Portal to Victory
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Toni Judet opened for 5,300 in early position - in violation of the usual etiquette, the whole sum was in an irritating mix of very small denomination chips - and it folded right around to Alexia Portal in the big blind, who eyed him up and made the call.
Both players checked the 
flop and come the 
turn Portal bet out 7,200. Judet flat-called and they saw the river - the 
. This time Portal checked and Judet bet 10,500 - but he had misjudged the timing, as Portal called and her 
had pipped Judet's 
at the last.
Just the merest hint of a smile played on Portal's face as she increased her stack to 130,000.