BTN vs BB 3-bet 5bb
6-max · SB 0.5bb · 5% rake, cap 3bb (blinds 0.5/1bb) · 40bb · BTN opens 2.5bb, BB 3-bets to 5bb · Button to act
6-max · 40bb · SB 0.5bb · 5% rake, cap 3bbChange game
Tap your two cards.
Button's range
576 of 1,326 combos get hereWhat is the GTO play for the button (BTN) when BTN opens 2.5bb, BB 3-bets to 5bb in 6-max · SB 0.5bb · 5% rake, cap 3bb at 40bb?
BTN opens 2.5bb, BB 3-bets to 5bb in 6-max · SB 0.5bb · 5% rake, cap 3bb, 40bb: the button (BTN) folds 26.9%, calls 55.4%, raises 11.5bb 15.1% and goes all-in 40bb 2.5%. Always call: 55-77, 33, A8s-AQs, A2s-A6s, K8s-KJs, K3s-K5s, Q6s+, Q4s, J9s+, J7s, T7s+, 97s+, 87s, 76s, 65s, 54s, A9o, KJo+, QTo. Always raise 11.5bb: JJ+. Mixed: 88-TT, 44, A7s, KQs, K6s-K7s, K2s, Q5s, J8s, J5s-J6s, T6s, ATo+, A7o-A8o, A3o-A5o, K9o-KTo, QJo, Q9o, J9o+, T8o+.
- Always fold
- A6o, A2o, K8o, Q8o
- Always call
- 55-77, 33, A8s-AQs, A2s-A6s, K8s-KJs, K3s-K5s, Q6s+, Q4s, J9s+, J7s, T7s+, 97s+, 87s, 76s, 65s, 54s, A9o, KJo+, QTo
- Always raise 11.5bb
- JJ+
- Always all-in 40bb
- No hand plays this every time
- Mixed
- 88-TT, 44, A7s, KQs, K6s-K7s, K2s, Q5s, J8s, J5s-J6s, T6s, ATo+, A7o-A8o, A3o-A5o, K9o-KTo, QJo, Q9o, J9o+, T8o+
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).