Pre Flop Devastation (Bubble Boy)

So, I was playing in the J7 final last night on Eurolinx and I was feeling REALLY good about my game.

We had about 85+ players that showed up and the competition was fierce. I was getting some really good cards (I hit bottom set twice in the first couple of levels and got paid on them both) and by about the 5th level I was closing in on 10,000 chips (we started with 2500 with 10min. levels... damn you MG!!!).

There were a couple of hands that I think I should have played to pre-flop raises but, for the most part, I felt as though I played very well. I was talking to Riky for most of the game (until we ended up on the same table) and we were both really pumped for the tourny feeling as though we could go really deep.

Unfortunately, Riky busted out just before the bubble I think (around 15th maybe??) and I was left on my own at the table. I was sitting with around 20,000 in chips with about 6left at the table. Short stack was around 9,000 and I think Marco had around 30,000.

Anyway, so I'm in MP and I pick up KK. We're hand for hand at this point and everyone is playing pretty tight. Player to my right (who I later found out was Fielder, but I've never really played with him and didn't have a great read on) raises to 2K. Blinds were 400/800 and this was a typical raise. I re-pop it to 6K thinking he'll just fold and I'll pick up the pot. It folds back to him and he insta-pushes for pretty much all my chips.

For whatever reason I couldn't see this as strength and I felt as though he was just trying to put a move on me. I ended up calling and of course he turns over Aces. No K on the board for me and I'm all in next hand and eliminated in 11th place... Bubble Boy...

All in all I was really happy with how I played last night but for whatever reason I just can't seem to get this hand out of my head. Could I have gotten away from the hand? Should I have read his push as strength? I think that I'm way ahead there more times then not and I'm playing for the win so I can't see how I can fold there? In my eyes you can't play scared that the 2nd best starting hand is going to match up against the best hand. It was a cold deck and I took the beat. So be it... Bah... I wish I could believe that.

Ohhhh well... Back to Stars for now I guess. I've been playing the $3.25 Turbo 6max SnG's with really great results over the past week or so. So, I'll see what I can do there!

Cheers