Kristen Bicknell became the best female poker player for the third year in a row
Kristen Bicknell managed to become the best in the women's ranking Player of the Year according to the Global Poker Index for the third consecutive year. The girl has been showing a consistently strong result for the past three years, and the organizers of the contest couldn’t help but notice it.
In 2019, Kristen recorded 36 cashes in live tournaments and won a total of $2 500 000. Her biggest victory of the last year was the first place in the tournament cost $25 000 at the Poker Masters. For winning this event, she received $408 000 in prize money.
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It's not a secret for the poker community that Kristen Bicknell is dating Alex Foxen. The guy also spent a very successful year, as he became the best player of the year in the overall ranking. Thus, the couple reiterated their last year’s achievement – headed the two ratings again.
In 2019, Alex earned $6 346 000 in live tournaments. In the race for the best player of the year, he managed to overtake such a famous poker player as Stephen Chidwick. The key step to victory became Foxen’s triumph at the WPT Five Diamond. For first place, the guy was awarded $1 600 000 in prize money.
The poker couple Foxen and Bicknell will receive their awards at the second ceremony Gobal Poker Awards. It will be held in March at PokerGo Studio, and the organizers are to give about 20 prestigious awards.