Alex Farahi: WPT Champion and WSOP Millionaire Maker Finalist
POKER HALL OF FAME
Inducted 2014
Alex Farahi has built a long-running live tournament career highlighted by a World Poker Tour championship, a final-table run in one of the largest World Series of Poker events of 2017 and more than $2.8 million in recorded live tournament earnings.
Listed as Alexander Farahi by the WSOP and The Hendon Mob, the American tournament player reached a major career milestone in April 2026 when he won the WPT Rolling Thunder Championship at Thunder Valley Casino Resort. The victory gave Farahi his first WPT title and added another major result to a résumé that already included deep runs at both the WSOP and WPT World Championship.
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Who Is Alex Farahi?
Alex Farahi is an American tournament poker player whose recorded live results date to 2013. The Hendon Mob lists his residence as Beverly Hills, California, and his tournament history has been concentrated primarily in the United States.
No-Limit Hold'em accounts for most of Farahi's biggest results. His career includes significant finishes at the World Series of Poker, World Poker Tour events, WSOP Circuit stops and major Las Vegas tournament festivals.
Farahi spent several years accumulating results before his first major national breakthrough. That came during the 2017 World Series of Poker, when he made a deep run in an event containing more than 7,700 entries.
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Alex Farahi's 2017 WSOP Millionaire Maker Breakthrough
Farahi's largest recorded live cash came in the 2017 WSOP $1,500 Millionaire Maker.
The tournament attracted 7,761 entries and generated a prize pool of more than $10.4 million. Farahi reached the final three before finishing third for $561,530, according to the official World Series of Poker Millionaire Maker results.
Pablo Mariz-Hernandes ultimately won the bracelet, while Dejuante Alexander finished second. Farahi's third-place payout remains the largest live tournament cash of his career as of September 2026.
His 2017 WSOP was not limited to that one result. Later in the series, Farahi finished 29th in the $1,500 Monster Stack for another $30,460.
The Millionaire Maker performance established Farahi as a player capable of navigating extremely large tournament fields and gave him a career-defining score years before he captured his first major tour championship.
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Farahi's World Poker Tour Results
Farahi developed an increasingly substantial World Poker Tour record over the following years.
One of his earlier WPT-related results came in 2014, when he finished second in the WPT Regional Western Poker Challenge Main Event for $30,940.
His WPT results became more significant in 2022.
Farahi reached the final table of the WPT Legends of Poker at The Bicycle Hotel & Casino, finishing eighth for $71,000. A few months later, he made a deep run in the inaugural WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.
Farahi finished 16th in that $10,400 championship and earned $217,100. The tournament attracted 2,960 entries and produced one of the largest prize pools in WPT history at the time.
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Farahi returned to the WPT World Championship in 2025 and recorded another cash, finishing 188th for $19,600.
Those results established a strong WPT résumé even before his breakthrough victory arrived in 2026.
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2026 WPT Rolling Thunder Championship
Farahi captured his first World Poker Tour title on April 1, 2026, by winning the $3,500 WPT Rolling Thunder Championship at Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln, California.
The tournament attracted 310 entries and generated a $992,000 prize pool. Farahi reached the six-player final table second in chips before advancing to heads-up play against former WPT champion Matt Salsberg.
Farahi and Salsberg agreed to adjust the payouts during heads-up play, but the tournament continued for the championship.
Farahi eventually won the final hand with ace-six against Salsberg's ace-two. A six on the flop gave Farahi the pair that held through the river.
The victory earned Farahi $193,725, his first WPT title, a $10,400 entry into the season-ending WPT World Championship and his name on the Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup. The World Poker Tour's official announcement documented the championship and the adjusted heads-up payouts.
Winning Rolling Thunder was important for Farahi because it converted years of deep tournament finishes into a major tour championship. He had previously reached important WSOP and WPT final stages, but the 2026 victory gave him his first WPT title.
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How Much Has Alex Farahi Won in Poker?
As of September 8, 2026, The Hendon Mob lists Alexander Farahi with $2,840,867 in live tournament earnings.
His major career statistics include:
Live tournament earnings: $2,840,867 as of September 8, 2026
Best live cash: $561,530
WPT titles: 1
WSOP bracelets: 0
WSOP Circuit rings: 0
2017 WSOP Millionaire Maker: 3rd for $561,530
2022 WPT World Championship: 16th for $217,100
2026 WPT Rolling Thunder Championship: 1st for $193,725
Tournament earnings are cumulative statistics and can change whenever a player records another qualifying result.
The WSOP's current Alexander Farahi player profile lists him with zero bracelets and zero Circuit rings.
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Does Alex Farahi Have a WSOP Bracelet?
No. Alex Farahi has not won a World Series of Poker bracelet as of September 8, 2026.
His closest major WSOP breakthrough came in the 2017 Millionaire Maker, where he reached the final three before finishing behind champion Pablo Mariz-Hernandes and runner-up Dejuante Alexander.
Farahi has nevertheless accumulated a substantial record of WSOP cashes across multiple years. His results extend from lower-buy-in large-field events to several-thousand-dollar championship tournaments.
The absence of a bracelet does not diminish the significance of the Millionaire Maker run. Finishing third in a field of 7,761 entries produced the biggest payday of his career and remains one of his defining tournament performances.
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What Kind of Poker Does Alex Farahi Play?
Farahi's tournament record is centered primarily on No-Limit Hold'em.
His largest scores have come in No-Limit Hold'em events such as the WSOP Millionaire Maker, WPT World Championship and WPT Rolling Thunder Championship. He has also regularly played WSOP Circuit events and other major tournament series in California and Las Vegas.
Farahi has entered events outside standard No-Limit Hold'em as well. During the 2026 WSOP, for example, he cashed in a mixed Omaha event featuring Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo, Omaha Hi-Lo and Big O.
There is not enough reliable public information to characterize Farahi with a specific strategic label such as loose-aggressive or tight-aggressive. His tournament history does show extensive experience in large-field and multi-day live events.
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Alex Farahi's Recent Poker Results
Farahi remained active after winning WPT Rolling Thunder in April 2026.
Later that month, he finished 19th in the $3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship for $38,500.
He then recorded a series of cashes during the 2026 World Series of Poker and surrounding Las Vegas summer events.
Among his later 2026 results were:
66th in the WSOP $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em event for $11,475
74th in the WSOP $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship for $15,491
207th in the WSOP $600 Deepstack Championship for $1,918
182nd in the WSOP $500 Colossus for $4,000
309th in the WSOP $1,500 Monster Stack for $8,000
Multiple additional cashes at the Wynn Summer Classic
The Hendon Mob's recorded results for Farahi extend through July 2026, confirming that he remained an active live tournament player during the 2026 summer series.
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Why Alex Farahi Matters in Tournament Poker
Farahi's career is a useful example of how sustained tournament participation can develop over many years before producing a major championship.
His 2017 Millionaire Maker result demonstrated that he could contend deep into one of the WSOP's largest fields. His 2022 results included both a WPT final table and a top-16 finish in the WPT World Championship. Four years later, he converted another final-table opportunity into his first WPT title at Rolling Thunder.
That progression gives Farahi a résumé built on more than a single breakthrough score.
He has recorded results across more than a decade of live tournament poker, surpassed $2 million in career earnings and continued adding significant results during 2026. His WPT championship now stands alongside the 2017 WSOP Millionaire Maker final table as one of the defining achievements of his career.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Alex Farahi a professional poker player?
Alex Farahi is an American tournament poker player with more than a decade of recorded live results and more than $2.8 million in career live tournament earnings as of September 8, 2026.
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Did Alex Farahi win a WPT title?
Yes. Farahi won his first World Poker Tour title at the 2026 WPT Rolling Thunder Championship, earning $193,725.
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How much has Alex Farahi won in live poker tournaments?
As of September 8, 2026, The Hendon Mob lists Farahi with $2,840,867 in live tournament earnings. That figure can change as additional results are recorded.
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What is Alex Farahi's biggest poker cash?
Farahi's largest recorded live cash is $561,530. He earned it by finishing third in the 2017 WSOP $1,500 Millionaire Maker.
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Does Alex Farahi have a WSOP bracelet?
No. The WSOP lists Farahi with zero bracelets as of September 2026.
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Does Alex Farahi have any WSOP Circuit rings?
No. The WSOP currently lists Farahi with zero Circuit rings.
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Where did Alex Farahi finish in the 2022 WPT World Championship?
Farahi finished 16th in the 2022 WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas and earned $217,100.
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Is Alex Farahi still active in poker?
Yes. Farahi recorded numerous live tournament cashes during 2026, including his WPT Rolling Thunder victory, a deep WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown run and multiple cashes during the 2026 World Series of Poker.