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

SB vs BB 3-bet 9bb

3-handed · SB 0.4bb · 5% rake, cap 10bb (blinds 0.4/1bb) · 100bb · SB opens 3bb, BB 3-bets to 9bb · Small 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.

Small blind's range

1,198 of 1,326 combos get here
Fold 71.9%Call 17.9%Raise 20.6bb 10.2%
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 3bb, BB 3-bets to 9bb in 3-handed · SB 0.4bb · 5% rake, cap 10bb at 100bb?

SB opens 3bb, BB 3-bets to 9bb in 3-handed · SB 0.4bb · 5% rake, cap 10bb, 100bb: the small blind (SB) folds 71.9%, calls 17.9% and raises 20.6bb 10.2%. Always call: A7s, KTs, KQo. Always raise 20.6bb: QQ, AQs+, AKo. Mixed: KK+, 22-JJ, A8s-AJs, A2s-A6s, KJs+, K4s-K9s, K2s, Q6s+, Q2s-Q4s, J8s+, J4s-J5s, J2s, T9s, T7s, T5s, T3s, 95s+, 92s, 87s, 85s, 76s, 74s, 65s, 53s+, 42s, A6o-AQo, A4o, A2o, K9o-KJo, K6o, K4o, QJo, Q8o, J9o+.

Always fold
Q5s, J6s-J7s, J3s, T6s, T4s, T2s, 94s, 86s, 82s-84s, 75s, 72s-73s, 62s-64s, 52s, 43s, 32s, A5o, A3o, K7o-K8o, K5o, K3o, Q9o-QTo, Q2o-Q7o, J4o-J8o, T7o+, T4o, T2o, 96o+, 92o, 85o+, 82o, 72o+, 64o+, 62o, 54o
Always call
A7s, KTs, KQo
Always raise 20.6bb
QQ, AQs+, AKo
Mixed
KK+, 22-JJ, A8s-AJs, A2s-A6s, KJs+, K4s-K9s, K2s, Q6s+, Q2s-Q4s, J8s+, J4s-J5s, J2s, T9s, T7s, T5s, T3s, 95s+, 92s, 87s, 85s, 76s, 74s, 65s, 53s+, 42s, A6o-AQo, A4o, A2o, K9o-KJo, K6o, K4o, QJo, Q8o, J9o+
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.