[AaronBrown]

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I'll tell you the worst (yet best) "mistake" I have ever made. I was head's up in the pot ($2/$5 NL). I flopped a set of sixes and a boat on the turn...and didn't realize it. The turn card was also a flush [scare] card and the guy went all in. I folded my pocket 6's face up, and he said, "You're folding a boat?!?!"

I felt like such an idiot...for a split second...then I quipped, "Yeah, I know you made that straight flush." I was, of course, 100% joking.

As the dealer was starting to take my cards, the player said, "You know your cards are still live. I am a nice guy and will let you call if you want to."

The dealer stopped...I went into the tank...and realized...this dude really does have the straight flush.

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Why would anyone with a straight flush go all-in on the turn? Especially with a pair on board, he wants every opportunity for people to draw to full houses, or maybe the guy with the Ace of the suit to get an Ace-high flush. Whatever calls he's going to get on the turn, he'll get more calls on the river.

But then he proved he was no poker player by mentioning he was a "nice guy" and would let your cards stay live. A poker player would turn to the dealer and say "I know he didn't say 'fold' but turning cards over is always considered a fold. I insist his cards are dead. Even a dealer as brain-dead as you know that. I want a floorman!"

The most common mistake I make is something in between the pure errors and hindsight. I sometimes figure a hand a certain way, then afterwards realize it made a lot more sense another way (the way it actually turned out). That usually happens when I have a read, see something that confirms it, and forget to keep thinking.