Oblivious

Just an aside; in my two weeks on Party (predominantly American) I have already seen more bitching and name-calling than I saw in the previous three months on my usual site (predominantly European).

My own play has continued to be good – but not frequent enough – over the weekend. However, being either distracted or drunk has had an effect in a couple of larger pots.

First I failed to realise I had a straight flush in one hand, so when the river paired the board I did not make as much money as I should have.

Secondly, pretty drunk, the river gave me trips (I thought) but put a flush on board. It was checked to me by three players with one left behind me, and I drunkenly went all-in thinking that maybe nobody had the flush, they might have all been going low, and/or I might even get a small flush to fold. Well, the button called instantly with a king high flush and the others folded. Damn!

But what’s this - the chips are coming my way!? Oh, the turn had given me two pair, so my trips on the river actually made me the nut full house. A nice outcome, but I could do without playing drunk enough to miss such subtleties… I suspect that if someone up front had bet I would have folded.