Tunnel Vision Play - Anyone experience this?

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Title should actually be: TUNNEL VISION PLAY...sorry for the mixup

I'll notice a loose aggressive calling station (what a combination, by the way...lol) and i get to a point where i start to forget about all the other players at the table. I like loose aggressive players in general because they seem to always be willing to give action and I figure when I get that premium hand, I'm going to want that action. Often, I will watch this particular LAGCS and come to the conclusion that my hole cards have his beat (preflop). So when he goes all in, I will quickly follow suit and put all my chips in too. But my mistake is I often forget that there are other players ahead of me...lol....it's almost like I've zoned these other players out....a type of tunnel vision play I suppose. Well, what often happens is I will have been correct that I had the LAGCS beat only for a player ahead of me to go all in as well with a better hand than the both of us. Maybe this is just a silly thing particular to my own play. I'd like to know if anyone else has experienced this though...lol
 
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I experienced that in Fixed Limit holdem, when holding the nuts and got reraise buy regs. I know that i will beat that guy but we have to always make attention about the other players on the table.
The best thing to do is always to play his best poker without calling those guys by marginal hands.
 
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I have a problem of identifying the "best" player at the table and then focusing on that player at the exclusion of other players. In reality I should just avoid the players that are better than me and focus on the fish I want to exploit.
 
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Tunnel Vision Play , I experience this every time when im smoke "green cigaret " :) Aggressive loose play is good option 4play, but not always (be smart) . Every hand is different but opponents on your table are the same , and they usually play on the same way . When u play MTT , loose play is good way when stage of turnament is minimum middle(higher stage tur = more loose game ) If u wont win u must play mix loose&tight game. When i see players who play many hands i always try play more aggressive than always(only what u need with nuts player is better position and aggressive play...cards in your hand dosent matter). When i have good position and i see player who raise 4 hand by hand i reraise , when he call always make continuation bet ! (always) , if he call again then i know that he have sth . Then i watch what cards i have and calculate my chance to win. Play hard or die...this is all about poker (in my opinion). GL
 
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