one word of advice: if you're looking to make some really exploitative "3rd level thinking" types of plays then you need to be very conscious of what your real range/perceived range is. and this is fucking hard. i wouldnt be surprised to find a lot of distrusting 50-100nl 6m regs snapping off as weak as KQ in a heartbeat in hand 1. but then i used to play way too many hands way too aggressively.
edit: not that i hate turning this into a bluff. i'd say in this case with no history it's definitely +EV. but once it's worked for you a few times (if you're anything like me) you want to start printing money and jamming over every weak-tight reg's strong-but-not-nutted ranges. they quickly turn into stations against you. and that's just fine if you're very good at adjusting and/or maintaining enough balance to protect your weaker ranges. but be wary.
edit 2: another important thing to note in play is when your opponents' ranges are capped. these would be the first kind of spots i'd look to incorporate these kind of plays. ideally when villains range is capped and you are taking your "nut line" on whatever the board may be
hand 2 i'd way rather just call unless you think it's +EV to 4b/call. assuming you planned on folding to a shove i don't like the 4b. you'll normallly be getting either folded to or jammed on when you 4b pre with 100bb effectivce stacks. so 99 is one of the worst hands to do it with imo. it has no showdown equity (because you fold almost 100% of the time villain continues), it has no added fold equity value (it probably actually increases his calling range, rather than decreasing it which a hand like Ax/Kx would do) AND it is almost definitely a profitable flat when we'll be playing HU IP vs a standardish 50nl reg 3b range from the blinds
best of luck
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