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Flashback: Jared Passanante Wins First Live Tournament Title in 2025 Midwest Poker Championship
Level 24
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 50,000 ante
Last fall at The Reserve Poker Club, Jared Passanante had the final opening flight of the 2025 Midwest Poker Championship $600 Main Event circled on his calendar.
The Michigan cash game specialist had just returned from a trip to Las Vegas and was playing a late-night session before the final flights on Saturday. He fired through three bullets before earning a spot in the money.
Passanante then defeated Lucas Rea to earn his first live tournament title. The field of 2,270 entries smashed through the advertised guarantee, creating a prize pool of $1,135,000. After a heads-up deal to adjust the top two payouts, Passanante took home $165,500, along with the trophy and a brand new Rolex watch.
2025 Midwest Poker Championship Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jared Passanante | United States | $165,500* |
| 2 | Lucas Rea | United States | $130,500* |
| 3 | Daniel Houle | United States | $68,720 |
| 4 | Richard Kollarik | United States | $48,050 |
| 5 | Satoshi Tanaka | United States | $37,210 |
| 6 | Imari Love | United States | $30,685 |
| 7 | Robert Constable | United States | $24,560 |
| 8 | Jarvis Hooks | United States | $20,190 |
| 9 | Matthew Higgins | United States | $16,250 |
*Denotes Heads-Up Deal