Alex Botez Wins $250,000 in ClubWPT Gold Poker Champs

Alex Botez, a former Canadian child chess prodigy and successful streamer, recently won the ClubWPT Gold’s Poker Champs event with a $500,000 prize pool, earning $250,000.

In her opening-round victory on Sept. 24, Botez defeated Eric Lamont Robbins Jr., securing at least $50,000. She then battled PaymoneyWubby in the semifinals, ultimately winning against Thomas Chance Morris, better known as Sodapoppin, in the finals.

Botez has had several notable poker tournament results, including finishing 1,040th in the 2023 World Series of Poker main event, 60th in a $10,000 event and 187th in the $25,000 WSOP Super Main Event at WSOP Paradise in 2024 for a total of $89,490. She also won a $550 freezeout for $10,815 in a 2023 side event at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure and $456,900 in a famous edition of Hustler Casino Live back in 2022. Beyond poker, Botez holds the title of Woman FIDE master and, along with her sister, Andrea, has a YouTube channel with over 2 million subscribers and a Twitch with 1.3 million followers.