only history with villian is taht i've seen him call an all-in in a 3-way pot when a shorty straight shoved a flop of 6s9c7c with K8 no flush draw. Two non-descript hands followed until this hand came up.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (6 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FCP)

CO ($5.32)
Button ($4.97)
SB ($2.98)
Hero ($5.51)
UTG ($8.16)
MP ($1.98)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 9 , 6 .
UTG calls $0.02, 1 fold, CO calls $0.02, 1 fold, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: ($0.08) 8 , 5 , 7 (4 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.1, UTG raises to $0.2, CO folds, SB folds, Hero raises to $0.75, UTG calls $0.55.

Turn: ($1.58) 6 (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $0.28, Hero calls $0.28.

River: ($2.14) 5 (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $2.46, Hero folds.

Final Pot: $2.14

Ugh....gross. I'm gonna go puke and maybe re-do this reply. FYI - The board is gross and making me want to puke, not the way you played this.

I've seen a lot of people overplay a set in this situation before as well. You get that crazy guy who raises with bottom pair and then hits his set on the turn or river but doesn't fill up. Pisses ya off when it happens. But, I would bet the guy hit his flush more than anything. Probably had 2 paint cards in spades and got lucky. Your flop raise is good though. Made him pay for it.

I think you did everything right. A straight doesn't improve, so you protected it on the flop.
Hate doing it, but I think it's a catch and release on the river.

Really good fold

Results....well, kinda...

The dialogue that followed went something like this:
Me: "Just flopped the nuts, thats all. Had 96 for a flopped straight"
Me: "Please tell me you had that beat."
Him: "56. FH."

I guess it's belivable.

I don't think it ever does much good to discuss the content of your hand afterward.