Insane hand, call turn?

Villain is aggressive but solid. I am thinking JT is out there...

** Game ID 981223114 starting - 2006-10-10 23:15:16
** Phalaenopsis [Hold 'em] (2.00|4.00 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- PleKur sitting in seat 1 with $841.32
- dAitaD sitting in seat 2 with $378.00
- Cocco_Bill sitting in seat 3 with $720.60
- holdenff sitting in seat 4 with $774.60
- steven3 sitting in seat 5 with $218.78 [Dealer]
- airifik sitting in seat 6 with $65.75

airifik posted the small blind - $2.00
PleKur posted the big blind - $4.00
** Dealing card to Cocco_Bill: :9s: :9h:
dAitaD folded
Cocco_Bill raised - $14.00
holdenff called - $14.00
steven3 called - $14.00
airifik called - $14.00
PleKur folded

** Dealing the flop: :9d: , :7h:, :8d:
airifik checked
Cocco_Bill bet - $49.00
holdenff called - $49.00
steven3 called - $49.00
airifik went all-in - $53.75
Cocco_Bill called - $53.75
holdenff called - $53.75
steven3 called - $53.75

** Dealing the turn: :2s:
Cocco_Bill bet - $152.00
holdenff went all-in - $706.85
steven3 went all-in - $151.03
Cocco_Bill ?

dear god that is disgusting action, how could he have just called with a set on that flop though?

I could laydown 77.

No way I laydown top set.

bill-

yikes. i'm interested in how this showed down!

i noticed that you had one of those situations on the flop where you raise just under the shorty's stack, not allowing him to raise enough to allow other players to continue the action after him (i.e. they can only call his short raise, not reraise). if you'd bet more than he has, he would have just called and you might have been able to get more info from other bettors behind. something to keep in mind in the future, but it's really hard with all that action and so many players so i can see how it happened.

so by the time he pushes into you, the pot is ~$425 and you have about $500 behind. let's give him J10d/56d:

http://twodimes.net/h/?z=2133470
pokenum -h 9s 9h - jd td -- 9d 8d 7h 2s
Holdem Hi: 44 enumerated boards containing 2s 9d 8d 7h
cards win %win lose %lose tie %tie EV
9s 9h 9 20.45 35 79.55 0 0.00 0.205
Jd Td 35 79.55 9 20.45 0 0.00 0.795

it would be a tough fold to make in the moment, and at least it's showing down already so you could see what he had. but if you called i wouldn't blame you at all. there are certainly much worse calls to make. at least you're improving on any paired board card to the best hand when you do hit except 7d for the miracle SF.

I dont see a point in discussing this hand.

I would think 'hey perhaps he has the str8... then call quickly since theres NO way im folding top set on that board ever.

Crappy spot, but there's no way you can fold without a better read. I'd also bet more on the turn, like 200-250.

Hmm.

I don't see how you can not call. Every chance you are ahead and ten outs to beat the straight.
Okay, so you're rarely going to take the whole pot here, but unless you're more than 60% sure he's got the straight don't you have to call?

But yeah, the best seat here would to be UTG with rakeback :)

I timed out right as I was about to call...

Medium stack took it down with TJ, big stack had 88 so I missed out on a $1000 sidepot.

god damn! i mean, its an easy call if you think villain would ever just call on this flop with 98/set, but it's hard to believe that a good player would. Tough hand.

this is a good flop to check raise

as played call