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Thinking it was probably a bad idea for the reasons usually given. Ommy doesn't know it won because the challenge was thrown. What if they gain confidence and start winning challenges. Eventually Zapatera would have lost a challenge. Seeing how united the six voters were agsinst Russell they would likely still have voted against him then.

Put another way, in Heroes vs. Villains Rob's alliance had not seen Russell play, underestimated him and it cost them. This time the alliance, likely having seen him play twice, overestimated him and it may cost them. Even Russell has to have something to work with; either an II or a weak link on the other tribe/alliance like Shambo or Tyson. Of course, if they had known one of their own people had the II, they might have been less worried. One reason to have let them know who had it.