When a pot gets three-way and two players are clearly fighting each other, stay out of it unless you have the nuts. Let them build the pot and collect at the end.

Why they do it

Three-way pots where two players are clearly going to war are not your business unless you're holding the best hand. Getting in the middle of two players who are both strong - or who think they are - is how you lose a big pot with a medium hand.

The adjustment

Fold your medium strength hands in three-way pots when there's already significant action between the other two. Wait for the right spot. It'll come.

What it's worth

Staying out of multi-way wars with marginal hands saves you $100-200 in spots where you had no business being. Patience in three-way pots is underrated at $1/$2.