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Dennenmann's play was too obvious even to an amateur like me: first preflop raise with ace-x from the button. When Hachem called with one of the worst starting hands (73o, and indeed dominated as it turned out later, but in heads-up domination is not that bad)

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Ummmm...

-Z

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Are you wondering about my last comment? I got that from Harrington (Harrington on Hold'em Vol.II, p.372) Of course, domination in heads-up can go bad when you flop a top pair with a weaker kicker (e.g. Q4 vs. QT when the flop is Q-7-2, but not Q4 vs. K4 on the same flop), which could be costly, but it happens less frequently (there are only two queens left in the deck before the flop). In most cases, pot odds support playing even a dominated hand (ignoring position) because you are only about 2.5-to-1 underdog, whereas limping in from SB (or calling from BB the minimum raise of SB) offers about 3-to-1 pot odds. It's a correct play even if you knew that your hand is dominated.