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The one with the winning strategy is quite surprisingly

X

First, let us note that

if X starts anywhere else than the center, O wins on their first move like this

 |X *|     |*X |
| | |O* |
|* O| | |

First options

When X starts in the center, O has two options, corner, which gives X zero winning moves or middle, which gives X six winning moves

 |O  |     |*O*|
| X | |*X*|
| | |* *|

Case 1

If O goes for the corner, X wins like this

 |O  |    |O X|    |OXX|
| X | -> | X | -> |*X |
| | |O | |O* |

Case 2

So O should go for the middle. Then, if X goes anywhere else than one of the more distant corners, O wins immediately like this

 | O |     |XO |     |*O |
|OX | |*X | |XXO|
|*X*| |* O| |* |

Case 2.1

So X will go for one of the bottom corners. Then the game will end like this

 | O |    | OO|    |*OO|
| X | -> | X | -> | X |
| | |X | |XX*|

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