Re: three handed play with an aggressive player to your left
Assuming a decent-sized stack relative to the blinds.
1) Don't get involved in a big pot with bad cards if you can avoid it. If you get caught stealing with T7o then usually you need to drop it.
2) I'd play back at him with reasonable all-in hands if he is continuously raising your bets preflop. Go ahead and call minraises with decent drawing hands and hope for a good flop.
3) This is very card and blind dependent. When the blinds are big then I'll fold mediocre hands in the BB to minraises.
4) I don't think it's wrong to just complete the SB if it doesn't constitute a significant part of your stack, however, you need to be raising with your good hands.
When I have someone who continously plays back at me preflop, I tighten up a bit, but I also get a little more aggro. As a rule, I always come in for a raise 3-handed, but if there's someone who frequently re-raises then I'll limit my hands to ones that I'm willing to go all-in with. A9+, 77+ etc. Also, you want to be the one pushing, not the one calling. If he pushes against your initial bet, then go ahead and fold with KQo, but if he doesn't raise all in and you think there's a chance he'll fold if you push, then go ahead and push with hands like KQo
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