1-2NL, 2 Hours, NY Club

Went to the club this afternoon to kill a few hours. Only 1 table of 1-2NL going. I try a new strategy, buy in small ($150) and try and use some over top all-in moves to double it up.

About 15 hands in I look down with AQ off-suit UTG. I throw in $13. 2 Callers. Flop comes A-10-8 rainbow. I throw out $20, one fold, the guy to my right (who is an older, but often aggressive type player) makes it $45. I have another $97 left if I make the call and figure at this point I am probably good, but you never know with what this guy playes so I push all in. He thinks for a minute, makes the call. A Jack comes on the turn, King on the river, I make a straight. He murmurs to himself 'that was a lucky river for you', but he never shows his hand. I think i was good the whole time, but he threw his cards into the muck. Doubled to about $320.

I knocked off about $80 later when I pushed with 2 pair against trip 7's (I need to learn how to check with that pair hits the board that aint mine).

Another ridiculous play later on my part, and this one got me annoyed, but I still won the pot. Aggressive player to my left, I am UTG, pot is about $40. 3 players in the hand. I am holding Kh-5c. Flop K-4-8 rainbow. I check , aggressive guy puts out $17. Player to my right calls and I call. Next card is a 2h (2 hearts now on the board). Aggressive guy checks, guy to my right checks, and for some reason, I thought I was on the button (guy to my right was). So I say "All-In", even though I guess I had checked since I was first to act. The dealer says "All-In Blind" to me. I look down and say, "umm...sure". Push all my chips in (like $200 left) but am clearly off. Aggressive folds, but player to my right is thinking. He just looks really confused by my move. He did not realize that I had meant to push on the turn, but got caught up in a mistake. He thinks I went all-in blind before the river. The 10 on the river looks innocent enough. He takes awhile and then asks if I will show if he folds, I say sure. He mucks, I show the K-5 and he looks disgusted since he had me beat, but my off-putting mistake got him into a state where it knocked him off his game (I am assuming 2 pair or A-K). Just goes to show you, if you act out of character, players will not know how to react. Still took down $100 on that mistake.

All in all, for a 2.5 hour session, I hated the way I played but still came out ahead. There is a $300 +30 tourney tomorrow that I have cashed in a few times. Looking at it this way. I can buy in for $150 instead of $330.

+$190