Matt Stout most certainly knew that he didn't have the best hand against a much shorter-stacked opponent. Stout, with position, had called an open-raise to 6,000 before the small blind moved in for 20,900 total. The original raiser folded, but Stout, with lots of chimps and so much dead money in the pot, tossed in calling chips. He was taking against and couldn't get there, .