Sidestepping a Snare

A lot of time and server space is consumed telling players how to get the chips of their opponents. Unfortunately, not nearly enough effort is spent informing players about the ways their own stacks will be attacked. Often the assumption is that if we know what to do, automatically we also know what not to do. Just watch any tournament where a seasoned pro will mutter under his breath, "I shouldn't do this" before calling a big bet, and then they find out too late that their instincts were right: they shouldn't have done it.