Poker Hand Matchup: Andoni Larrabe vs. Jorryt van Hoof

Outcome

Preflop, final table, six handed, with the blinds at 400,000 and 800,000 and a 100,000 ante, van Hoof raised to 1,800,000 from the button, Larrabe went all in from the small blind, and van Hoof called.

Analysis

Larrabe must have been well aware van Hoof had just called an all-in quite light, as a result of the pot odds involved and his mountain of chips. Dan Sindelar have been brutally eliminated only a few orbits earlier when van Hoof called his opponent’s all-in four bet. Larrabe had to know that the maths of this hand was not in his favor, as van Hoof would only face another 6,525,000 for the pot of 11,525,000, receiving 1.76 : 1 at the call. Larrabe shouldn't ever have concluded that this play would get a fold under any circumstances, and Jack high was not a powerful enough hand to compliment. Inspite of an especially wide opening range at the button van Hoof could still have easily had him high-carded. Larrabe’s last ten big blinds still had a while to search out a greater spot. His all-in three bets will need to have been mounted only with real hands, as they'd nearly always get called because of the pot odds and his chip position. If he was able to move in with Jack-Ten those shoves will need to have been reserved just for those times when the action was folded to him. Larrabe was drawing dead at the turn, but earned $1,622,080 for his sixth place finish.

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