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Big Hand Cracked

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One of the biggest sources of tilt that you MUST get under control.

You Hold
The Flop

you are in a raising war with another player and at the end the board is:

Flop
Turn
River

and your opponent shows you:

Hole Cards

for the nut straight achieved via gutshot on the river to crack your set of kings. Unless you possess inhuman self control you should almost automatically sit out the next few hands and you will definitely save yourself some money in the long term.