Kristen Foxen
Kristen Foxen is one of the most successful Canadian poker players of all time and the leading female tournament player in recorded live poker earnings. Born in St. Catharines, Ontario, Foxen built her reputation online before becoming a fixture in the highest buy in live events in the world. She is a five time WSOP bracelet winner, a regular in Triton and PokerGO Tour fields, and one of the few players in poker with both mainstream recognition and elite high roller credibility. WSOP lists her as the most successful female player in WSOP history, with five bracelets and more than $2.8 million in WSOP winnings.
Main Info
Nickname
krissyb24
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Residence
Canada
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/kristen_foxen/
Born
1986-12-29
Youtube
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Age
40
Twitch
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Foxen Top 5 Cash Prizes
| Event | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 Triton Jeju $100,000 NLH Main Event | 4th | $1,449,000 |
| 2025 Triton Jeju $125,000 NLH 7 Handed | 3rd | $1,104,000 |
| 2026 Triton Montenegro $50,000 NLH 8 Max | 2nd | $1,039,000 |
| 2024 WSOP Main Event | 13th | $600,000 |
| 2019 Poker Masters $25,000 NLH | 1st | $408,000 |
Biography
Kristen Foxen is a Canadian professional poker player from St. Catharines, Ontario. She first became known under her maiden name, Kristen Bicknell, and developed much of her early game online. Her volume heavy approach earned her the nickname “The Ultimate Grinder”, while her online handle “krissyb24” remains one of the names most closely associated with her poker career.
Foxen’s first major live breakthrough came at the 2013 World Series of Poker, where she won the Ladies No Limit Hold’em Championship. Three years later, she proved the first bracelet was no one off by winning the $1,500 No Limit Hold’em Bounty event. Since then, she has added three more WSOP bracelets, including online bracelet victories, making her the first female player to reach five WSOP bracelets.
Her career has moved well beyond women’s records. Foxen is now a regular in the toughest No Limit Hold’em tournaments in the world, from the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas to Triton’s ultra high stakes stops in Asia and Europe. In 2026, she booked the biggest live score of her career with a fourth place finish in the Triton Jeju $100,000 Main Event for $1,449,000.
Foxen is also connected to the poker training business through Chip Leader Coaching, where she appears alongside Chance Kornuth and Alex Foxen as part of the coaching team. CLC lists her as one of the top performing champions behind its tournament training products. Her Instagram profile also identifies her as a WePoker Ambassador and CLC coach.
