Has anyone got blinded by their monster hand that they can't see other possibilities?

I feel like a complete dumbass from last night. I started playing this game end of 2008 and played on and off but yet, I feel like a complete beginner.

This was just a home game and it was a $60 lesson learned($20 loss bcz i initially bought in for $20, built it upto $60, then lost it all) but I'm curious if this has happened to anyone where the moment you hit your monster, or the card you're looking for, you're blinded by it that you fail to see the possibilities of others hand range. Although this was past 1am, I'm not gonna say I was tired bcz that's no excuse. I've played tired before and did well in the past, even had 15 hour session too last year at a casino because I tried to copy Phil Laak when I was having a good session but got nowhere close to it.

This was a home game $0.25/$0.50. I have a stack of $60.

I had pocket 7s from cutoff. UTG +1 raises to $1.5, 2 MP positions call, I call, button calls, sb folds, bb raises to $5, utg+1, 2 mps, me and button all called. Pot is now $30

Flop was Qs 8c 6h. It was checked all around. Turn was 3s. I tried taking stab at a pot for $15. button and big blind called, everyone else folded. Pot is now $45

River came out 7s. Obviously now, there's a straight and flush board. But the moment I hit my set, I suddenly thought I had the best hand. I was completely blinded by the river card that gave me the set that I didn't even see the flush and straight possibility during that time. Big blind bets out $15, It should've been fold>call>all-in. I made the worst option and shoved all-in like a complete idiot. button calls, and sb calls. Turns out button had the flush and bb had a straight 45 hearts who was chasing after oesd. It was a big good lesson for me where I got to see all the possibilities I should've considered and indeed, they had all of them. Normally, when I lose, I rebuy and would rebuy back in for $40, especially in home games to keep things social but yesterday, I showed my hand, laughed and told them I feel so stupid that I want to sit out since game was gonna be over in 20 minutes since they announced that game will be over at 1:30. I just waited for my friend to play and finish the game, who had a good night and won $120.

Still can't believe my stupidity from last night. I just wanna to bang my head to the wall. I'm just happy I didn't do this in casino. Just amazed at myself how I made this mistake even after playing on and off for 5 years.

Been there and done that! More than once. Sometimes its when I have an overpair to a scary board and a passive player gets really excited. Little warning bells should be going off but I forget to listen to them.

And I remember another type of "stupid mistake" play at the wsop a few years back when Phil Ivey folded a flush and he never even noticed he had the hand!

I know I have done this several times & also seen it happen to other players too. I'm sure its happened to us all one time or another so don't kick yourself too hard.
After being bluffed on 24/7 time & time again online I find it hard to fold a decent hand anymore. With obvious Flushes & Straights on the board I will tell myself there is no way that other player has a heart or whatever but 8 or 9 times outta 10 I call & of course they do.
Online is SOOOO different than REAL or regular poker.

nabmom said:

Sometimes it's when I have an overpair to a scary board and a passive player gets really excited.

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Fixed my own post. Hate when I do that!

Does seeing an imaginary board play out in-front of you count and than shoving like you haven quads when in all fairness you had like 6 high or something? I have done that many times in the past

It happened to me more then once but on the oder hand its nice to dee even best player of the world makes mistakes also so just take it has a learning experience

Yup, I have on a couple of occasions rivered a straight for example, or even turned the straight and didn't take notice that the river completed a flush. Stacks went in and when it didn't come my way I was like, oh crap didn't even notice the flush got there .

It can easily happen, just as an example that comes to mind from the other spectrum was in the WSOP Main (forget the exact year) when phil ivey had the pocket 8's with a spade and there were four spades on the board but he mucked when the opponent I do believe turned over his cards to beat the pair 8's. He didn't see that he had the flush, so not always seeing the hand in front of your face can happen to anyone and be a detriment (although he made ft on the ss if I recall).

More times than I care to remember. Especially early on I tended to lose focus in the excitement. It cost me, and later the self recriminations for being such a knuckle-head. I do better now, thankfully.

In that spot, just call the bet or raise it up to 3x the bet. Clearly SB made a hand on the river. On a wet board given the preceding action, chances are he chased and completed his draw so he's value betting. 7x two pairs is the best thing you can hope that he improved to.

Now if BTN raises (if you call) or reraise (after you raise), then you gotta take a deep look at the board texture and ask yourself what BTN might be raising there with.

There's nothing wrong with simply calling with a medium strength hand. Remember, if you made your set on the flop, chances are it's the best hand. But if it's the river and the board is wet against multiple villains who called your previous raises, then your set really isn't that strong anymore.

I think this is most common on Full house vs Full house. It takes a special kind of player to fold a full house. For example