Slowplaying always gets me

[mikeneron]

$5.50 SNG (9 players). We are down to the bubble and I have about 8BB. One other player is down to 3.5 BB so I am playing really tight just waiting for the really short stack to go out. My big mistake here was trying to slowplay a big hand in order to double up and basically assure myself of finishing in the money. If I had have just made the normal play of pushing, I would have won the blinds and still probably assured myself of finishing in the money. I don't know why I always feel I have to slowplay AA or KK in this situation. More often than not I get burned for doing it. It's tough to lose a hand like this, but if this situation comes up again then I know what NOT to do and that's the whole point...learning from your mistakes.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (4 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

BB (t4120)
UTG (t7700)
Button (t525)
Hero (t1155)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K, K.
2 folds, Hero completes, BB raises to t300, Hero raises to t825, BB calls t450.

Flop: (t1575) 4, 2, 3 (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets t450, Hero calls t405 (All-In).

Turn: (t2430) J (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t2430) 7 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t2385

[TLR]

I would raise preflop, otherwise OK, you can also push pre

[mattiesmat]

I would push preflop, pushing looks weaker than raising.