Re: Blind defense.
3-bet or fold preflop. There are only very specific situations where I would call from the SB, and absent one of those reasons I never call. It is imperative to keep the BB out. Jason Pohl wrote a series of articles on short-handed play and he gave a convincing mathematical argument that 3-betting to keep the BB out is always worth it with a hand you are going to play from the SB.
Personally I fold this PF against an unknown, but it's close to my defense range (and I would certainly play it from the BB). Now just check/and fold the flop. You're in a 3-way pot with just a high card; you might have the best hand, but if you do both villains have a likely 6 outs against you. If you don't have the best hand you could be drawing very slim indeed. The pot isn't that big: give up.
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