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PokerSolver/5-max · 250bb · SB 0.5bb · ante 0.16bb · 5% rake, cap 8bb/SB vs HJ 3-bet 5bb

SB vs HJ 3-bet 5bb

5-max · SB 0.5bb · ante 0.16bb · 5% rake, cap 8bb (blinds 0.5/1bb, ante 0.16bb) · 250bb · HJ limps, SB isolates to 2.5bb, HJ 3-bets to 5bb · Small blind to act

5-max · 250bb · SB 0.5bb · ante 0.16bb · 5% rake, cap 8bbChange game
Stacks (bb), if they differ
Pot 9.3bbYour cards?
2.5bb
1bb
5bb

Tap your two cards.

Small blind's range

300 of 1,326 combos get here
Fold 20.3%Call 68.2%Raise 11.5bb 4.8%All-in 249.84bb 6.6%
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What is the GTO play for the small blind (SB) when HJ limps, SB isolates to 2.5bb, HJ 3-bets to 5bb in 5-max · SB 0.5bb · ante 0.16bb · 5% rake, cap 8bb at 250bb?

HJ limps, SB isolates to 2.5bb, HJ 3-bets to 5bb in 5-max · SB 0.5bb · ante 0.16bb · 5% rake, cap 8bb, 250bb: the small blind (SB) folds 20.3%, calls 68.2%, raises 11.5bb 4.8% and goes all-in 249.84bb 6.6%. Always call: 88-QQ, 44-66, AQs, ATs, A7s, KQs, KTs, 75s, 65s, 54s, AQo. Mixed: KK+, 77, AKs, AJs, A8s-A9s, A2s-A6s, KJs, K9s, K5s, Q9s+, J9s+, T8s+, 98s, 86s+, 76s, 64s, AKo, ATo, KQo, JTo.

Always fold
97s
Always call
88-QQ, 44-66, AQs, ATs, A7s, KQs, KTs, 75s, 65s, 54s, AQo
Always raise 11.5bb
No hand plays this every time
Always all-in 249.84bb
No hand plays this every time
Mixed
KK+, 77, AKs, AJs, A8s-A9s, A2s-A6s, KJs, K9s, K5s, Q9s+, J9s+, T8s+, 98s, 86s+, 76s, 64s, AKo, ATo, KQo, JTo
Settings: 5-max · 250bb · SB 0.5bb · ante 0.16bb · 5% rake, cap 8bb (small blind 0.5bb, big blind 1bb, an ante of 0.16bb from every player, 250bb stacks, 5% rake capped at 8bb; no rake when no flop is dealt). Solver: HoldemResources Calculator (HRC) (HRC CI 24.98). 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: CoinPoker cash with antes NL50 (rake before the flop in 3-bet pots there, none here).

Rake sources: the ante from 93 of our own CoinPoker hands at $0.25/$0.50 with a $0.08 ante, played 2026-09-30; the caps and the preflop rule from coinpoker.com/games/texas-holdem/, fetched 2026-10-31.