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Oh, and to actually answer your question. If this weren't play money (where you could be up against really anything), there are a number of reasonable things your opponents could have when the action doesn't slow down on the turn. These are made even more likely by the game only being 8-handed, where people are generally more aggressive with more marginal holdings as compared to a full game.
Firstly, don't discount the possibility of a set. habib_14 could have a set of 9's. 99 is a hand some people will put 3 or 4 bets into preflop. The follow-up action for 99 makes sense (slowplayed trips on the flop and picked up agression for the turn).
 Originally Posted by jwsisliving1
I didn't put any of them on flush draws, not with the insane betting that was going on. I put them all on overcards.
Overcards with an A on board? I'm not even sure what you mean by that. If you mean something like KQo, those aren't exactly overcards (even if they did hit a K or Q, with this much action they'd still probably be losing to someone with at least a pair of aces). If by overcards you mean A+high kicker, it clearly can't be the case that they all have that, because the board has an A, you have an A, and you are up against three other people with only two aces left in the deck.
Originally Posted by jwsisliving1
If this was a real game (especially nolimit) with real money at stake, what business would they have calling all the huge bets hoping for their flush to come on the turn or river.
acesa&8s could have had something like AQc or AJc--preflop raise with a suited A+face and then pumping the nut flush draw. With a pair of Aces, good kicker, and nut flush draw, this is the right move.
Even with no pair at all, pumping the nut flush draw with many people in the pot can often be correct (and can be correct even if you speculate that someone else in the hand has 2 cards of the suit your are looking for--you will hit less often but will often be payed off nicely when you do hit). I recommend doing the odds calculation for this.
Also, any one of them could have had A+high kicker (even another AK), and in fact, with this much action, I would expect one of them to. In this case you tie or win against those people. But chances are not all of them have this. A number of hands could have you beat. When the betting doesn't slow down on the turn (and in fact picks up), I'd probably give someone credit for having something better than TPTK, and go into call-down mode (and possibly fold the river if the betting doesn't slow down).
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Top pair, top kicker but yet...
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Expecially if you have got the bankroll for 200/400. So what really gives with the play poker?
