Clements Sees Chips Transport to Portal

After an opening raise to 850 from early position, Alexia Portal called from the button, as did Scott Clements from the big blind. All three players checked the {9-Clubs}

flop. The turn was the {5-Spades}

. This time Clements bet 1,600, the original raiser folded, and Portal considered for a while before making the call.

The river brought the {9-Spades}

. Clements tapped the table and looked toward Portal, who carefully cut out a bet of 2,250. Clements turned his gaze -- or, rather, intense stare -- toward the community cards, then pushed his cards forward, conceding the hand.

Portal is up to 41,500, and Clements is at 28,500.