I think this is when your intuition comes into play. You knew deep down that you were beat--but your rational mind couldn't accept it. You even thought about the hand that had you beat. But you kept going. I've done this myself many times, ignored a feeling that something wasn't right. And boy, what a price we pay when we do that!
The problem is that although you always find out when you're wrong in a situation like this (because you lose), you can never be sure when you're right unless the other player shows his cards. If you lay down what you think is the winning hand, and you never find out what the other player had, you're always plagued with doubt about if you did the right thing.
So unless you play on televised games where you can watch it later and know for sure if you did the right thing or not, you just have to listen to that little voice that's telling you to watch out.
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Be afraid. Be very afraid.
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