Set facing a third raise, no limit cash game

Game type: 6 max no limit texas hold’em, cash game
Your image: You have been running pretty hot and have built a big stack
Misc notes: You just won a decent pot off of this opponent a few hands ago.
Your hand: 8♥8♣

The setup: You open limp with your pocket pair and the button and SB fold. The BB checks, and the flop brings the help you’ve come to expect:

8♦3♠4♦

The BB checks and you bet the minimum; the BB responds by check-raising you for the minimum. You decide to lay a trap and flat call. The turn brings a K♥, and when your opponent leads out for the minimum, you decide to open it up and raise $60, a little under pot. Now your opponent springs to life and puts in the third raise, making it $165 to go.

Your opponent has about 300 behind and there’s just about that in the pot as well. What’s your play?

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John B.

I’m pushing him all-in. What’s he got? He’s probably on tilt from our last battle for the pot – which I won.

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Scott

Put him all in.

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Chad

Shove.

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Mary

All-in. – What’s he got? flush draw, maybe two pair, maybe weak straight draw. He didn’t check pocket kings pre-flop. Make him pay to beat your trips.

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Joe

I’m with the rest of the crew on this one – push all-in. The King may have paired him, and middle set is very strong. He prob. has K-x diamonds and is on a flush draw so I’m not giving him free cards. If you lose with a set, it’s supposed to be a lot, so if he calls and draws out on me, so be it. Over the long run, this bet will win money.

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Kyle

I’m calling here. Here’s why- Obviously we got the best of it right now and the staff is right he’s probably committed enough that he has to call if we push, but if he’s making a play at this pot and we raise he has to dump it. Let’s see the river and use position to our advantage. Another bet by him for sure commits him. I think we let him bury himself. Pushing here might scare him off so i smooth call and raise the river.

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AaronC

I think you make a mistake on the flop here, if he has a small overpair then the smooth call might cost you a possible stack pick-up when the king hits the turn( or just about the rest of the deck including a diamond, straight card).
The board is scary enough that he might read you for a draw or being a maniac.

the most common set mistake i see is to slow play on a coordinated board.

Clearly i suggest a raise at this point as well, i think allin is your best bet- but the flop play is really where the hand breaks down.

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