Itoafa Makes a Boss Fold

Rich Dixon limped in from under the gun and Zach Gutierrez raised to 1,200 from the hijack.

"Double me up!" he said as action folded around to Mike Itoafa, who was in the small blind. Itoafa three-bet to 7,250 and upon a fold in the big blind, Dixon went all in for 47,700. Gutierrez folded and Itoafa found action back on him. He went into the tank.

"You gonna talk, Rich? You gonna talk?" said Itoafa, remarking about Dixon's stoic posture.

Dixon broke character and burst into laughter. Itoafa was still not convinced one way or the other and eventually had a clock called on him. When time expired, he still was unsure and his hand became dead as a result.

"You show one, I'll show one," Itoafa said to Dixon. Dixon was up for the proposition, tabling .

Itoafa showed and asked Dixon to show his other. Dixon gave him a wry look as if he already upheld his end of the bargain and sent his other card to the muck. Itoafa felt that he saw all he needed to in order to know he had correctly folded. He showed his other downcard, the to show that he had folded queens preflop.