PokerSolver/Heads-up · 100bb · SB 0.5bb · 5% rake, cap 3bb/72s

How to play 72s preflop

Heads-up · 100bb · SB 0.5bb · 5% rake, cap 3bb · 27 spots where 72s gets a decision

Opens (raise first in)

Spot	72s
SB open (RFI) First to act	Raise 2/2.5/3bb 61.9% · Call 21.7% · Fold 16.5%

Facing an open or a limp

Spot	72s
BB vs SB limp SB limps	Call 93.8% · Raise 2/2.5/3bb 6.2%
BB vs SB open 2bb SB opens 2bb	Fold 93.1% · Call 6.7% · Raise 4/6bb 0.2%
BB vs SB open 2.5bb SB opens 2.5bb	Fold 100%
BB vs SB open 3bb SB opens 3bb	Fold 100%

Facing an isolation raise

Spot	72s
SB vs BB iso raise 2bb SB limps, BB isolates to 2bb	Fold 49.9% · Call 48.9% · Raise 4/6bb 1.2%
SB vs BB iso raise 2.5bb SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb	Fold 93% · Raise 5/7.5bb 6.6% · Call 0.5%
SB vs BB iso raise 3bb SB limps, BB isolates to 3bb	Fold 99.9% · Raise 6/9bb 0.1%

Facing a 3-bet

Spot	72s
BB vs SB 3-bet 5bb SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb, SB 3-bets to 5bb	Fold 99.7% · Call 0.3%
BB vs SB 3-bet 7.5bb SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb, SB 3-bets to 7.5bb	Fold 97% · Call 2.4% · All-in 100bb 0.6%
SB vs BB 3-bet 4bb SB opens 2bb, BB 3-bets to 4bb	Fold 77.4% · Call 18.4% · Raise 9.2bb 4.1%
SB vs BB 3-bet 6bb SB opens 2bb, BB 3-bets to 6bb	Fold 100%
SB vs BB 3-bet 5bb SB opens 2.5bb, BB 3-bets to 5bb	Fold 84.4% · Call 15.6%
SB vs BB 3-bet 7.5bb SB opens 2.5bb, BB 3-bets to 7.5bb	Fold 100%
SB vs BB 3-bet 6bb SB opens 3bb, BB 3-bets to 6bb	Call 51.2% · Fold 46.2% · Raise 13.8bb 2.6%
SB vs BB 3-bet 9bb SB opens 3bb, BB 3-bets to 9bb	Fold 99.8% · Call 0.2% · Raise 20.7bb 0.1%

Facing a 4-bet

Spot	72s
SB vs BB 4-bet 9.2bb SB limps, BB isolates to 2bb, SB 3-bets to 4bb, BB 4-bets to 9.2bb	Fold 99.6% · Call 0.4%
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	Fold 99.4% · Call 0.6%
SB vs BB all-in SB limps, BB isolates to 2bb, SB 3-bets to 6bb, BB goes all-in	Fold 99.1% · Call 0.9%
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	Fold 98.4% · Call 1.6%
SB vs BB all-in SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb, SB 3-bets to 7.5bb, BB goes all-in	Fold 100%
BB vs SB 4-bet 9.2bb SB opens 2bb, BB 3-bets to 4bb, SB 4-bets to 9.2bb	Fold 100%
BB vs SB all-in SB opens 2bb, BB 3-bets to 4bb, SB 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 99.8% · Call 0.2%
BB vs SB all-in SB opens 2bb, BB 3-bets to 6bb, SB goes all-in	Fold 99.5% · Call 0.5%

Facing a 5-bet or shove

Spot	72s
SB vs BB all-in SB opens 3bb, BB 3-bets to 6bb, SB 4-bets to 13.8bb, BB goes all-in	Fold 99.3% · Call 0.7%

Settings: Heads-up · 100bb · SB 0.5bb · 5% rake, cap 3bb (small blind 0.5bb, big blind 1bb, 100bb stacks, 5% rake capped at 3bb; before the flop, rake only after a 3-bet). Solver: HoldemResources Calculator (HRC) (HRC CI 14.45). 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: GGPoker regular cash NL2, NL10 (rake cap 2.5bb there, 3bb here).

Close: GGPoker regular cash NL50 (rake cap 2bb there, 3bb here).

Close: PokerStars cash NL10 (rake cap 5bb there, 3bb here; 4.25% rake there, 5% here; no rake when no flop is dealt there).

Close: PokerStars cash NL50 (rake cap 1.5bb there, 3bb here; no rake when no flop is dealt there).

Close: CoinPoker cash NL2, NL10 (rake cap 2.5bb there, 3bb here; only its tables without antes).

Close: CoinPoker cash NL50 (rake cap 2bb there, 3bb here; only its tables without antes).

Close: WPT Global cash NL10, NL20 (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 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 NL2, NL10 (rake cap 2.5bb there, 3bb here).

Close: Natural8 regular cash NL50 (rake cap 2bb there, 3bb here).

Close: ACR Poker cash NL10 (rake cap 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); 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); natural8.com/en/poker/texas-holdem (fetched 2026-10-31; caps by players dealt in, 3-bet pots raked before the flop); acrpoker.eu/real-money/poker-rake-calculation/ (fetched 2026-10-31).

Rake: Wrong rake for GG: this solve caps the rake at 3bb, but GG caps heads-up NL200 at $1.50 (0.75bb). A solve with GG's cap is queued.