Agreed...he definitely played this well.
Thanks for the 99 insight...although I don't agree completely I like to read other opinions. I guess my feeling is that you'll hit your set 1/9th of the time without another big pocket pair hitting their set as well / you'll flop another 9 every 8.5 flops and there will usually be overcards the times you don't.
It's all good, good discussion guys.