Upon entering the house Axel made it clear he wasn't a player to be messed with when he won his first HOH on week 1. Axel made big moves and wasn't afraid to do so, he managed to evict threats such as Excellent, Coolkid and jury threat Lily. For most weeks Axel's alliance and himself remained in control and decided who went out week by week, this was until jury hit then the house divided. Axel was seen as the leader of his alliance and made most of the moves this in turn put a bigger target on his back than he had before. It wasn't until the Triple Eviction on week 8 that Axel's game came to a sudden halt when he managed to lose the HOH and POV competitions and got sent out for being a huge jury threat with only 1 vote to save.
Axel later returned for second chance. Axel entered the house and in the eyes of many houseguests, was deemed a huge threat. Axel proved to be one too as he found himself in dominating alliances and won competitions to further his game. After winning the ring of friendship carepackage week 1 Axel sought to gain the trust of some houseguests and did such. However once being nominated with Rose week 1, and losing BOTB, Axel feared his game was going down the drain. After losing POV, and being a perma nominee, Axel pulled a card out the pity card from his had and used it to change some of the houseguests points of view of him to keep him in the house, this worked as he was spared week 1 by one vote and remained inside the house. However week 2, after losing HOH, he found himself nominated again but this time by Jackson, Axel manipulated Jackson into becoming his ally as well as saving himself with POV in the same week and saved himself from eviction. He then went on to play a more quiet game to keep himself from being on everyone's radars but always had a hand in the evictions. On Day 34 of the double eviction, Axel won HOH and POV along with it and sent Viola home almost effortlessly however his downfall came on the following week as he found himself nominated with Twisted, and after losing both BOTB and POV he was evicted over Jackson by a vote of 8-0. Axel is still viewed as one of the greatest players for his gameplay throughout both seasons.
