A 9 offsuit in ep - how would you play?

[Msogard]

Down to six in a 20 person MTT on PP. Where did I go wrong here? Is this unavoidable? Maybe I didn't raise enough pre-flop?

***** Hand History for Game 1452402157 *****
NL Hold'em Trny:8765486 Level:7 Blinds (100/200) - Monday, January 17, 21:14:18 EDT 2005
Table 2 - Table(215512) Table #1 (Real Money)
Seat 10 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 4: xrayed ( $2050 )
Seat 6: Msogard ( $2110 )
Seat 9: woodyhayes2 ( $6705 )
Seat 5: Lone_Duck ( $6150 )
Seat 8: brysatx ( $2040 )
Seat 10: laschance4me ( $945 )
Trny:8765486 Level:7
Blinds (100/200)
There is no Small Blind in this hand as the Big Blind of the previous hand left the table.
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Msogard [ As 9d ]
Lone_Duck folds.
Msogard raises [500].
brysatx folds.
woodyhayes2 folds.
laschance4me folds.
xrayed calls [300].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ks, 3c, Ad ]
xrayed checks.
Msogard is all-In [1610]
xrayed is all-In [1550]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Js ]
** Dealing River ** [ Ac ]

[Stork]

You could've folded preflop, for starters.

[Msogard]

A9 at a six handed table that is playing relatively tight and not seeing many flops? This seemed like a perfect steal opportunity. I definetly didn't want a call here but wanted to be able to get away from it if I was re-raised. Do you think I really should've folded an A9 shorthanded?

[Rubeskies]

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Do you think I really should've folded an A9 shorthanded?

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UTG, yes.

[Stork]

I'm not a fan of weak offsuit aces, especially in early position. It's an easily dominated hand, especially if you raise preflop and are called. Say an ace flops, what do you do? You bet out? What if he calls, what's your turn play if you don't improve? Hard to know what the opponent has, he could be on a draw, or he could have a better ace, or he could have second pair, or he could be slowplaying two pair. Well you have to bet out again, otherwise he'll bet and put you in a real uncomfortable spot. But you won't like it. What if he just raises your flop bet? You have top pair, but how good is it really? Offsuit aces are a bitch. I will, however, sometimes play them from CO or button for a raise, depending on my mood.