Dumbest Fold of my life?

[ngmucker]

So we were down to 5 at a 500 buy in limit tourney at a local casino in LA. This was my first tourney for over a 200 buy in, so I was pretty ecstatic to be where i was. Anyhow, we are down to five players, blinds are 1k-2K. Avg stack is about 40 K. The stacks lookes like this:

UTG: 40K fold
Hero: 11K As9c raise
Button: fold
SB: 45K reraise
BB: folds
Hero: Accidentally cap [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

I don't know if it was late, or Ive been playing poker for 10 hours, final talbe pressure or what, but i accidentally capped preflop. I know the reraiser is extremely tight and most likely had AK, AA, KK, or QQ. Flop came j6c8c. He bets and I fold. How moronic was this really? Was the raise wrong? I mean, i was so short stacked and A9 five handed seemed decent enough. My main question is: Am I right in thinking that my fold was just atrocious, considering the amount of money in the flop? I appologize for the incoherence of this message, as it is my first post. Thanks.

[yid3655]

Im no expert but I wouldnt beat yourself up over it, your first tourney over 200 and you obviously played very well to go so far. With 5 left you gotta be aggresive. Only mistake I can see is the fold after the flop, you learn from your mistakes. Ive done it too many times and am still trying to learn [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[nightlyraver]

If you put the reraiser on a big hand, I don't see why you would put in that last raise preflop - just doesn't make any sense. On the flop, was this all clubs or just 2 clubs? The post is not clear. If it's all clubs, certainly do not fold. If it's 2-suited then you really don't have enough chips to screw around and you should fold. In fact, so short stacked I'm not sure I would use the A9o to try and take a stand with.

[durron597]

The mistake is obviously capping preflop, but you knew that. When you say the blinds are 1k/2k, do you mean the stakes are 1k/2k or stakes are 2k/4k with 1k/2k blinds?