Isaac Haxton (born September 6, 1985) is an American professional poker player, amateur chess player, and a youth chess champion.
Early life
Haxton was raised in Syracuse, New York. His mother is a psychiatrist and his father is an English professor who introduced Isaac to games of skill at an early age. He played chess at the age of four and Magic: The Gathering by the age of ten.
After high school Haxton attended Brown University as a computer science major, but later spent more time playing poker than studying. He returned to Brown and completed a degree in Philosophy.
Poker career
After turning 18, Haxton transitioned from competitive Magic: The Gathering to playing poker at the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, New York starting at $3/$6 limit before slowly moving up in stakes. He transitioned to online poker with a $50 deposit on Ultimate Bet.
In 2007, he cashed in his first tournament at the WPT Championship Event finishing runner-up to Ryan Daut for $861,789.
In September 2018, Haxton won Event #4: $10,000 Short Deck at the 2018 Poker Masters for $176,000.
In December 2018, Haxton won Super High Roller Bowl V for $3,672,000.
In January 2023, Haxton won the 2023 PokerGO Cup $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em finale for $598,000. The next week, Haxton won the 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 PCA Super High Roller for $1,082,230. He won a second $100,000 buy in event at the PCA less than two weeks later for over 1,500,000.
In June 2023, Haxton won his first bracelet at the 2023 World Series of Poker $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed event for $1,698,215 . In September of that year, Haxton won The Super High Roller Bowl, defeating Andrew Lichtenberger heads up and earning over $2.7 million. In 2023, Haxton had the most live tournament earnings of any poker player, earning more than $16 million throughout 2023.
As of May 2024, Haxton has cashed for more than $48,000,000 in live poker tournaments.
World Series of Poker bracelets
YearTournamentPrize (US$)2023$25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed$1,698,215
Online poker
Haxton is considered one of the top online cash game specialists and plays under the aliases, Ike Haxton, luvtheWNBA, and philivey2694 where he has earned over $2,000,000. Although successful in tournament play, he prefers online cash games and considers it to be his specialty.
PokerGo Tour Titles +YearTournamentPrize $2022ARIA High Roller #24 – $15,000 NLH$50,4002023PokerGO Cup #8 - $50,000 NLH$598,0002023U.S. Poker Open #8: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em$432,0002023WSOP #16 - $25,000 High Roller NLH$1,698,2152023Super High Roller Bowl VIII - $300,000 NLH$2,760,0002024Poker Masters #6 - $15,100 No-Limit Hold'em$352,8002024PGT PLO Series II #5 - $15,100 Pot-Limit Omaha Progressive Bounty ($6,000)$169,740
Triton Titles +FestivalTournamentPrize $Jeju II 2025$100k PLO Main Event$2,789,000
Personal life
Haxton is married to his wife Zoe. His father wrote his biography, Fading Hearts on the River: My Son’s Life in Poker.
References
External links Card Player profile Hendon Mob profile PokerNews profile WPT profile WSOP profile