PokerSolver/6-max · 150bb · SB 0.5bb · 5% rake, cap 3bb/SB vs BB 3-bet 12bb

SB vs BB 3-bet 12bb

Q: What is the GTO play for the small blind (SB) when SB opens 3bb, BB 3-bets to 12bb in 6-max · SB 0.5bb · 5% rake, cap 3bb at 150bb?

SB opens 3bb, BB 3-bets to 12bb in 6-max · SB 0.5bb · 5% rake, cap 3bb, 150bb: the small blind (SB) folds 73.6%, calls 12.3%, raises 27.6/36bb 14.2% and goes all-in 150bb 0%. Always call: 88, 55, AJs-AQs, A4s, KQs, QJs. Always raise 27.6/36bb: QQ+, AKs, AQo. Mixed: 99-JJ, 66-77, 44, A5s-ATs, A3s, K8s-KJs, K5s-K6s, Q9s-QTs, J9s+, T9s, 76s, AKo, AJo, KJo+.

6-max · SB 0.5bb · 5% rake, cap 3bb (blinds 0.5/1bb) · 150bb · SB opens 3bb, BB 3-bets to 12bb · Small blind to act

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

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Pot 15bbYour cards?

3bb

12bb

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Small blind's range

678 of 1,326 combos get here

Fold 73.6%Call 12.3%Raise 27.6/36bb 14.2%All-in 150bb <0.1%

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What is the GTO play for the small blind (SB) when SB opens 3bb, BB 3-bets to 12bb in 6-max · SB 0.5bb · 5% rake, cap 3bb at 150bb?

SB opens 3bb, BB 3-bets to 12bb in 6-max · SB 0.5bb · 5% rake, cap 3bb, 150bb: the small blind (SB) folds 73.6%, calls 12.3%, raises 27.6/36bb 14.2% and goes all-in 150bb 0%. Always call: 88, 55, AJs-AQs, A4s, KQs, QJs. Always raise 27.6/36bb: QQ+, AKs, AQo. Mixed: 99-JJ, 66-77, 44, A5s-ATs, A3s, K8s-KJs, K5s-K6s, Q9s-QTs, J9s+, T9s, 76s, AKo, AJo, KJo+.

Always fold: 22-33, A2s, K7s, K2s-K4s, Q2s-Q8s, J4s-J8s, T5s-T8s, 95s+, 85s+, 75s, 64s+, 53s+, A2o-ATo, K7o-KTo, Q8o+, J8o+, T8o+, 98o
Always call: 88, 55, AJs-AQs, A4s, KQs, QJs
Always raise 27.6/36bb: QQ+, AKs, AQo
Always all-in 150bb: No hand plays this every time
Mixed: 99-JJ, 66-77, 44, A5s-ATs, A3s, K8s-KJs, K5s-K6s, Q9s-QTs, J9s+, T9s, 76s, AKo, AJo, KJo+

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).