While it was a historic final table for the PokerGO Tour’s 2026 U.S. Poker Open, David Coleman was having none of it. Coming into the final table with the chip lead, Coleman put up with much of the attention going to the three ladies who assumed seats against him on Wednesday afternoon. With that said, he would be the last person standing, defeating one of those women, Kristen Foxen, to win the Main Event of the USPO.
Ladies Show Out for Final Table
Coleman came to the final table with a slight lead over Foxen, but he had to be content with ceding the attention to the women in the event. There were only three female players – Foxen, Cherish Andrews, and Ebony Kenney – out of the 48 entries in the $25,000 tournament, but all three would make their way to the final table. If that were not enough, Andrews had a shot to become the first woman ever to win a PGT overall title should she win the Main Event. Alas, that was going to be a tough fight, as Andrews came to the final table with the next-to-lowest stack, only leading Kenney in the standings.
The news started well for Kenney, however, as she found a double up through Jesse Lonis in the early action. It was not enough to stave off elimination, however, as Kenney would get her chips to the center after Coleman tried to bully her off a hand. After Coleman raised the betting, Kenney called off her stack and saw that she was leading:
Kenney (big blind): K-6
Coleman (button): Q-5
The 9-J-A flop kept Kenney in the lead, but a Queen on the turn changed the fortunes. Needing a King to save her tournament life, Kenney instead saw a five make for two pair for Coleman as she went to the rail in seventh place ($48,000, but because Kenney reentered the tournament, a net -$2,000 loss for Kenney).
Andrews and Foxen, no strangers to fighting it out on the Women’s Player of the Year race over the past half-decade, would lock horns further into the tournament. After an A♣ 2x 3♣ flop, Foxen would check-raise Andrews, only to see Andrews fire back with an all-in three-bet. Foxen made the call and saw the story unfold:
Foxen (big blind): Q♣ 4♣
Andrews (hijack): A-J
Andrews held the lead, but Foxen held the draw with four to the flush. None of those clubs would show up for Foxen, however, and Andrews found another double to crack the million-chip mark.
Those newfound chips did NOT give Andrews a drive to the title. Instead, the exact opposite happened; Andrews made an ill-advised bluff against Coleman (never bluff the chip leader) and would not recover from that attempt. She would commit her final chips with pocket fours against Coleman’s K-Q, only to see the board run out 9-10-K-7-J to end her night – and the hopes of a PGT overall title – in sixth place.
Coleman Dominant to the End
Now stacked with 3.4 million chips, Coleman would not face any significant opposition on his way to the title. He was responsible for the elimination of Lonis in fifth, Elias in fourth, and Richard Green in third place, respectively, and entered heads-up play against Foxen with a 6:1 lead.
It would only take three hands for Coleman to complete the deal, putting Foxen to the test while holding Q-8 against Foxen’s pocket tens. Foxen well laid the trap, but the board didn’t care about strategy, as it came down to Q-9-J-Q-4 to give Coleman trip Queens and end the tournament, holding the Main Event trophy for the 2026 U.S. Poker Open.
1. David Coleman, $420,000
2. Kristen Foxen, $264,000
3. Richard Green, $174,000
4. Darren Elias, $126,000
5. Jesse Lonis, $96,000
6. Cherish Andrews, $72,000
7. Ebony Kenney, $48,000
Brock Wilson Makes History, Earns Second Consecutive PGT Overall Title
After the departure of Andrews in sixth place in the Main Event, the overall title for the 2026 U.S. Poker Open was cinched by Brock Wilson. For Wilson, it was a double-edged sword; the title was his second consecutive PGT overall championship, as he won the 2026 PokerGO Cup overall title last month, preceding the USPO. On the downside, Wilson had to feel for Andrews who, while a competitor, is also his significant other.
Wilson’s historic victory was also significant for the women’s poker community. For the first time in the history of the PGT, two women finished in the Top Five of the overall race; previously, no more than one woman had appeared in the Top Ten.
1. Brock Wilson, 495 points
2. Jeremy Ausmus, 399
3. Kristen Foxen, 377
4. Aram Zobian, 359
5. Cherish Andrews, 325
6. Clemen Deng, 324
7. Joao Simao, 266
8. Brandon Wilson, 258
9. David Coleman, 252
10. Alex Foxen, 245
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