Leaking

This last week or so I haven't got a chance to play a whole lot but when I have I am finding that I am leaking way too many chips away either raising preflop and cbet folding to raises, or checking to multiple late position callers and folding the flop. Either way my game is all out of whack and I am not sure if it is from not playing enough, raising too much in early position and thus having to play out of position or 3betting preflop and cbet bluffing and folding to raises.
I have found myself getting into too many situations where I don't know where I am. I have been trying to 3 and 4 bet more preflop and it has been working like a charm. Even early in tournaments a small 3 bet in position or on the flop has helped me take control so much easier. A play that seems so standard is becoming a stretch as I am trying to get a good idea on the skill level of those I am playing against.
I am loving to raise the flop with weak holdings when I know my opponent has something middling and re-evaluating the turn/ betting again when a scary card comes. What I have to be doing is putting the pressure on my opponent.

I played a hand very weakly against an aggressive yet successful pro who plays about 800 tourneys a month. He raised the button and I was in the bb with A9o mid multi (blinds 50-100, he had 6000, i had 2400) he raised to his standard 350 and I repopped to 825. What I thought this would do for a solid pro was make him draw a line in his range and either fold or stack almost everything. leaving his decision one way or the other, either way I was pretty happy to get it all-in if he took the button/sb/bb situation into account and narrowed his range. He had also shown down as little as J10off inthe same position and had raised utg wiht KJs the very first hand and 3 pronged a flopped flush draw to a late position caller. He hit the river and the other player gave him 1200chips with a flopped two-overs and a gutter and hit running two pair. Either way I know he plays very well postflop but I was blinded by the flat call he made of the 825. the flop came K49 and I didn't think I could fold the hand (this could very well be flawed thinking - My main thought against it is that one of the only hands that he would just call the preflop 3bet with is KQ) I bet 475 of my 1575 and he called. The turn was a brick and I thought for 10seconds and shoved. He insta called wiht KQ. I was hoping to narrow his range preflop, hit a decent flop for my hand but I am not sure if and how I should have gotten away from this postflop.

-Should I have just let him take the blinds again, he had done it several times and I had little to fight back with?
-Should I have just shoved preflop?
-Could I have check-folded at any point?
-Should I have just called preflop and decided from there? Still not a bad flop for my hand.
-should i have played it just the same?

I think of the five main ways of playing it the worst is a tie between a check fold and just call. At this stage of the tournament I cant be just calling, I think that with a strong player I will be in a very tough spot on so many flops and havent narrowed his range by just calling.

either way, Id like to know what people think about it. This hand is very indicative of the way I things have been going. I thought the preflop 3bet narrowed his range and all I think he will just call with is KQ.. I dunno, what do you think?
Maybe the fold and wait to play a weaker player in position is better

Sunday Report:Oct 4 2009

Played 4 tourneys today: 3 majors (750k on FT, Million on PS and 200k on UB) and the double-deuce. Despite getting a good amount of chips in all three I had a few really good race spots where I was getting all-in for 75+ bbs with top set (nuts in all cases but one where a rare 35 made a straight) and lost two of them for big pots. Very happy to get the dough in like that but surprised still at the frequency people are willing to gamble so deep early and middle in $215+ multis. I did make two very strange plays today, again following my latest trend of 3bet bluffs that I can't let go. Twice I 2.2x 3bet A9o vs a late pos raiser with a big stack (80bbs) vs a smaller (35bbs) stack and shoved a low flop only to have the other player calls a low board with 1010. A very dumb and unneccesary trend I have been assuming that people have been watching my play closer and after I build up a solid image and 3bet 2.2x and show top 5 hands that they will recognize. My mistake totally as I forget that people on sundays are probably more toady than most tourneys. Ah well, a small cash in the doubledeuce was thrilling. Enough to bring me back for the slate on Tuesday.

Side note: found this horrid video you gotta check out. this guy is a total idiot and I can't believe he thinks people will want to advertise on his site.. A MUST see, a video entitled "folding KK preflop" I thought it might be a good one that has an interesting situation that was a good fold...you will be shocked when you watch this but great for a laugh!! Enjoy, bi for now

http://www.pokertube.com/MyPokerface.aspx?movie=11793