, Foxen ranks among the top tournament earners in poker history. But raw earnings can be inflated by a single massive score. It's the 81 final tables that tell the real story. That number reflects sustained, repeatable excellence across formats, buy-in levels, and years.

What Comes Next

Eighteen players remain. Foxen has the chips to survive the inevitable coolers that mixed-game rotations produce and the résumé to navigate every discipline in the cycle. Whether he converts the chip lead into bracelet number five will unfold over the coming hours. But the 81 final tables aren't luck. They're a pattern, and that pattern currently holds 1,310,000 chips at the WSOP's hardest championship.