[astroglide]

"I think this hand illustrates why small pairs are such a tough call in this type of situation. I think many players (myself included) often overvalue the implied odds of those small pairs by not giving enough thought to the times like this when we flop a set but can only push the hand so far."

it's 8:1 to flop a set, and you don't even win every time you flop one (case in point here). it's POSSIBLY 5:1 here, with the need to not only get over the set odds inadequacy but to DOUBLE it because of the raise.