Seth Davies Wins Super High Roller Bracelet for $4.75m and First Bracelet
The biggest bracelet victory of the 56th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) so far was the $250,000-entry Super High Roller Event #46. Seth Davies won the event last night for a top score of $4.75 million after beating Alex Foxen heads-up in a short but dramatic conclusion to a fiery tournament featuring plenty of PokerStake’s finest.
Big Names and Numbers
There were 63 total entries in the 2025 $250,000 Super High Roller WSOP event, with PokerStake players Kristen Foxen, Jeremy Ausmus and Daniel Negreanu among their number. It was another Foxen who busted in dramatic circumstances on Day 1 as his nemesis in the WSOP so far, Czech player Martin Kabrhel, got the better of him with a higher ace-kicker to send Foxen home for the night.
One Day 2, however, Foxen re-entered the event meaning the former Global Poker Index world number one was in for two bullets and a total of $500,000. Meanwhile, both Kristen Foxen (45th) and Jeremy Ausmus (15th) both busted outside the 10 money places. Daniel Negreanu might have gone the same way, but on the direct bubble, made a saving fold with 
on a flop of 
when Martin Kabrhel held 
.
While Negreanu folded, eventually making the money places when he busted in ninth for $531,284, a handsome profit of $281,284 for Kid Poker’s WSOP package on PokerStake, Peters went nowhere with 
. That ace of spades proved crucial, as after a 
turn and 
river, Kabrhel bet 2 million chips with his flopped trips and provoked an all-in move from Peters. It was a stunning bluff and playing on the money bubble and the fact that three spades were out there – including the nut flush blocker in his hand – Peters’ bravery paid off. Kabrhel laid it down, commenting: “Never bluff David on the river.”
You weren’t bluffing him, Martin. He was bluffing you.
Final Table Heroes and Villains
“How does this happen every time?”
With just eight players making it to the final day, only Kid Poker was missing from the narrative of ‘Martin Kabrhel versus Everybody’ that had been set up brilliantly by the two previous days action. With Kabrhel short-stacked purely due to his inability to call Peters’ bluff the evening before, the Czech player had no fancy moves left in his arsenal. His exit was tame by comparison, following Ben Tollerene to the rail after he had run kings into aces. Kabrhel was all-in with eight-seven and lost to Chris Brewer’s ace-jack. Kabrhel’s cash of $674,359 was decent, but unspectacular.
David Peters went out after Kabrhel, crashing out to Alex Foxen who had outlasted his compatriot and Day 1 rival Kabrhel in fine style. All-in with 
, Peters couldn’t overtake Foxen’s 
as a board of 
sent Peters home and propelled Foxen to second in chips behind the overnight leader Thomas Boivin in the process.
There was drama in Chris Brewer’s departure in fifth place for $1,066,731, too. Holding 
, Brewer was up against Foxen’s 
and all the money went in on the river of a board showing 
. It was a heartbreaker for Brewer as Foxen’s backdoor full house usurped his fellow American’s flopped two pair.
“Holy f*ck, what the f*ck?” Brewer said, leaping out if his chair. “I mean, how does this happen every time?”
Leaving quickly to burn off the tilt, the former winner of the event Brewer – who had come into play as the short stack – had finally gone. Foxen was now in charge.
Davies Takes Gold as Foxen is Felled
Coming into the action, Seth Davies was buried in the middle ranks of the players attempting to win WSOP gold. Of them, Davies was in the minority of never having won one before, but over a dramatic conclusion, he changed all that.
One man who would have been as keen as anybody to win was Bryn Kenney. With players like Jason Koon and Stephen Chidwick having made ground on him in The Hendon Mob’s All-Time Money List in recent weeks, Kenney was hoping that he’d take home the 4.75m top prize, which would grow his lead significantly. Instead, the Long Islander finished fourth for $1.4m.
All-in pre-flop with 
, Kenney was behind Seth Davies’ 
and never caught up across the 
board, which made Davies an unnecessary flush on the river. Boivin soon joined him, heading home with just over $2m after king-high was no good against Foxen’s ace-high.
Heads-up began with Foxen marginally ahead. Incredibly, the duel would last just two hands but ended in Davies’s favor. All-in and at risk with , Davies got lucky against Foxen’s 
as a flop of 
put Davies into the lead. Foxen could still redraw to Broadway or a better pair with a queen or king but across the turn and , neither came and Davies had 94% of the chips in play.
In the next hand, it was all over. Foxen’s was good enough to go all-in with pre-flop but he was well behind Davies’ and while Foxen had hope on the 
flop and even more on the turn that gave him two pair, that hand was counterfeited by Davies on the 
river and that gave the WSOP title to Davies.
“I was like, well, it’s probably not going to go my way today,” said Davies about the penultimate hand. “And then that jack pops up, I was like OK! I’m in the driver’s seat now.”
That’s true across the year, with Seth Davies now the most successful tournament poker player in 2025. Winning $12,265,719 already this year Davies’ career earnings now sit at over $44.6m, boosting him up to 16th on the All-Time Money List.
| WSOP 2025 Event #44 $250,000 Super High Roller Final Table Results: | |||
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
| 1st | Seth Davies | United States | $4,752,551 |
| 2nd | Alex Foxen | United States | $3,060,314 |
| 3rd | Thomas Boivin | Belgium | $2,057,430 |
| 4th | Bryn Kenney | United States | $1,446,929 |
| 5th | Chris Brewer | United States | $1,066,731 |
| 6th | David Peters | United States | $826,348 |
| 7th | Martin Kabrhel | Czech Republic | $674,359 |
| 8th | Ben Tollerene | United States | $581,411 |
