NL50 - small set and facing heat.

[Jurrr]

Villains don't always have sets when it seems likely they have them. I always fear the monsters, but I've never laid a set down yet on dry boards. I hope I can remember hands like the following and continue not laying them down. Villain is 32/9 so similarish stats to your villain's.

I was very sure he had a set here, but turns out he didn't:

SB: $125.50
<font color="black">BB: $319.10</font>
UTG: $199.10
<u>UTG+1: $189</u>
<font color="black">MP1: $341.70</font>
<u>Hero (MP2): $225.35</u>
MP3: $131.20
CO: $67
BTN: $315.25

<font color="black">Preflop:</font> Hero is dealt 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (9 Players)
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls $2, <font color="red">MP1 raises to $8</font>, Hero calls $8, 4 folds, BB calls $6, UTG+1 calls $6

<font color="black">Flop:</font> ($33) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] T 2 (4 Players)
BB checks, UTG+1 checks, <font color="red">MP1 bets $16</font>, Hero calls $16, BB folds, <font color="red">UTG+1 raises to $40</font>, MP1 calls $24, Hero calls $24

<font color="black">Turn:</font> ($153) J (3 Players)
<font color="red">UTG+1 bets $80</font>, MP1 folds, <font color="red">Hero raises to $160</font>, UTG+1 calls all-in for $61
Uncalled bet of $19 returned to Hero

<font color="black">River:</font> ($435) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 Players - 1 All-In)

Pot Size: $435 ($3 Rake)

UTG+1 had 4 2 (two pairs, Fours and Twos) and LOST (-$189)
Hero had 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (three of a kind, Twos) and WON (+$243)

I would start considering folding bottom sets against weak-tight regulars against whom you have a lot of hands where they don't go out of the line.