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My thinking on Hand 2-2 is that the small blind's check and then call on the flop shows weakness and could come from weaker aces, pocket pairs, and draws like 56. If the small blind had bet first or check raised, then I'd be a bit more concerned about two pair or the straight.

Good question though. If the small blind was a tricky/good player, his line could be a strange slowplay. Against a tighter player, you would start worrying more about that call coming from a scared AQ.

For Hand 3-2, Mr. Tight's UTG raise is 100% of the time from an AAT+ suited hand. You would be calling hoping to flop a 7Tx, an 89x or two or more clubs. Something like 7c7sAc would make a better hand to pick off Mr. Tight's aces from the blinds.