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PokerSolver/3-handed · 100bb · SB 0.4bb · 5% rake, cap 10bb/SB vs BB 3-bet 7.8bb

SB vs BB 3-bet 7.8bb

3-handed · SB 0.4bb · 5% rake, cap 10bb (blinds 0.4/1bb) · 100bb · SB opens 2.6bb, BB 3-bets to 7.8bb · Small blind to act

3-handed · 100bb · SB 0.4bb · 5% rake, cap 10bbChange game
Stacks (bb), if they differ
Pot 10.4bbYour cards?
2.6bb
7.8bb

Tap your two cards.

Small blind's range

1,254 of 1,326 combos get here
Fold 72.5%Call 18.3%Raise 18bb 9.2%
Tap a hand, or type one above, to see its exact mix.

What is the GTO play for the small blind (SB) when SB opens 2.6bb, BB 3-bets to 7.8bb in 3-handed · SB 0.4bb · 5% rake, cap 10bb at 100bb?

SB opens 2.6bb, BB 3-bets to 7.8bb in 3-handed · SB 0.4bb · 5% rake, cap 10bb, 100bb: the small blind (SB) folds 72.5%, calls 18.3% and raises 18bb 9.2%. Always call: 55, AQs, A9s, A7s, K7s-K9s, QTs, ATo-AQo. Always raise 18bb: QQ-KK, AKo. Mixed: AA, 66-JJ, 22-44, AKs, ATs-AJs, A8s, A2s-A6s, KTs+, K4s-K6s, K2s, QJs, Q5s-Q9s, Q2s, J9s+, J6s-J7s, J2s, T4s+, T2s, 96s+, 94s, 83s+, 76s, 63s+, 53s, 42s, A8o-A9o, A4o-A5o, K9o+, Q8o+, JTo, J8o.

Always fold
Q3s-Q4s, J8s, J3s-J5s, T3s, 95s, 93s, 82s, 73s-75s, 62s, 54s, 52s, 43s, A6o-A7o, A2o-A3o, K2o-K8o, Q2o-Q7o, J9o, J3o-J7o, T8o+, T4o-T6o, T2o, 94o+, 92o, 85o+, 82o-83o, 75o+, 64o, 62o, 52o+, 42o+, 32o
Always call
55, AQs, A9s, A7s, K7s-K9s, QTs, ATo-AQo
Always raise 18bb
QQ-KK, AKo
Mixed
AA, 66-JJ, 22-44, AKs, ATs-AJs, A8s, A2s-A6s, KTs+, K4s-K6s, K2s, QJs, Q5s-Q9s, Q2s, J9s+, J6s-J7s, J2s, T4s+, T2s, 96s+, 94s, 83s+, 76s, 63s+, 53s, 42s, A8o-A9o, A4o-A5o, K9o+, Q8o+, JTo, J8o
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.