Don't take this wrong (seriously), but please don't try to analyze high stakes poker. Not if your thinking follows the above logic.
I think it's very common for the average player to watch high stakes game and be amazed at the "bad" play they see, with players often getting it all in with mediocre (at best) starting hands. The thing is, this isn't bad play at all... it's just beyond the comprehension of the average player, so to him, it looks bad. Barring tilt, etc, those crazy "bad" plays are often the result of very logical decision making.
For this hand, I can look at it and very easily see exactly why it played out the way it did. But I'll gladly admit that they are plays (usually "heroic" calls of big river bets) that I don't understand.
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