In this chapter, we're introduced to the "poker face" , who's super excited about his upcoming showdown with the "old fart tang" . He's also super stoked about the fact that he's going to be able to beat the guy with the hat. The poker face's got a lot on his mind, and he doesn't want to let his guard down. He wants to make sure that the guy who beat him in the last round of rice balls isn't going to beat him this time around. He also wants to be sure that this time, the food is going to taste exactly the same as the last time he ate it. This time, he says, he'll be eating a lot of fresh bread and not stale stale bread or cold meat. The only thing that's different about this time is that it's "match food," which means that the food has to be fresh and ready to eat right away. In other words, this is a totally different type of food than the food you're going to eat in an eating contest. So, the poker face has a lot to say about this. First off, he tells us that he has to help another guy prepare for an upcoming eating contest, so he'd like to meet him at the "kama-age-udon" restaurant later that night. This will be a great opportunity for him to eat some super-sized food. He says that if he gets sick, he won't have much of a chance to eat. He tells us