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PokerSolver/Heads-up · 60bb · SB 0.5bb · ante 0.16bb · 5% rake, cap 2bb/74s

How to play 74s preflop

Heads-up · 60bb · SB 0.5bb · ante 0.16bb · 5% rake, cap 2bb · 36 spots where 74s gets a decision

Opens (raise first in)

Spot74s
SB open (RFI)
First to act
Raise 2/2.5/3bb 52.8% · Call 47.2%

Facing an open or a limp

Spot74s
BB vs SB limp
SB limps
Call 67% · Raise 2/2.5/3bb 33%
BB vs SB open 2bb
SB opens 2bb
Call 56.9% · Raise 4/6bb 43.1%
BB vs SB open 2.5bb
SB opens 2.5bb
Raise 5/7.5bb 84.3% · Call 15.7%
BB vs SB open 3bb
SB opens 3bb
Call 83.9% · Raise 6/9bb 16.1%

Facing an isolation raise

Spot74s
SB vs BB iso raise 2bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 2bb
Call 93.8% · Raise 4/6bb 6.1% · Fold 0.1%
SB vs BB iso raise 2.5bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb
Call 99.8% · Raise 5/7.5bb 0.2%
SB vs BB iso raise 3bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 3bb
Call 97.1% · Raise 6/9bb 2.9%

Facing a 3-bet

Spot74s
BB vs SB 3-bet 5bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb, SB 3-bets to 5bb
Call 52.1% · Fold 36.8% · Raise 11.5bb 7.2% · All-in 59.84bb 4%
BB vs SB 3-bet 7.5bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb, SB 3-bets to 7.5bb
Fold 98.6% · Call 1.1% · All-in 59.84bb 0.2% · Raise 17.25bb 0.1%
BB vs SB 3-bet 6bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 3bb, SB 3-bets to 6bb
Fold 67% · Call 29.3% · Raise 13.8bb 1.9% · All-in 59.84bb 1.8%
BB vs SB 3-bet 9bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 3bb, SB 3-bets to 9bb
Fold 97.9% · Raise 20.7bb 2%
SB vs BB 3-bet 4bb
SB opens 2bb, BB 3-bets to 4bb
Call 96.4% · Fold 3.5%
SB vs BB 3-bet 6bb
SB opens 2bb, BB 3-bets to 6bb
Call 99.6% · Fold 0.4%
SB vs BB 3-bet 5bb
SB opens 2.5bb, BB 3-bets to 5bb
Call 92.6% · Raise 11.5bb 6.1% · Fold 1.4%
SB vs BB 3-bet 7.5bb
SB opens 2.5bb, BB 3-bets to 7.5bb
Call 100%
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 99.6% · Fold 0.4%

Facing a 4-bet

Spot74s
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 55.9% · Fold 29.6% · All-in 59.84bb 14.5%
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 48.4% · Call 33.7% · All-in 59.84bb 18%
SB vs BB all-in
SB limps, BB isolates to 2bb, SB 3-bets to 6bb, BB goes all-in
Fold 99.9% · Call 0.1%
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 60.5% · Call 39.5%
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 99.5% · Fold 0.5%
SB vs BB all-in
SB limps, BB isolates to 3bb, SB 3-bets to 6bb, 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 99.8% · Call 0.1% · All-in 59.84bb 0.1%
BB vs SB all-in
SB opens 2bb, BB 3-bets to 6bb, SB goes all-in
Fold 99.6% · Call 0.4%
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%
BB vs SB 4-bet 20.7bb
SB opens 3bb, BB 3-bets to 9bb, SB 4-bets to 20.7bb
Fold 87.8% · Call 12.2%
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

Spot74s
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 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 97.9% · Call 2.1%
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 99.8% · Call 0.2%
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 99.7% · Call 0.3%
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.

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.