how would you have played this hand

he made the right call preflop. getting good pot odds with 33 in the bigblind.
there is hardly anyone who can predict he has a higher set there without many draws on the board. thats poker though.

you will go broke on that hand every single time you are playing against someone who has you covered...I would have probably mucked pre-flop...can't expect to get paid with 33 unless you make your set, ontop of that he was out of position - tough break tho HINDSIGHT is 20/20 

he was just destined to go broke on the hand. Can't get away from it once he flopped the set. He could've chucked the hand before the flop, I have done that before, trying to stay in the tourney, but you do have to gamble at some point. Those small pairs are easy to get away from if you miss the flop, while a Big pair is very hard to fold if you have an overpair.  Someone could have a lower set, 2 pair, or a really good draw, but it is really hard to fold AA, KK, QQ, etc when you have an overpair.

I think the hand was played the way 90% of people would play it.  I think it was an easy call pre-flop for just $8,000 more.  Impossible to get away from after the flop, just tough luck.