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PokerSolver/3-handed · 100bb · SB 0.4bb · 5% rake, cap 10bb/BB vs SB 3-bet 9bb

BB vs SB 3-bet 9bb

3-handed · SB 0.4bb · 5% rake, cap 10bb (blinds 0.4/1bb) · 100bb · SB limps, BB isolates to 3bb, SB 3-bets to 9bb · Big blind to act

3-handed · 100bb · SB 0.4bb · 5% rake, cap 10bbChange game
Stacks (bb), if they differ
Pot 12bbYour cards?
3bb
9bb

Tap your two cards.

Big blind's range

1,270 of 1,326 combos get here
Fold 80.6%Call 12.5%Raise 20.6bb 6.9%
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What is the GTO play for the big blind (BB) when SB limps, BB isolates to 3bb, SB 3-bets to 9bb in 3-handed · SB 0.4bb · 5% rake, cap 10bb at 100bb?

SB limps, BB isolates to 3bb, SB 3-bets to 9bb in 3-handed · SB 0.4bb · 5% rake, cap 10bb, 100bb: the big blind (BB) folds 80.6%, calls 12.5% and raises 20.6bb 6.9%. Always call: 99, KQs, K8s. Always raise 20.6bb: QQ-KK. Mixed: AA, TT-JJ, 77, 22-55, A7s+, A3s-A4s, KJs, K9s, K6s-K7s, K2s-K4s, QTs+, Q7s, Q4s-Q5s, Q2s, J9s+, J7s, J5s, J2s, T4s-T8s, 94s-96s, 85s-86s, 76s, 52s-53s, 42s+, 32s, A9o+, A7o, K9o+, QTo, JTo, 97o.

Always fold
88, 66, A5s, A2s, K5s, Q8s-Q9s, Q6s, Q3s, J8s, J6s, T9s, T2s-T3s, 97s+, 92s-93s, 87s, 83s-84s, 72s-75s, 63s-64s, 54s, A8o, A6o, A2o-A4o, K2o-K8o, QJo, Q8o, Q2o-Q5o, J8o-J9o, J5o-J6o, J2o-J3o, T4o-T8o, T2o, 98o, 92o-96o, 86o+, 82o-84o, 74o+, 72o, 62o+, 52o+, 42o, 32o
Always call
99, KQs, K8s
Always raise 20.6bb
QQ-KK
Mixed
AA, TT-JJ, 77, 22-55, A7s+, A3s-A4s, KJs, K9s, K6s-K7s, K2s-K4s, QTs+, Q7s, Q4s-Q5s, Q2s, J9s+, J7s, J5s, J2s, T4s-T8s, 94s-96s, 85s-86s, 76s, 52s-53s, 42s+, 32s, A9o+, A7o, K9o+, QTo, JTo, 97o
Settings: 3-handed · 100bb · SB 0.4bb · 5% rake, cap 10bb (small blind 0.4bb, big blind 1bb, 100bb stacks, 5% rake capped at 10bb; before the flop, rake only after a 3-bet). Solver: HoldemResources Calculator (HRC). A jackpot fee on bigger pots is not in this solve, so lines that build big pots may be slightly too loose. Bet sizes are the solved ones; a size that is not here plays like the nearest one.

Fits exactly: no game we have checked.

Close: GGPoker regular cash NL5 (rake cap 5bb there, 10bb here).

Close: CoinPoker cash NL5 (rake cap 6bb there, 10bb here; only its tables without antes).

Close: Natural8 regular cash NL5 (rake cap 5bb there, 10bb here).

Close: ACR Poker cash NL5 (rake cap 20bb there, 10bb here; its page does not say whether pots that end before the flop are raked).

Rake sources: ggpoker.com/poker-games/texas-holdem (fetched 2026-10-31); Rush rake and preflop rake confirmed on our own GG exports (972 of 1,034 pots, 210 of 211); regular tables' preflop rule from natural8.com/en/poker/texas-holdem (same network, fetched 2026-10-31); coinpoker.com/games/texas-holdem/ (caps and the preflop rule) and coinpoker.com/guides/poker-rake/ (5%), fetched 2026-10-31; natural8.com/en/poker/texas-holdem (fetched 2026-10-31; caps by players dealt in, 3-bet pots raked before the flop); acrpoker.eu/real-money/poker-rake-calculation/ (fetched 2026-10-31).

Rake: Wrong rake for a 3-handed GG table: this solve caps the rake at 10bb, which is right only for a 6-max hand folded to the button. GG caps an NL5 table with 3 players dealt in at $0.25 (5bb). A solve with GG's cap is queued.