One of my all-ins was A9s. The big stack turned up 77. At least I had two overs. But I hit an ace on the river to stay alive.

My other all in was after the flop with KTs. The flop was KJK, and I checked it to him. I knew I could count on him to put me all in, whereas he folded once before that when I pushed all my chips in ahead of him. 8-)

I finally was knocked out when I went all in with AQo, and he had K9s. Nobody paired, but he made his flush on the river.

The direction of my question should be: What starting hands are good enough to play, and which are good enough to raise with in a 3 handed game. Do i just play groups 1-3 as if they were 1s (re-raise)? And play groups 4-5 as if they were 3s (call reasonable rasise and/or raise myself)? Or is it more complicated than that. Can any pair be rasied from the button? Can Ax be raised safely from the button?