One of today's last-minute registrants, Joshua Prager moved all in for 31,000 over a raise to 6,000 and a call and got called by Jon Des Pois to put him at risk.
Joshua Prager:
Jon Des Pois:
The board ran out , giving Prager a set on the flop to boost his stack near double its starting value.
With about 12,000 in the middle on a turn board of , Bob Mather bet 6,500 from the hijack and was called by Joshua Steiner on the button.
The river brought the , putting a fourth heart on the board. Mather checked and Steiner checked behind.
Mather showed for a rivered top pair. Steiner shook his head slightly, then mucked his cards as the pot was pushed to the RunGood Thunder Valley PLO Event champion.
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