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PokerSolver/6-max · 40bb · SB 0.5bb · 5% rake, cap 3bb/BB vs CO 3-bet 5bb

BB vs CO 3-bet 5bb

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

6-max · 40bb · SB 0.5bb · 5% rake, cap 3bbChange game
Stacks (bb), if they differ
Pot 8bbYour cards?
2.5bb
5bb
0.5bb

Tap your two cards.

Big blind's range

430 of 1,326 combos get here
Fold 58.8%Call 8.9%Raise 11.5bb 30.3%All-in 40bb 1.9%
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What is the GTO play for the big blind (BB) when CO limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb, CO 3-bets to 5bb in 6-max · SB 0.5bb · 5% rake, cap 3bb at 40bb?

CO limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb, CO 3-bets to 5bb in 6-max · SB 0.5bb · 5% rake, cap 3bb, 40bb: the big blind (BB) folds 58.8%, calls 8.9%, raises 11.5bb 30.3% and goes all-in 40bb 1.9%. Always raise 11.5bb: A8s. Mixed: 55+, A9s+, A4s-A5s, KTs+, K6s, QTs+, Q8s, J9s+, J6s-J7s, T7s+, T3s, 95s-96s, 87s, 85s, 65s, 63s, 54s, AJo+, A9o, KQo, JTo.

Always fold
K9s, Q7s, J8s, T5s, T2s, 93s, 84s, J9o, 65o
Always call
No hand plays this every time
Always raise 11.5bb
A8s
Always all-in 40bb
No hand plays this every time
Mixed
55+, A9s+, A4s-A5s, KTs+, K6s, QTs+, Q8s, J9s+, J6s-J7s, T7s+, T3s, 95s-96s, 87s, 85s, 65s, 63s, 54s, AJo+, A9o, KQo, JTo
Settings: 6-max · 40bb · SB 0.5bb · 5% rake, cap 3bb (small blind 0.5bb, big blind 1bb, 40bb stacks, 5% rake capped at 3bb; before the flop, rake only after a 3-bet). Solver: HoldemResources Calculator (HRC) (HRC CI 24.4). 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).