Seth Davies lifts Maiden Bracelet and $4.75million

It was bracelet number one and a lifetime best cash for Seth Davies, the US pro besting Alex Foxen heads-up in the $250k buy-in SHR.

Published 06/18/2025
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Seth Davies (courtesy of WSOP)

Event #46: $250,000 Super High Roller had attracted 63 entries including 13 of the all-time top 20 MTT earners in history. As we reported yesterday, the battle to reach the final table was fierce and included numerous incredible bustouts.

When Daniel Negreanu fell in 9th place, the remaining eight came back for day 3 and a shot at not only a gold bracelet, but also one of five 7-figure paydays, including the $4,752,551 top prize

It was a stacked table who reconvened, with all-time moneywinner Bryn Kenney in the mix, as were crushers Alex Foxen, Chris Brewer, Seth Davies, and David Peters.

Online monster Ben Tollerene, motormouth Martin Kabrhel and Belgium’s number 2 (now number 1!) Thomas Boivin rounded out the contenders.

Seth Davies had a few words to say about how best to deal with the Czech juggernaut…

…and Kabrhel was very close to being first out the door, only to be saved by a ridiculous runout…

Kenney: A♠ A♥

Kabrhel: A♣ K♥

Flop: 8♥ 5♠ 4♣

Turn: 7♦

River: 6♦

In fact, it was Tollerene who bust first, despite starting the day second in chips. Tollerene had already lost half his stack when this happened…

Tollerene: K♠ K♣
Foxen: A♠ A♥

Flop: A♣ J♦ 8♥

Turn: Q♠

River: 3♠

Kabrhel, perhaps the most annoying player to hit the WSOP since William Kassouf, fell in 7th and some kind of normality returned to the event. Alex Foxen then took out both David Peters and Chris Brewer, the latter sharing a few expletives as Foxen rivered a set and got the maximum from Brewer.

“Holy fuck, what the fuck? I mean, how does this happen every time?” was all a stunned Brewer could say as he exited stage left, the first of the 7-figure cashes to soften the pain.

By now Foxen and Boivin were way out front, and when Davies doubled to get close to them, Bryn Kenney felt he needed to make a stand as shortest stack…

Kenney: A♠ Q♥

Davies: K♥ K♣

Kenney, who opened the action, shoved over a stone-cold 4-bet from Davies on top of a Boivin 3-bet…

Flop: 9♥ 4♥ 2♥

Turn: 8♣

River: 7♥

Fourth place and $1,446,929 for Kenney, who – with $77,225,275 – is now more than $10million ahead of second-placed Stephen Chidwick.

Boivin may have been disappointed with his third-place finish given how well he played, but his exit at the hands of Foxen did see him pick up $2,057,430 and leapfrog Davidi Kitai at the top of the Belgian moneywinner’s list.

Heads-up for the bracelet (and a mammoth $1.7million cash differential) lasted all of two hands and it was Davies who had the luck of the cards, spiking a jack on the flop with A♦ J♠ against Foxen’s A♥ Q♣ The execution was mercifully swift…

An incredible first bracelet for Davies and almost $12million in less than two months, after recent Triton and EPT successes.

Final Table Results

1

Seth Davies

USA

$4,752,551

2

Alex Foxen

USA

$3,060,314

3

Thomas Boivin

Belgium

$2,057,430

4

Bryn Kenney

USA

$1,446,929

5

Chris Brewer

USA

$1,066,731

6

David Peters

USA

$826,348

7

Martin Kabrhel

Czech Rep.

$674,359

8

Ben Tollerene

USA

$581,411

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