Straight Blindness

Am I the only one who suffers from "straight blindness"? I hate to think how often I've lost a big pot because I didn't even notice a possible straight developing. It's probably one of the worst leaks in my poker.

Hopefully it's not just me who has this problem. It would seem logical that straights are somehow more difficult to see than other hands. Pairs, trips etc are about matching values, flushes are about matching suits. Straights however involve sets of different numbers which may have different suits. It's a more complex pattern to match.

There's probably a project in there for some cognitive science student. As for me I'm going to try and consciously remember to stop and look for straights until the patterns are fully burned into my brain.

Labels: general, improving my game, poker