Be patient and wait for opportunities where you have a flush and there is no paired board. When you make your flush on a paired board you want the pot to be fairly small so if the guy bets big you can drop it. The guy with the full house is just itching to get you to go all in with your flush. Don’t give him the opportunity. If he slow plays it then goes all in at the river he probably has it. If he has been betting to discourage the flush then he probably has just trips, but don’t count on it.

Also use his position to determine whether he might have the full house. If he’s a good player then he probably doesn’t have a 2 in early position. Be wary of the blinds and small card paired boards. Use his betting behaviors from earlier rounds to determine if he has a pocket pair full house. Remember that if he is a decent player then he has been betting during times when is hand is more susceptible and just wanting to keep people in with as much money in the pot by showdown if he’s got the full house. Use this to determine what he might have. Keep the pots small when you are unsure. When he has the nuts its his job to make a big pot. When you don't have the nuts it’s your job to either determine that he has inferior cards or get out. If you can't determine what he has then don’t get involved by putting in alot of your money. Choose your opportunities carefully to win big pots and practice damage control until those opportunities arrive.

Be more willing to call an idiot with a small stack and more willing to fold to a smart player with a big one at river time.