.25/.50 NLH flop fold pocket 9's

Ok, I may not use the correct jargon here, as i am moderatly new, and particularly new to any poker forum.

Here is the situation, let me know what you do:

I have pocket 9's in a .25/.50 full ring game.


Two limpers come in and the player to my right raises to 3X the BB.


I call and the limpers fold.


The flop comes 5h Ah 3s


No help for me...


The villian (i think this is the term i've seen here) bets 3X the BB again.


Ok...i wait till my action time ticks to the end and I re-raise to 6X the BB


I suppose my thinking here is let him think I am trying to sucker him by looking indecisive, but, in actuality semi-bluffing.


The villian does the same to me and then raises 12X the BB.


I now fold thinking either he has a higher pocket pair, maybe AK, or he just out-bluffed me.


What do you think?

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i personally would not have raised to six times the big blind after he had raised preflop. In that situation, i would put him on the ace and wait for another hand to play

If he re-raised your re-raise, he definitely has a better hand than you do, or he's a completely reckless player. What was your read on this guy?

I'm not sure I would even re-raise here. If he's continuation betting, just flat out call. But in most cases, this is a pretty easy fold, even if I hate folding 9's.