how to play middle pair in multiway pot?

[marken]

I had a hard time to figure out what to do in this hand. Before the flop i was thinking about raising it up to 6x BB to try to steal. But if i get callers i feel that i'm in bad shape when i'm OOP and the pot is big. so i just completed instead.

BB is sLA-A, UTG is Callin Station, MP3 is TP-A, CO is LA-A (almost maniac).

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (9 handed) converter

Button ($54.85)
Hero ($55.4)
BB ($39.7)
UTG ($42.55)
UTG+1 ($27.75)
MP1 ($0)
MP2 ($81.05)
MP3 ($94.6)
CO ($97.5)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. Hero posts a blind of $0.25.
UTG calls $0.50, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP3 calls $0.50, CO calls $0.50, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero (poster) completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($2.50) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(6 players)</font>
Hero checks, BB checks, UTG checks, MP3 checks, CO checks.

<font color="blue"> first out here with pair bigger than middle against 6 players. Can i be good here? should i try to bet about half the pot and see what's happening? </font>


Turn: ($2.50) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(6 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $2</font>, BB folds, UTG folds, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 raises to $7</font>, CO folds, Hero folds.

<font color="blue"> I figured to be good with my 9's, but now the TP-A raises me! Is this one of my leaks that i let this go? Am i too weak? </font>


Final Pot: $11.50

[TheWorstPlayer]

Perfectly played, IMO.