Re: very tough spot with flopped set
Im leaning towards capping the flop. A lot of bad live players tend to either get really passive or really aggressive on monotone boards.
Your villain here has a record of being very passive, his 3 bet could mean a higher set, or more likely a king with a decent diamond kicker (limped AK?), or 6x with a diamond kicker and SD, etc.
If you put him squarely on a higher set or flopped flush, then call all the way down. I can see this villain holding a big flush card and a pair rather than a higher set or flopped flush. Most live tards will play it stupid and raise the turn with their flopped flush instead of playing the flop fast, and instead play the flop fast with a monster draw...in my experience.
The cold caller sandwiched inbetween you two is most likely holding a diamond too or is just really dumb.
Cap the flop and lead a safe turn, re-eval if raised.
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