It’s very very easy to fuck up your water. Most look better 5-7 days prior.
A guy like this never "holds water" throughout his prep in the first place, unless he for example gets sick and is given cortisone, or does some idiotic 10K cheat day. It's not really a thing for healthy lean individuals. So if this guy eats the exact same diet up to the show, starvation level, does not increase or cut sodium and then eats say 200 grams extra carbs the day before, does not cut water throughout, nothing's going to be outright blown. If they have some coach with half a brain it's not going to be anything radical, he really has little to no water to lose and his small amount of muscle can hold just a few hundred grams more of carbs. I'd really like to see an example of a little natural like this who "blew it," like I want to see someone with a ripped ass with not a ripped ass because he "held water" or "went flat." This is just my humble opinion, not fighting you
Again, just in my opinion, even in enhanced amateur bodybuilding, if a guy is 2 pounds too hydrated or 2 pounds too "flat," it's not going to affect placing most times. Now, if holding a few pounds too much fat, that's more of a factor. As many will agree, some guys just aren't in shape, it wasn't the carb load to blame, it was 3 more weeks of diet required or whatever
