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PokerSolver/Heads-up · 100bb · SB 0.5bb · ante 0.16bb · 5% rake, cap 2bb/J5s

How to play J5s preflop

Heads-up · 100bb · SB 0.5bb · ante 0.16bb · 5% rake, cap 2bb · 37 spots where J5s gets a decision

Fits exactlyno game we have checked
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Opens (raise first in)

SpotJ5s
SB open (RFI)
First to act
Raise 2/2.5/3bb 80.2% · Call 19.8%

Facing an open or a limp

SpotJ5s
BB vs SB limp
SB limps
Raise 2/2.5/3bb 99.4% · Call 0.6%
BB vs SB open 2bb
SB opens 2bb
Call 62.4% · Raise 4/6bb 37.6%
BB vs SB open 2.5bb
SB opens 2.5bb
Call 86% · Raise 5/7.5bb 14%
BB vs SB open 3bb
SB opens 3bb
Call 100%

Facing an isolation raise

SpotJ5s
SB vs BB iso raise 2bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 2bb
Call 98.9% · Raise 4/6bb 1.1%
SB vs BB iso raise 2.5bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb
Call 99.4% · Raise 5/7.5bb 0.6%
SB vs BB iso raise 3bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 3bb
Call 100%

Facing a 3-bet

SpotJ5s
BB vs SB 3-bet 4bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 2bb, SB 3-bets to 4bb
Call 96.4% · Fold 2.1% · Raise 9.2bb 1.4%
BB vs SB 3-bet 6bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 2bb, SB 3-bets to 6bb
Call 58% · Fold 41.9%
BB vs SB 3-bet 5bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb, SB 3-bets to 5bb
Call 54.1% · All-in 99.84bb 24.2% · Raise 11.5bb 14.4% · Fold 7.4%
BB vs SB 3-bet 7.5bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb, SB 3-bets to 7.5bb
Fold 86.4% · Raise 17.25bb 7.2% · Call 6.4% · All-in 99.84bb 0.1%
BB vs SB 3-bet 6bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 3bb, SB 3-bets to 6bb
Call 62.9% · Fold 36.3% · Raise 13.8bb 0.7%
BB vs SB 3-bet 9bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 3bb, SB 3-bets to 9bb
Fold 86.2% · Raise 20.7bb 10% · Call 3.6% · All-in 99.84bb 0.2%
SB vs BB 3-bet 4bb
SB opens 2bb, BB 3-bets to 4bb
Call 98.4% · Fold 1.4% · Raise 9.2bb 0.1% · All-in 99.84bb 0.1%
SB vs BB 3-bet 6bb
SB opens 2bb, BB 3-bets to 6bb
Call 84.6% · Raise 13.8bb 15.4%
SB vs BB 3-bet 5bb
SB opens 2.5bb, BB 3-bets to 5bb
Call 63% · Raise 11.5bb 35.9% · Fold 1.2%
SB vs BB 3-bet 7.5bb
SB opens 2.5bb, BB 3-bets to 7.5bb
Raise 17.25bb 75.1% · Call 24.9%
SB vs BB 3-bet 6bb
SB opens 3bb, BB 3-bets to 6bb
Call 99.8% · Fold 0.2%
SB vs BB 3-bet 9bb
SB opens 3bb, BB 3-bets to 9bb
Call 57.5% · Raise 20.7bb 42.4% · Fold 0.1%

Facing a 4-bet

SpotJ5s
SB vs BB 4-bet 9.2bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 2bb, SB 3-bets to 4bb, BB 4-bets to 9.2bb
Call 75.9% · Fold 23.8% · All-in 99.84bb 0.3%
SB vs BB all-in
SB limps, BB isolates to 2bb, SB 3-bets to 4bb, BB goes all-in
Fold 98.5% · Call 1.5%
SB vs BB 4-bet 11.5bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb, SB 3-bets to 5bb, BB 4-bets to 11.5bb
Call 97.4% · Fold 2.6%
SB vs BB all-in
SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb, SB 3-bets to 5bb, BB goes all-in
Fold 100%
BB vs SB 4-bet 13.8bb
SB opens 2bb, BB 3-bets to 6bb, SB 4-bets to 13.8bb
Fold 57.4% · Call 42.4% · All-in 99.84bb 0.2%
BB vs SB all-in
SB opens 2bb, BB 3-bets to 6bb, SB goes all-in
Fold 100%
BB vs SB 4-bet 17.25bb
SB opens 2.5bb, BB 3-bets to 7.5bb, SB 4-bets to 17.25bb
Fold 100%
BB vs SB all-in
SB opens 2.5bb, BB 3-bets to 7.5bb, SB goes all-in
Fold 100%

Facing a 5-bet or shove

SpotJ5s
BB vs SB all-in
SB limps, BB isolates to 2bb, SB 3-bets to 4bb, BB 4-bets to 9.2bb, SB goes all-in
Fold 99.6% · Call 0.4%
BB vs SB all-in
SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb, SB 3-bets to 5bb, BB 4-bets to 11.5bb, SB goes all-in
Fold 98.5% · Call 1.5%
BB vs SB all-in
SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb, SB 3-bets to 7.5bb, BB 4-bets to 17.25bb, SB goes all-in
Fold 100%
BB vs SB all-in
SB limps, BB isolates to 3bb, SB 3-bets to 6bb, BB 4-bets to 13.8bb, SB goes all-in
Fold 99.5% · Call 0.5%
BB vs SB all-in
SB limps, BB isolates to 3bb, SB 3-bets to 9bb, BB 4-bets to 20.7bb, SB goes all-in
Fold 99.6% · Call 0.4%
SB vs BB all-in
SB opens 2bb, BB 3-bets to 6bb, SB 4-bets to 13.8bb, BB goes all-in
Fold 100%
SB vs BB all-in
SB opens 2.5bb, BB 3-bets to 5bb, SB 4-bets to 11.5bb, BB goes all-in
Fold 99.6% · Call 0.4%
SB vs BB all-in
SB opens 2.5bb, BB 3-bets to 7.5bb, SB 4-bets to 17.25bb, BB goes all-in
Fold 100%
SB vs BB all-in
SB opens 3bb, BB 3-bets to 9bb, SB 4-bets to 20.7bb, BB goes all-in
Fold 100%
Settings: Heads-up · 100bb · SB 0.5bb · ante 0.16bb · 5% rake, cap 2bb (small blind 0.5bb, big blind 1bb, an ante of 0.16bb from every player, 100bb stacks, 5% rake capped at 2bb; no rake when no flop is dealt). Solver: HoldemResources Calculator (HRC) (HRC CI 8.9). 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.

Rake sources for the games it fits: 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.