mid pair turned into a bluff, sizing OTR

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mid pair turned into a bluff, sizing OTR

Blinds: $1.00/$2.00 (5 Players) UTG: $202.73
CO: $154.68
BN: $200.00
SB: $212.85
BB: $344.72 (Hero)
Preflop ($3.00) Hero is BB with K 9
2 folds, BN raises to $4.60, SB folds, Hero calls $2.60
villain is a TAG good reg with a ~50% opening range from the BTN.
Flop ($10.20) 2 6 9
Hero checks, BN bets $5.43, Hero calls $5.43
Turn ($21.06) 2 6 9 J
Hero checks, BN checks
very standard by now.
River ($21.06) 2 6 9 J A
Hero checks, BN bets $14.81, Hero raises to $49.96, BN calls $35.15
he decides to b/x/b.
it doesn't look bluffy, it's hard for him to have pure air OTT 'cause I can't see many hands without even a gutter - which he would keep barrelling almost always. his giveups look like Axs Kxs Qxs with non-heart backdoors.
with so many hands he would keep bluffing OTT i expect him to barrell almost all of his Jx, maybe checking some of the worst for the sake of protection; I also expect him to valuebet his very best nines (Q+ kicker?) most of the time and of course to bet all of his naked draws with no showdown value.

on the Ah my hand could be a decent bluffcatcher with this pot odds, but i thought - and I still think - it works better as a bluff: I'm plenty of hands I'd checkraise for value, he's capped on rivered 2pair except for some 9x flushes and he's not gonna have a ton of bluffs, I block some of his very few strong and strong-ish combos.
Final Pot BN wins and shows two pair, Aces and Nines.
BB lost and shows a pair of Nines.
BN wins $117.98
Rake is $3.00
playing lot of table I didnt pay a lot of attenction to the size and that's what I regret.
he would call anyway for sure with his specific holding but it doesnt matter... I think 60~65$ would be ideal, or maybe even bigger? or is it ok?

sizing-skill is where I should work out, so let me know what you think about that.
I apologize for my bad english, eventually :D thank you guys.

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