V1: (~$350) 30s male, LAGgiest player at table.
V2: ($98) Sat down three hands prior, posted/folded, and folded other two hands. Mid-20s male, with all the gear (shades, baseball cap, hoodie, headphones)
V3: ($150) late 30s male, fairly tight
V4: (~$1300) ~30 male, solid, probably best player at table. Has built from ~$500-600 in the 3.5 hours I've been playing. Hands shown down have been sets or flushes with suited connectors where his value-bet sizing seemed to be perfect.
Hero: ($520) 50 y.o. male, table image tight. Hands shown down have been solid.

V1 straddles to $5.
two folds, then V2 raises to $16.
fold, Hero calls $16 with 88 (red) from hijack
CO, BTN fold, V3 calls from SB, V4 calls from BB, V1 calls.

Pot $80 minus rake.

Flop is J 9 8 rainbow.
Checks to V2, who leads for $25.

Hero???

Raise for sure. This stinks of trying to set a price. Make it about $100, call V2 and 3 if shove, prob fold if raised by other 2 big.

I'd raise to whatever V3 has left, $135 or so. Get the message out that the big stacks will be buying only one card.

I wouldn't cry if someone pushes.

Hero raised to $125, figuring V2 was priced in and likely had an overpair, & wanting to price out draws. V3, V4, and V1 folded. V2 made crying call, and when Hero announced "set", V3 announced he was on a draw. Turn bricked 4, river was T, V3 announced "I got there" and rolled KQdd.

I'd play it the same way again, if given the opportunity.

Well played, bad result.

Yup, nothing I would've done different in the hand.

Raise to ~110.

Then you'll have the benefit of four other players being forced to act before the action gets back to you.

I think you're in a good spot here, because on the off chance you are behind, you should be able to figure that out on the flop.

I don't think we need to make it 134 here. Raising to 100-110 is going to have the same effect. If V3 wants to continue, his stack will find its way in there regardless. That way if fireworks go off behind you, you will have saved $20 or so.

I think u played it well. Hard to do anything else with so much in the pot already. I play it diff if we r 300 effective stacks.