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

BTN vs SB 3-bet 5bb

Q: What is the GTO play for the button (BTN) when BTN opens 2.5bb, SB 3-bets to 5bb in 6-max · SB 0.5bb · 5% rake, cap 3bb at 150bb?

BTN opens 2.5bb, SB 3-bets to 5bb in 6-max · SB 0.5bb · 5% rake, cap 3bb, 150bb: the button (BTN) folds 16%, calls 72.1%, raises 11.5/15bb 11.9% and goes all-in 150bb 0%. Always call: 99-TT, 22-77, A7s-ATs, A2s-A4s, KQs, K9s, K2s-K6s, Q9s-QTs, Q2s-Q7s, J7s, J4s, T7s-T8s, 96s-97s, 85s-86s, 75s, 64s+, 53s+, AJo, A9o, KQo, KTo, QTo+, JTo, 98o. Always raise 11.5/15bb: QQ+, AKs, AKo. Mixed: JJ, 88, AJs-AQs, A5s-A6s, KTs-KJs, K7s-K8s, QJs, Q8s, J8s+, J5s-J6s, T9s, T5s-T6s, 98s, 87s, 76s, AQo, ATo, A7o-A8o, A4o-A5o, KJo, K8o-K9o, K6o, Q9o, J8o-J9o, T8o+.

6-max · SB 0.5bb · 5% rake, cap 3bb (blinds 0.5/1bb) · 150bb · BTN opens 2.5bb, SB 3-bets to 5bb · Button to act

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

PlayersBlinds & rakeEff. stack

Stacks (bb), if they differUTGHJCOBTNSBBB

Pot 8.5bbYour cards?

2.5bb

5bb

1bb

Tap your two cards.

Button's range

642 of 1,326 combos get here

Fold 16%Call 72.1%Raise 11.5/15bb 11.9%All-in 150bb <0.1%

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What is the GTO play for the button (BTN) when BTN opens 2.5bb, SB 3-bets to 5bb in 6-max · SB 0.5bb · 5% rake, cap 3bb at 150bb?

BTN opens 2.5bb, SB 3-bets to 5bb in 6-max · SB 0.5bb · 5% rake, cap 3bb, 150bb: the button (BTN) folds 16%, calls 72.1%, raises 11.5/15bb 11.9% and goes all-in 150bb 0%. Always call: 99-TT, 22-77, A7s-ATs, A2s-A4s, KQs, K9s, K2s-K6s, Q9s-QTs, Q2s-Q7s, J7s, J4s, T7s-T8s, 96s-97s, 85s-86s, 75s, 64s+, 53s+, AJo, A9o, KQo, KTo, QTo+, JTo, 98o. Always raise 11.5/15bb: QQ+, AKs, AKo. Mixed: JJ, 88, AJs-AQs, A5s-A6s, KTs-KJs, K7s-K8s, QJs, Q8s, J8s+, J5s-J6s, T9s, T5s-T6s, 98s, 87s, 76s, AQo, ATo, A7o-A8o, A4o-A5o, KJo, K8o-K9o, K6o, Q9o, J8o-J9o, T8o+.

Always fold: A6o, A2o, K7o, Q8o
Always call: 99-TT, 22-77, A7s-ATs, A2s-A4s, KQs, K9s, K2s-K6s, Q9s-QTs, Q2s-Q7s, J7s, J4s, T7s-T8s, 96s-97s, 85s-86s, 75s, 64s+, 53s+, AJo, A9o, KQo, KTo, QTo+, JTo, 98o
Always raise 11.5/15bb: QQ+, AKs, AKo
Always all-in 150bb: No hand plays this every time
Mixed: JJ, 88, AJs-AQs, A5s-A6s, KTs-KJs, K7s-K8s, QJs, Q8s, J8s+, J5s-J6s, T9s, T5s-T6s, 98s, 87s, 76s, AQo, ATo, A7o-A8o, A4o-A5o, KJo, K8o-K9o, K6o, Q9o, J8o-J9o, T8o+

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).