He is, in his own words "playing a prominently UTR game", and doing it very well IMO - but blowing that idol is his biggest mistake so far :/
In fairness, he figured out Yve had to have the other one and was covering his own ass in case she was idolling him instead of Jill or w/e, but he hadn't told anyone he had it, not even his close allies. Or did he tell Fabio? idk.. But anyway, playing wasn't just a waste, but he also lost a chunk of the trust he had built.