about an hour into a PLHE event and you folded A9o?
i guess as you had been dealt nothing all game you would have
a smallish stack compared to the table with all the rebuys
why were you not all in???
remember you can always rebuy and your getting close to the end of the rebuys?
and scraping into the freezeout section with a small stack puts you at a huge disadvantage
unless it was a big buy in event which with so many callers i doubt folding the A9o in this postion was a mistake not least because at that stage of the event the A9o could of been the best ace out there as during the rebuys people will raise reraise and call with alot less
now donw to the question as new players we are always at a disadvantage, if you are unhappy with something always ask for a ruling, but don't get hung up if the ruling goes against you, its more than likely the ruling is correct but there is always the chance of a hometown ruling but they are less likely to try something on you if you call for a ruling.
i remember once playing in a tourny having 3200TP (anyone who has seen me at the table know i sit there counting my chips every other hand) i pushed all my chips in on a reraise one of the stacks toppled over and the guy in teh next seat leant over and helped me move the chips witch had now miraclously changed to 2700TP the player sat next to me had now a large pile of smaller chips (when i had been looking at his stack it was short stack of larger chips)
i questioned wether he was going to put the chips back, when everyone including the dealer stood up for the other player i dropped my complaint but they would have noted that i was not scared to complain and also note that i will be watching much closer next time.