Kristen Foxen Deep in the Main Event: "Today it Started to Feel Real"

You're all in with kings. You take a deep breath. You mutter a silent prayer. And you hope they hold.

Whether it's Day 1 of a tournament or Day 6 of the largest WSOP Main Event in history, this hand plays out the same way each time. And even if you're a player with the poker resume of Kristen Foxen, you can't help but feel a little stressed.

Foxen Secures Crucial Double

With the blinds at 50,000/100,000, Foxen opened off of a stack of 34 big blinds with K♥K♦ and Bradley Mercer three-bet from the big blind with AXKX. Foxen four-bet and called a shove from Mercer for her tournament life.

The board came Q♥8♦6♣4♠10♣ with Foxen celebrating on the rail with friend Natalia Breviglieri before returning to the table, exclaiming in relief to her tablemates "That's like the biggest all-in of my life."