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PokerSolver/Heads-up · 100bb · SB 0.5bb · ante 0.16bb · 5% rake, cap 2bb/K4s

How to play K4s preflop

Heads-up · 100bb · SB 0.5bb · ante 0.16bb · 5% rake, cap 2bb · 48 spots where K4s gets a decision

Opens (raise first in)

SpotK4s
SB open (RFI)
First to act
Raise 2/2.5/3bb 97% · Call 3%

Facing an open or a limp

SpotK4s
BB vs SB limp
SB limps
Raise 2/2.5/3bb 61.6% · Call 38.4%
BB vs SB open 2bb
SB opens 2bb
Raise 4/6bb 54.1% · Call 45.9%
BB vs SB open 2.5bb
SB opens 2.5bb
Call 64.6% · Raise 5/7.5bb 35.4%
BB vs SB open 3bb
SB opens 3bb
Call 98.6% · Raise 6/9bb 1.4%

Facing an isolation raise

SpotK4s
SB vs BB iso raise 2bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 2bb
Raise 4/6bb 69.3% · Call 30.7%
SB vs BB iso raise 2.5bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb
Call 58% · Raise 5/7.5bb 42%
SB vs BB iso raise 3bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 3bb
Call 55.8% · Raise 6/9bb 44.2%

Facing a 3-bet

SpotK4s
BB vs SB 3-bet 4bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 2bb, SB 3-bets to 4bb
Call 95.3% · Fold 2.4% · Raise 9.2bb 1.5% · All-in 99.84bb 0.8%
BB vs SB 3-bet 6bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 2bb, SB 3-bets to 6bb
Call 76.3% · Fold 18% · Raise 13.8bb 5.6% · All-in 99.84bb 0.1%
BB vs SB 3-bet 5bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb, SB 3-bets to 5bb
Call 85.8% · Fold 8.2% · Raise 11.5bb 5.9%
BB vs SB 3-bet 7.5bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb, SB 3-bets to 7.5bb
Fold 51.3% · Call 48.5% · Raise 17.25bb 0.2%
BB vs SB 3-bet 6bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 3bb, SB 3-bets to 6bb
Fold 50.4% · Call 40.1% · Raise 13.8bb 6% · All-in 99.84bb 3.5%
BB vs SB 3-bet 9bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 3bb, SB 3-bets to 9bb
Fold 72.2% · Call 14.2% · Raise 20.7bb 13.6%
SB vs BB 3-bet 4bb
SB opens 2bb, BB 3-bets to 4bb
Call 97.6% · Raise 9.2bb 2.4% · Fold 0.1%
SB vs BB 3-bet 6bb
SB opens 2bb, BB 3-bets to 6bb
Call 97.2% · Raise 13.8bb 2.8%
SB vs BB 3-bet 5bb
SB opens 2.5bb, BB 3-bets to 5bb
Call 100%
SB vs BB 3-bet 7.5bb
SB opens 2.5bb, BB 3-bets to 7.5bb
Call 96.9% · Raise 17.25bb 3.1%
SB vs BB 3-bet 6bb
SB opens 3bb, BB 3-bets to 6bb
Call 97.9% · Raise 13.8bb 2% · Fold 0.1%
SB vs BB 3-bet 9bb
SB opens 3bb, BB 3-bets to 9bb
Call 88.1% · Raise 20.7bb 11.8%

Facing a 4-bet

SpotK4s
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 92.4% · All-in 99.84bb 6.8% · Fold 0.8%
SB vs BB all-in
SB limps, BB isolates to 2bb, SB 3-bets to 4bb, BB goes all-in
Fold 100%
SB vs BB 4-bet 13.8bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 2bb, SB 3-bets to 6bb, BB 4-bets to 13.8bb
Call 84.2% · Fold 11.5% · All-in 99.84bb 4.3%
SB vs BB all-in
SB limps, BB isolates to 2bb, SB 3-bets to 6bb, BB goes all-in
Fold 99% · Call 1%
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 95.6% · All-in 99.84bb 4% · Fold 0.4%
SB vs BB all-in
SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb, SB 3-bets to 5bb, BB goes all-in
Fold 100%
SB vs BB 4-bet 17.25bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb, SB 3-bets to 7.5bb, BB 4-bets to 17.25bb
Call 99.6% · Fold 0.4%
SB vs BB all-in
SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb, SB 3-bets to 7.5bb, BB goes all-in
Fold 100%
SB vs BB 4-bet 13.8bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 3bb, SB 3-bets to 6bb, BB 4-bets to 13.8bb
Call 100%
SB vs BB all-in
SB limps, BB isolates to 3bb, SB 3-bets to 6bb, BB goes all-in
Fold 100%
SB vs BB 4-bet 20.7bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 3bb, SB 3-bets to 9bb, BB 4-bets to 20.7bb
Call 99% · All-in 99.84bb 0.9% · Fold 0.1%
SB vs BB all-in
SB limps, BB isolates to 3bb, SB 3-bets to 9bb, 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 96.6% · Call 3.1% · All-in 99.84bb 0.2%
BB vs SB all-in
SB opens 2bb, BB 3-bets to 6bb, SB goes all-in
Fold 75.3% · Call 24.7%
BB vs SB 4-bet 11.5bb
SB opens 2.5bb, BB 3-bets to 5bb, SB 4-bets to 11.5bb
Fold 59.1% · Call 40.9%
BB vs SB all-in
SB opens 2.5bb, BB 3-bets to 5bb, 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 52% · Call 47.7% · All-in 99.84bb 0.3%
BB vs SB all-in
SB opens 2.5bb, BB 3-bets to 7.5bb, SB goes all-in
Fold 100%
BB vs SB 4-bet 20.7bb
SB opens 3bb, BB 3-bets to 9bb, SB 4-bets to 20.7bb
Fold 52.3% · Call 44.3% · All-in 99.84bb 3.4%
BB vs SB all-in
SB opens 3bb, BB 3-bets to 9bb, SB goes all-in
Fold 100%

Facing a 5-bet or shove

SpotK4s
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 99.2% · Call 0.8%
BB vs SB all-in
SB limps, BB isolates to 2bb, SB 3-bets to 6bb, BB 4-bets to 13.8bb, SB goes all-in
Fold 99.8% · Call 0.2%
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 96.3% · Call 3.7%
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 99.8% · Call 0.2%
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 99.4% · Call 0.6%
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 6bb, SB 4-bets to 13.8bb, BB goes all-in
Fold 99.2% · Call 0.8%
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.

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.