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PokerSolver/Heads-up · 60bb · SB 0.5bb · ante 0.16bb · 5% rake, cap 2bb/A5o

How to play A5o preflop

Heads-up · 60bb · SB 0.5bb · ante 0.16bb · 5% rake, cap 2bb · 46 spots where A5o gets a decision

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Opens (raise first in)

SpotA5o
SB open (RFI)
First to act
Raise 2/2.5/3bb 85.2% · Call 14.8%

Facing an open or a limp

SpotA5o
BB vs SB limp
SB limps
Raise 2/2.5/3bb 97.1% · Call 2.9%
BB vs SB open 2bb
SB opens 2bb
Call 92.9% · Raise 4/6bb 7.1%
BB vs SB open 2.5bb
SB opens 2.5bb
Call 86.5% · Raise 5/7.5bb 13.5%
BB vs SB open 3bb
SB opens 3bb
Call 64.9% · Raise 6/9bb 35.1%

Facing an isolation raise

SpotA5o
SB vs BB iso raise 2bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 2bb
Call 70.3% · Raise 4/6bb 29.7%
SB vs BB iso raise 2.5bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb
Call 80.3% · Raise 5/7.5bb 19.7%
SB vs BB iso raise 3bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 3bb
Call 91.2% · Raise 6/9bb 8.8%

Facing a 3-bet

SpotA5o
BB vs SB 3-bet 4bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 2bb, SB 3-bets to 4bb
Call 93.1% · All-in 59.84bb 3.8% · Raise 9.2bb 3% · Fold 0.1%
BB vs SB 3-bet 6bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 2bb, SB 3-bets to 6bb
Fold 54% · Call 37.2% · Raise 13.8bb 8.8%
BB vs SB 3-bet 5bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb, SB 3-bets to 5bb
All-in 59.84bb 50.5% · Call 33.9% · Fold 14.6% · Raise 11.5bb 1.1%
BB vs SB 3-bet 7.5bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb, SB 3-bets to 7.5bb
Fold 90.6% · Call 5.2% · Raise 17.25bb 4% · All-in 59.84bb 0.2%
BB vs SB 3-bet 6bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 3bb, SB 3-bets to 6bb
Raise 13.8bb 50.6% · Call 42.9% · All-in 59.84bb 6% · Fold 0.5%
BB vs SB 3-bet 9bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 3bb, SB 3-bets to 9bb
Fold 95.6% · Raise 20.7bb 4.3% · Call 0.1%
SB vs BB 3-bet 4bb
SB opens 2bb, BB 3-bets to 4bb
Call 91.3% · Raise 9.2bb 8.3% · All-in 59.84bb 0.4%
SB vs BB 3-bet 6bb
SB opens 2bb, BB 3-bets to 6bb
Call 66.4% · Raise 13.8bb 33.6%
SB vs BB 3-bet 5bb
SB opens 2.5bb, BB 3-bets to 5bb
Call 50.4% · Raise 11.5bb 40.7% · All-in 59.84bb 8.9%
SB vs BB 3-bet 7.5bb
SB opens 2.5bb, BB 3-bets to 7.5bb
Call 85.5% · Raise 17.25bb 13% · All-in 59.84bb 1.5%
SB vs BB 3-bet 6bb
SB opens 3bb, BB 3-bets to 6bb
Call 59.6% · All-in 59.84bb 31% · Raise 13.8bb 9% · Fold 0.3%
SB vs BB 3-bet 9bb
SB opens 3bb, BB 3-bets to 9bb
Call 99.9% · Raise 20.7bb 0.1%

Facing a 4-bet

SpotA5o
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 60.4% · Call 37.8% · All-in 59.84bb 1.8%
SB vs BB all-in
SB limps, BB isolates to 2bb, SB 3-bets to 6bb, BB goes all-in
Fold 98% · Call 2%
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 73.1% · All-in 59.84bb 23.3% · Fold 3.6%
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 48.2% · All-in 59.84bb 43.2% · Fold 8.6%
SB vs BB all-in
SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb, SB 3-bets to 7.5bb, BB goes all-in
Fold 100%
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 99.8% · Fold 0.1%
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 89.6% · All-in 59.84bb 10.3% · Call 0.1%
BB vs SB all-in
SB opens 2bb, BB 3-bets to 6bb, SB goes all-in
Fold 99.9% · Call 0.1%
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 13.8bb
SB opens 3bb, BB 3-bets to 6bb, SB 4-bets to 13.8bb
Call 58.2% · Fold 26.1% · All-in 59.84bb 15.7%
BB vs SB all-in
SB opens 3bb, BB 3-bets to 6bb, 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 96.5% · Call 2.9% · All-in 59.84bb 0.6%
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

SpotA5o
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 99.9% · Call 0.1%
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 95% · Call 5%
BB vs SB all-in
SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb, SB 3-bets to 7.5bb, BB 4-bets to 17.25bb, SB goes all-in
Fold 98% · Call 2%
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 99.3% · Call 0.7%
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 2bb, BB 3-bets to 4bb, SB 4-bets to 9.2bb, BB goes all-in
Fold 99.9% · Call 0.1%
SB vs BB all-in
SB opens 2bb, BB 3-bets to 6bb, SB 4-bets to 13.8bb, BB goes all-in
Fold 100%
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 99.6% · Call 0.4%
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 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.