PokerSolver/6-max · 40bb · SB 0.5bb · ante 0.16bb · 5% rake, cap 8bb/BB vs UTG 3-bet 7.5bb

BB vs UTG 3-bet 7.5bb

6-max · SB 0.5bb · ante 0.16bb · 5% rake, cap 8bb (blinds 0.5/1bb, ante 0.16bb) · 40bb · UTG limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb, UTG 3-bets to 7.5bb · Big blind to act

6-max · 40bb · SB 0.5bb · ante 0.16bb · 5% rake, cap 8bbChange game

PlayersBlinds & rakeEff. stack

Stacks (bb), if they differUTGHJCOBTNSBBB

Pot 11.46bbYour cards?

2.5bb

7.5bb

0.5bb

Tap your two cards.

Big blind's range

286 of 1,326 combos get here

Fold 70.9%Call 13.9%All-in 39.84bb 15.1%

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What is the GTO play for the big blind (BB) when UTG limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb, UTG 3-bets to 7.5bb in 6-max · SB 0.5bb · ante 0.16bb · 5% rake, cap 8bb at 40bb?

UTG limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb, UTG 3-bets to 7.5bb in 6-max · SB 0.5bb · ante 0.16bb · 5% rake, cap 8bb, 40bb: the big blind (BB) folds 70.9%, calls 13.9% and goes all-in 39.84bb 15.1%. Mixed: QQ+, 77-TT, AQs+, A9s-ATs, A5s, A2s-A3s, J9s+, T9s, 87s, 76s, 65s, AQo+, ATo.

Always fold: K9s-KTs, Q9s+, T5s, 98s, 75s, 43s, KJo+, QJo, JTo, 65o
Always call: No hand plays this every time
Always all-in 39.84bb: No hand plays this every time
Mixed: QQ+, 77-TT, AQs+, A9s-ATs, A5s, A2s-A3s, J9s+, T9s, 87s, 76s, 65s, AQo+, ATo

Settings: 6-max · 40bb · 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, 40bb stacks, 5% rake capped at 8bb; no rake when no flop is dealt). Solver: HoldemResources Calculator (HRC) (HRC CI 24.93). 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.