10-14-2009 12:05 UTC-12

Bruno Portaro Halved

[user67765]

Bruno Portaro

Bruno Portaro is down to half of his stack after running into a rivered straight.

According to Portaro he took a jack high flop with one heart on it, while holding {j-Hearts}

{j-Hearts}

{10-Hearts}

. Portaro bet every street, with the turn {k-Hearts}

{k-Hearts}

giving him a flush draw. His opponent flat called down to the river {10-Diamonds}

{10-Diamonds}

where he raised Portaro's river bet. Portaro made the call only to see his opponent roll over {A-?}

{A-?}

{q-?}

for a rivered straight.

Portaro has about 9,500 chips at the moment.

Tags: Bruno Portaro