1/2 Middle Set - Tough spot?

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1/2 Middle Set - Tough spot?

This past weekend was playing in a 1/2 PLO live game (casino) and played a hand I'd like to hear your thoughts on.

Villain in this hand is pretty solid, have been playing with him for several hours now and he rarely gets out of line and understands flop textures/pot size control. Like myself, he rarely shows down without it. I'd call him a solid TAG, but I still feel I have an edge vs. him particularly on later streets. I'm playing $750 in this spot and he has me covered. We have been playing with the straddle on for several rounds and it is on in this hand as well.

Villain opens UTG to $12, I call in UTG+1 with Jh9h9c8c, 2 more callers.

Flop Kd9s5h

Checks to me and I decide to bet $50 here because I don't want it checked behind, etc etc. folds around to villain who pots it (I think bet was ~$160). This may seem really nitty but I took a real while before deciding what to do here. Wonder what your thoughts are in situations like this when you're this deep? FYI, since this is less of a complex scenario I'll just let everyone know I ended up folding.

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Bill 12 years, 2 months ago
I thought about calling and re-evaluating but at that point there'd be ~$360 in the pot and there's no way I can fold then if he bets half or 2/3 pot. Just seemed way too comfortable c/r full pot with this flop texture.
Scudmissil 12 years, 2 months ago
This looks like KK so much. I doubt he would checkraise KQJT/KQJ9/(5567) etc. It could be some AAQJ or 9876 going spastic but given the description its probably a good fold.
Bill 12 years, 2 months ago
Earlier in the session I had c/r him AI on the river when I turned quads and he took a while but eventually folded so I considered that in my assessment also but I agree that it's highly unlikely that he's taking this line with much else. Thanks for the input.

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