River Sinks Portal
Alexia Portal opened with a raise from the cutoff seat and got one caller on the button, creating a pot of about 900. The flop came . Portal bet 550, then her opponent raised to 1,600. Portal made the call.
The turn was the . This time Portal checked, and her opponent pushed out a bet of 2,200. She again called.
The river brought the . Portal checked again, and after spinning his chips about a little, her opponent tossed out a single pink chip -- a bet of 5,000. Portal thought for several seconds, then called. The player on the button flipped over his hand -- for a rivered flush. Portal showed hers as well -- .
Portal now has 24,500.