With all the recent idol plays, it's understandable to me why Fish wanted to split votes - in case Joe had an idol (which was probably very realistic). If he trusted his allies enough (which he did), splitting was a no brainer. The misplay wasn't with what he did with the advantage, it was wrongly trusting Spencer. What would have happened if he decided to take him on reward instead? We'll never know.
He probably saw how Dan put all his eggs in one basket with his advantage last season and didn't want to do the same.
Fish does a Survivor podcast with Rob Cesternino which I am a fan of, I guess that's why I was more invested in how he did this season. He did way better than I expected, and played really hard(whether good or bad) - so in a way he got some redemption from his first time, he didn't want to play passively and lose in the finals again - even if it meant flaming out early.
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