PokerSolver/6-max · 150bb · SB 0.5bb · 5% rake, cap 3bb/BB vs SB 3-bet 5bb

BB vs SB 3-bet 5bb

Q: What is the GTO play for the big blind (BB) when SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb, SB 3-bets to 5bb in 6-max · SB 0.5bb · 5% rake, cap 3bb at 150bb?

SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb, SB 3-bets to 5bb in 6-max · SB 0.5bb · 5% rake, cap 3bb, 150bb: the big blind (BB) folds 48.7%, calls 38.6%, raises 11.5/15bb 12.7% and goes all-in 150bb 0%. Always call: 77-88, 33-44, A8s-AJs, A4s, KTs, K8s, K6s, K2s, Q9s-QTs, Q7s, Q4s-Q5s, 98s, 86s, 75s, A9o, A5o, A3o, KTo. Always raise 11.5/15bb: JJ+, AKs, AKo. Mixed: 99-TT, 55-66, 22, AQs, A5s-A7s, A2s-A3s, KQs, K9s, K7s, K3s-K5s, QJs, Q8s, Q6s, Q2s-Q3s, J7s+, J3s, T3s+, 94s-97s, 87s, 84s-85s, 82s, 72s-74s, 62s+, 53s+, 42s+, 32s, ATo-AQo, A6o-A8o, A4o, A2o, KJo+, K9o, K5o-K7o, K3o, Q9o+, J8o+, T9o, 97o+, 87o, 75o+, 65o, 53o.

6-max · SB 0.5bb · 5% rake, cap 3bb (blinds 0.5/1bb) · 150bb · SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb, SB 3-bets to 5bb · Big blind to act

6-max · 150bb · SB 0.5bb · 5% rake, cap 3bbChange game

PlayersBlinds & rakeEff. stack

Stacks (bb), if they differUTGHJCOBTNSBBB

Pot 7.5bbYour cards?

2.5bb

5bb

Tap your two cards.

Big blind's range

1,202 of 1,326 combos get here

Fold 48.7%Call 38.6%Raise 11.5/15bb 12.7%All-in 150bb <0.1%

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What is the GTO play for the big blind (BB) when SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb, SB 3-bets to 5bb in 6-max · SB 0.5bb · 5% rake, cap 3bb at 150bb?

SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb, SB 3-bets to 5bb in 6-max · SB 0.5bb · 5% rake, cap 3bb, 150bb: the big blind (BB) folds 48.7%, calls 38.6%, raises 11.5/15bb 12.7% and goes all-in 150bb 0%. Always call: 77-88, 33-44, A8s-AJs, A4s, KTs, K8s, K6s, K2s, Q9s-QTs, Q7s, Q4s-Q5s, 98s, 86s, 75s, A9o, A5o, A3o, KTo. Always raise 11.5/15bb: JJ+, AKs, AKo. Mixed: 99-TT, 55-66, 22, AQs, A5s-A7s, A2s-A3s, KQs, K9s, K7s, K3s-K5s, QJs, Q8s, Q6s, Q2s-Q3s, J7s+, J3s, T3s+, 94s-97s, 87s, 84s-85s, 82s, 72s-74s, 62s+, 53s+, 42s+, 32s, ATo-AQo, A6o-A8o, A4o, A2o, KJo+, K9o, K5o-K7o, K3o, Q9o+, J8o+, T9o, 97o+, 87o, 75o+, 65o, 53o.

Always fold: T2s, 92s-93s, 83s, K4o, Q4o-Q7o, J2o-J7o, T2o-T7o, 93o-94o, 86o, 74o, 64o, 62o, 54o, 43o
Always call: 77-88, 33-44, A8s-AJs, A4s, KTs, K8s, K6s, K2s, Q9s-QTs, Q7s, Q4s-Q5s, 98s, 86s, 75s, A9o, A5o, A3o, KTo
Always raise 11.5/15bb: JJ+, AKs, AKo
Always all-in 150bb: No hand plays this every time
Mixed: 99-TT, 55-66, 22, AQs, A5s-A7s, A2s-A3s, KQs, K9s, K7s, K3s-K5s, QJs, Q8s, Q6s, Q2s-Q3s, J7s+, J3s, T3s+, 94s-97s, 87s, 84s-85s, 82s, 72s-74s, 62s+, 53s+, 42s+, 32s, ATo-AQo, A6o-A8o, A4o, A2o, KJo+, K9o, K5o-K7o, K3o, Q9o+, J8o+, T9o, 97o+, 87o, 75o+, 65o, 53o

Settings: 6-max · 150bb · SB 0.5bb · 5% rake, cap 3bb (small blind 0.5bb, big blind 1bb, 150bb stacks, 5% rake capped at 3bb; before the flop, rake only after a 3-bet). Solver: HoldemResources Calculator (HRC) (HRC CI 24.94). 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: GGPoker Rush & Cash NL2, NL10, NL50, NL100, NL200; GGPoker regular cash NL200; Natural8 Rush & Cash NL2, NL10, NL50, NL100, NL200; Natural8 regular cash NL200.

Close: GGPoker regular cash NL100 (rake cap 5bb there, 3bb here).

Close: PokerStars Zoom NL50 (rake cap 4bb there, 3bb here; no rake when no flop is dealt there).

Close: PokerStars Zoom NL100 (rake cap 2.5bb there, 3bb here; no rake when no flop is dealt there).

Close: PokerStars cash NL50 (rake cap 4bb there, 3bb here; no rake when no flop is dealt there).

Close: PokerStars cash NL100 (rake cap 2.5bb there, 3bb here; no rake when no flop is dealt there).

Close: CoinPoker cash NL100 (rake cap 5bb there, 3bb here; only its tables without antes).

Close: CoinPoker cash NL200 (only its tables without antes).

Close: WPT Global cash NL10, NL20 (rake cap 6bb there, 3bb here; 4% rake there, 5% here; no rake when no flop is dealt there; only its tables without antes).

Close: WPT Global cash NL100, NL200 (rake cap 4bb there, 3bb here; 4% rake there, 5% here; no rake when no flop is dealt there; only its tables without antes).

Close: WPT Global cash NL400, NL600, NL1000 (rake cap 2bb there, 3bb here; 4% rake there, 5% here; no rake when no flop is dealt there; only its tables without antes).

Close: Natural8 regular cash NL100 (rake cap 5bb there, 3bb here).

Close: ACR Poker cash NL50 (rake cap 6bb there, 3bb here; its page does not say whether pots that end before the flop are raked).

Close: ACR Poker cash NL100 (its page does not say whether pots that end before the flop are raked).

Close: ACR Poker cash NL200 (rake cap 1.5bb there, 3bb here; its page does not say whether pots that end before the flop are raked).

CoinPoker tables with antes: their own chart.

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); natural8.com/en/poker/rush-and-cash (fetched 2026-10-31; caps $0.06 to $6, 3bb at every stake); the same GGNetwork pools as GGPoker, whose preflop rake we confirmed on GG exports; natural8.com/en/poker/texas-holdem (fetched 2026-10-31; caps by players dealt in, 3-bet pots raked before the flop); pokerstars.com/poker/room/rake (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; wptglobal.com/poker/poker-table-rake (fetched 2026-10-31); acrpoker.eu/real-money/poker-rake-calculation/ (fetched 2026-10-31).

Tree: Two HRC solves of this game in one: the extra-sizes solve (3-bets to 2x, 3x or 4x, 4-bets to 2.3x or 3x or all-in) wherever it has every move of the base solve, and the base solve where the extra-sizes one allows no second caller (overcalls).