Brandon Mitchell is the 2025 Arizona State Poker Champion

The Arizona State Poker Championship at Speaking Stick Resort in Scottsdale attracted a whopping 3,546 entrants who anted-up $1,100 for an opportunity on the glass trophy and the $525,700 that got here with it.

And the participant who would find yourself with all of the chips and the lion’s share of the prize pool is Brandon Mitchell, who locked-in his fourth six-figure rating in 4 years. This one, although, is his career-best. The money pushes Mitchell’s lifetime poker match winnings up and over the $1 million mark, with $2 million arising fast.

The previous state freeway patrolman now has practically $1.5 million in match winnings, launched by a $327,817 rating in 2023 he captured by profitable a $1,000 occasion on the Wynn Summer time Basic.

A 12 months later, he added one other $239,451 to his stack ending fourth in a $3,000 occasion on the World Sequence of Poker.

After which this summer time, he completed fifth within the $25,000 No Restrict Maintain’em/Pot Restrict Omaha Excessive Curler Eight-Handed occasion on the WSOP for a one other $303,773

“My entire household is right here supporting me,” the Arizona resident stated after the win. “My spouse couldn’t be right here, she’s in Oregon, out of state, however she’s on FaceTime proper now.” He then walked over and grabbed the cellphone, screaming “Let’s F-in go” and everybody cheered and smiled.

The highest six gamers earned a minimum of six-figures, and so they had been Christopher Collins, Zachary Powers, Hayley Hanna, Nicholas Rogers, David Levy, and Mitchell. Rounding out the highest 9 had been Senh Cong, James Pausch, and Mark Evangelista.

Whereas Mitchell had the facility of his household behind him, so did Haley Hanna, whose high-stakes taking part in husband, David Peters, flew in to observe his spouse crush her career-total of $54,000 with a $157,900 money.

Speaking Stick Resort crammed the Arizona State Poker Championship with hundreds of entrants by guaranteeing a $2 million prize pool and holding 4 beginning days starting Aug. 14. The whole occasion took six days, and gamers had been in a position to reenter through the week.