Elio Fox is a well-known American professional poker player from New York, NY. He is also a World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Main Event champion, with a total live earnings over $11 Million. Elio Fox has been playing and winning at poker for more than a decade. His largest win was in the 2011 €10,000 WSOPE Main Event in Cannes, when he won $1,870,208. Fox has amassed a slew of high roller titles since his breakthrough performance.
Elio Fox launched his poker career on April 7, 2010. As his debut tournament, he competed in the PokerStars NAPT Mohegan Sun Main Event. He demonstrates his incredible talents and gameplay by finishing 15th and winning $23,000. This momentum continued in 2010, with his yearly MTT profits more than doubling to seven figures, placing him in the top ten most successful online tournament players for the year.
Fox used his extra cash to compete in larger live tournaments after a successful year of online poker. He had his most memorable poker moment in 2011, when he won the WSOPE Main Event in Cannes for $1,870,208, his highest live score at the time, Fox is no stranger to large tournament wins. A few months before winning the WSOPE Main Event, Fox won the Bellagio Cup VII $10,000 Main Event for $669,692, defeating the likes of Daniel Colman and Brynn Kenney. He has since added a WPT title to his resume, as well as cashes at all major international poker events.
In May 2018, Elio Fox of New York, the 2011 WSOP Europe Main Event winner, won the 2018 World Series of Poker. It began in Las Vegas, Nevada, where Elio Fox received the first WSOP gold bracelet of the year. He won the 2018 World Series of Poker $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty worth $393,693 plus a couple of $3,000 bounties. The final table saw some notable stars compete for the first bracelet of 2018. After a thrilling heads-up duel, it was Elio Fox who emerged victorious. Fox sealed his second WSOP title with a full house on the final hand for good measure.
Elio Fox has won multiple tournaments while playing poker in live and online tournaments over the years. His most recent tournament was the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure PCA High Roller (Event #59) in February 2023. He finished eighth and won a big prise of $ 139,700.