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PokerSolver/6-max · 250bb · SB 0.5bb · ante 0.16bb · 5% rake, cap 8bb/SB vs UTG 3-bet 9bb

SB vs UTG 3-bet 9bb

6-max · SB 0.5bb · ante 0.16bb · 5% rake, cap 8bb (blinds 0.5/1bb, ante 0.16bb) · 250bb · UTG limps, SB isolates to 3bb, UTG 3-bets to 9bb · Small blind to act

6-max · 250bb · SB 0.5bb · ante 0.16bb · 5% rake, cap 8bbChange game
Stacks (bb), if they differ
Pot 13.96bbYour cards?
3bb
1bb
9bb

Tap your two cards.

Small blind's range

258 of 1,326 combos get here
Fold 55%Call 33.6%Raise 20.7bb 9.3%All-in 249.84bb 2.1%
Tap a hand, or type one above, to see its exact mix.

What is the GTO play for the small blind (SB) when UTG limps, SB isolates to 3bb, UTG 3-bets to 9bb in 6-max · SB 0.5bb · ante 0.16bb · 5% rake, cap 8bb at 250bb?

UTG limps, SB isolates to 3bb, UTG 3-bets to 9bb in 6-max · SB 0.5bb · ante 0.16bb · 5% rake, cap 8bb, 250bb: the small blind (SB) folds 55%, calls 33.6%, raises 20.7bb 9.3% and goes all-in 249.84bb 2.1%. Always call: KK, 66-77, AJs-AQs. Mixed: AA, 88-QQ, 55, AKs, A7s-ATs, A3s-A5s, KQs, KTs, QTs+, JTs, T9s, 98s, 86s+, 76s, 65s, 54s, AKo.

Always fold
KJs, Q9s, J9s, T8s, 75s, 64s, 53s, AQo
Always call
KK, 66-77, AJs-AQs
Always raise 20.7bb
No hand plays this every time
Always all-in 249.84bb
No hand plays this every time
Mixed
AA, 88-QQ, 55, AKs, A7s-ATs, A3s-A5s, KQs, KTs, QTs+, JTs, T9s, 98s, 86s+, 76s, 65s, 54s, AKo
Settings: 6-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 29.27). 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.