PokerSolver/Heads-up · 100bb · SB 0.5bb · 5% rake, cap 3bb/Q5o

How to play Q5o preflop

Heads-up · 100bb · SB 0.5bb · 5% rake, cap 3bb · 14 spots where Q5o gets a decision

Opens (raise first in)

Spot	Q5o
SB open (RFI) First to act	Raise 2/2.5/3bb 99.7% · Call 0.3%

Facing an open or a limp

Spot	Q5o
BB vs SB limp SB limps	Call 100%
BB vs SB open 2bb SB opens 2bb	Call 100%
BB vs SB open 2.5bb SB opens 2.5bb	Fold 99.8% · Call 0.2%
BB vs SB open 3bb SB opens 3bb	Fold 100%

Facing an isolation raise

Spot	Q5o
SB vs BB iso raise 2bb SB limps, BB isolates to 2bb	Call 99.9% · Fold 0.1%
SB vs BB iso raise 2.5bb SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb	Fold 59.8% · Call 36.3% · Raise 5/7.5bb 3.9%
SB vs BB iso raise 3bb SB limps, BB isolates to 3bb	Fold 100%

Facing a 3-bet

Spot	Q5o
SB vs BB 3-bet 4bb SB opens 2bb, BB 3-bets to 4bb	Fold 78.8% · Call 21.2%
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	Call 67.6% · Fold 32.4%
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 58.1% · Fold 41.9%
SB vs BB 3-bet 9bb SB opens 3bb, BB 3-bets to 9bb	Fold 100%

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.