Kristen Bicknell


Kristen Bicknell is a Canadian professional poker player.

Early life

Bicknell was born in St. Catharines, Ontario. She drew inspiration from professional poker player, Jennifer Harman, and regularly watched her on Poker After Dark.

Poker career

Bicknell began playing poker in her freshman year at college. She began playing online in 2006 under the alias krissyb24 and krissy24.
She hit Supernova Elite on PokerStars in 2011, 2012 and 2013. This required her to play approximately 2.5 million hands per year. She focused her online games at the $1/$2 to $2/$4 stakes. She calls herself the "Ultimate Grinder" for the volume of hands she plays online. In 2013, she won the $1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold'em Championship at the 2013 World Series of Poker earning $173,922.
In 2016, Bicknell won the $1,500 No-Limit hold'em bounty event and earned $290,768. That same year she signed with partypoker.
Bicknell was the highest ranked live tournament female poker player in 2017 with a total GPI points of 2,627.75. She ranked above Maria Lampropulos and Maria Ho. Her largest win of 2017 came in December's WPT Five Diamond Series at Bellagio. She triumphed with a 1st-place trophy in a $5200 No-Limit Hold'Em event, outlasting a field of 147 for $199,840.
In January 2018, Bicknell appeared on Poker After Dark for a ladies only cash game titled "Femme Fatale" week. She went on to events in Australia and Uruguay, while winning the APPT National High Roller in Macau during March for $2,192,000 HKD. At the final table, she defeated David Peters heads up to top a field of 117, who all entered for $80000 HKD each.
As of 2019, her total live tournament winnings exceed $4,700,000.

World Series of Poker

An "O" following a year denotes bracelet won during the World Series of Poker Online