2025 Midwest Poker Championship

$600 Main Event
Day: 3
23
Event Info
2025 Midwest Poker Championship
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
9♦8♦
Prize
$165,500
Event Info
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$1,135,000
Total Entries
2,270
Places Paid
209
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
750,000 / 1,500,000
Ante
750,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
9
Players Left
1
Players Left 1 / 2,270
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Level: 34

Blinds: 250,000/500,000

Ante: 250,000

Houle Takes from Love

Level 33 : 200,000/400,000, 200,000 ante

Imari Love raised to 800,000 in early position holding 3♠3♥, and Daniel Houle answered with a three-bet to 2,100,000 with A♥10♣.

Love called to see the 7♥9♣A♣ flop and checked to Houle, who continued for 2,100,000. That produced a quick fold from Love, and Houle raked in the pot.

Tags: Daniel HouleImari Love

Jarvis Hooks Eliminated in 8th Place ($20,190)

Level 33 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 200,000 ante
Jarvis Hooks
Jarvis Hooks

Lucas Rea opened to 800,000 from under the gun, and Richard Kollarik made the call in the small blind. Jarvis Hooks committed his remaining 800,000 from the big blinds, at risk against two opponents.

Kollarik and Rea checked through the K♦3♠3♦ flop and 4♥ turn. One final check from Kollarik followed the 5♥ river, making the call after Rea bet 1,500,000.

Jarvis Hooks: Q♠J♠ All in
Lucas Rea: K♣J♦
Richard Kollarik: 9♠9♣

Rea's two pair of kings and threes claimed the main and side pots, eliminating Hooks in eighth position.

Tags: Jarvis HooksLucas ReaRichard Kollarik

Matthew Higgins Eliminated in 9th Place ($16,250)

Level 33 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 200,000 ante
Matthew Higgins
Matthew Higgins

Imari Love raised to 800,000 from under the gun, and Lucas Rea made the call in the cutoff. Matthew Higgins then three-bet to 3,200,000 from the big blind and Love folded.

After asking for a count of Higgins' remaining stack, Rea moved all in and Higgins quickly called.

Matthew Higgins: Q♠Q♣ All in
Lucas Rea: 10♠10♥

Higgins was in a dominant position until the 4♣5♠10♦ flop gave Rea a set of tens. The 8♥ turn and 4♦ river changed nothing, sending Higgins out in ninth place.

Tags: Imari LoveLucas ReaMatthew Higgins

Full House for Kollarik

Level 33 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 200,000 ante

Richard Kollarik raised to 800,000 in early position with 6♣6♦, and Matthew Higgins three-bet to 2,400,000 with J♣J♥ on the button.

Kollarik called to see the Q♦Q♥A♣ flop, where both players checked. Another pair of checks followed the 6♥ turn, as Kollarik spiked a set.

The dealer flipped over the A♥ river, where Kollarik and Higgins both checked it down. Kollarik showed his full house, taking down another pot.

Tags: Matthew HigginsRichard Kollarik

Kollarik Takes the Flop

Level 33 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 200,000 ante

Richard Kollarik opened to 800,000 with K♦J♣ in middle position, and Lucas Rea called holding 2♦2♠ in the hijack. Imari Love defended his big blind with 4♦3♦.

Love checked the Q♠3♠K♥ flop, and Kollarik continued for 800,000. Rea took a moment before letting his hand go, and Love followed with a fold to see Kollarik take down the pot.

Tags: Imari LoveLucas ReaRichard Kollarik

Hooks Triples Up

Level 33 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 200,000 ante
Jarvis Hooks
Jarvis Hooks

Jarvis Hooks moved all in for his last 400,000 from the cutoff, and Lucas Rea made the call on the button. Jared Passanante also came along in the small blind to see the 7♥10♣9♦ flop.

Passanante checked to Rea, who fired 800,000. That saw Passanante get out of the way, leaving Hooks at risk heads-up.

Jarvis Hooks: K♦J♦
Lucas Rea: A♥10♦

Hooks picked up some additional outs on the 8♦ turn, completing his flush on the Q♦ river to triple his stack.

Tags: Jared PassananteJarvis HooksLucas Rea

Early Aces for Kollarik

Level 33 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 200,000 ante

Satoshi Tanaka opened from the hijack to 800,000 holding A♣Q♦, and Richard Kollarik replied with a three-bet from the cutoff to 2,200,000 with A♥A♦.

After taking some time, Tanaka let his hand go and Kollarik picked up an early pot.

Jarvis Hooks entered as the short stack, and folded through his blinds to sit with just 400,000 chips.

Tags: Jarvis HooksRichard KollarikSatoshi Tanaka