Dorin Coaxes a Show

From early position, Joanne Dorin opened to 30,000, and the action passed around to Bill Stradley. He announced an all in reraise, and Dorin immediately got wide-eyed and sunk in her chair a bit. The rest of the table folded back to Dorin, and she went into the tank for a bit.

"I have a really big hand," she lamented, holding her cards out at arm's length as if she was prepared to fold. She continued to groan in pain for another few minutes, then decided to investigate further. "I'm sorry, how much is it? Are those double stacks there? That's fine you don't have to break them down." It was 314,000 total, another 284,000 for Dorin to call.

"Will you show if I fold?" she asked, and Stradley assured her he would.

"Sure. Of course. I always show," he said.

Dorin continued to toil over the decision for another minute or so, finally flashing her pocket tens to her neighbors and sending them back into the muck. True to his word, Stradley showed her the wisdom of her ways, tabling his {J-Hearts} {J-Spades} as he pulled back his chips.