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PokerSolver/Heads-up · 60bb · SB 0.5bb · ante 0.16bb · 5% rake, cap 2bb/43o

How to play 43o preflop

Heads-up · 60bb · SB 0.5bb · ante 0.16bb · 5% rake, cap 2bb · 18 spots where 43o gets a decision

Fits exactlyno game we have checked
Close1 games
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Opens (raise first in)

Spot43o
SB open (RFI)
First to act
Fold 99% · Raise 2/2.5/3bb 0.6% · Call 0.4%

Facing an open or a limp

Spot43o
BB vs SB limp
SB limps
Call 99.9% · Raise 2/2.5/3bb 0.1%
BB vs SB open 2bb
SB opens 2bb
Fold 84.7% · Call 14.5% · Raise 4/6bb 0.8%
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

Spot43o
SB vs BB iso raise 2bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 2bb
Call 71.6% · Fold 28.3% · Raise 4/6bb 0.1%
SB vs BB iso raise 2.5bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb
Fold 87.5% · Call 12.5%
SB vs BB iso raise 3bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 3bb
Fold 100%

Facing a 3-bet

Spot43o
BB vs SB 3-bet 5bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb, SB 3-bets to 5bb
Fold 100%
BB vs SB 3-bet 7.5bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb, SB 3-bets to 7.5bb
Fold 100%
SB vs BB 3-bet 4bb
SB opens 2bb, BB 3-bets to 4bb
Call 68% · Fold 31.1% · Raise 9.2bb 0.9%
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 60.2% · Fold 37.9% · Raise 11.5bb 1.9%
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 63.5% · Fold 36.5%
SB vs BB 3-bet 9bb
SB opens 3bb, BB 3-bets to 9bb
Fold 100%

Facing a 4-bet

Spot43o
BB vs SB 4-bet 13.8bb
SB opens 2bb, BB 3-bets to 6bb, SB 4-bets to 13.8bb
Fold 100%
BB vs SB all-in
SB opens 2bb, BB 3-bets to 6bb, SB goes all-in
Fold 100%
Settings: Heads-up · 60bb · 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, 60bb stacks, 5% rake capped at 2bb; no rake when no flop is dealt). Solver: HoldemResources Calculator (HRC) (HRC CI 8.73). 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.