I Hate Canines (King/nine, or K9)

Today I have been knocked out of two tournaments with K9 vs KQ and KA. The morning moose tournament I raised preflop with my KQ suited and was called by "Dirt Farmer" with a big stack and K/9 suited. The flop K/9/7, he checked (big blind), and I went all-in for pot size. He insta called and I was gone. Twenty minutes later, in an online game, I raise from the small blind with Ak and am called by....K9 offsuit. The flop has some middle cards, 6,7, ten high and I bet 300, he calls. The turn, king, I shove, he calls. River hits an eight for the straight with his 9. Just some really bad luck.

I have turned the corner on tournament play though with 2 online cashes (60th out of 1700, and 2nd out of 134). One of the wins (2nd) was just for a free year's subscription to Card Player magazine, but that is cool. I also place 2nd in the 10 a.m. Moose Friday for a $150 win. Cash games not so good with a small ($100 loss) marathon Saturday game. I felt o.k. with it, but could have quit a couple of hours earlier for a small win. Late Sat. nite play is just....crazy. When you have Tony, Miguel and Latif in the game it can get wild. I watched Tony go from $300 buy in to $700 to the felt. Miguel came in with $300 and had $700 in front of him when I left. Here is an example: Too Tight Randy raises preflop, rut-row! I envision aces, so I immediately muck my A10. Miguel calls with 8/3 offsuit and flops two pair then rivers the boat despite $20 bets to the river. Sick. I only survived by playing extremely tight and pushing hard when I connected. Of course, the problem with this type of play in this type of game is that it is like playing with your cards face up. Someone raised to $7 preflop with one caller and I reraised to $27 with pocket aces and everyone folded. But, just ask Randy how it feels to let them in cheap and get snapped by the 8/3. I will take the small win every time rather than try to trap.