Portlen Improves Twice
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. It was a hand that was marginally ahead of Portlen's 
. The 
flop missed both players, but brought an up-and-down straight draw for Portlen. He hit a pair on the turn with the 
, then filled his draw on the river 
. Just the pair would have been enough to send his opponent out of the tournament.Portlen now has approximately 7,000 in chips.