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PokerSolver/Heads-up · 80bb · SB 0.5bb · ante 0.16bb · 5% rake, cap 2bb/54o

How to play 54o preflop

Heads-up · 80bb · SB 0.5bb · ante 0.16bb · 5% rake, cap 2bb · 25 spots where 54o gets a decision

Opens (raise first in)

Spot54o
SB open (RFI)
First to act
Call 53.5% · Raise 2/2.5/3bb 46.5%

Facing an open or a limp

Spot54o
BB vs SB limp
SB limps
Call 79.1% · Raise 2/2.5/3bb 20.9%
BB vs SB open 2bb
SB opens 2bb
Call 99.7% · Raise 4/6bb 0.2% · Fold 0.1%
BB vs SB open 2.5bb
SB opens 2.5bb
Fold 87.4% · Call 12.6%
BB vs SB open 3bb
SB opens 3bb
Fold 100%

Facing an isolation raise

Spot54o
SB vs BB iso raise 2bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 2bb
Call 94.7% · Fold 3.2% · Raise 4/6bb 2.1%
SB vs BB iso raise 2.5bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 2.5bb
Call 99.8% · Fold 0.2% · Raise 5/7.5bb 0.1%
SB vs BB iso raise 3bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 3bb
Call 94.9% · Fold 4.6% · Raise 6/9bb 0.5%

Facing a 3-bet

Spot54o
BB vs SB 3-bet 4bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 2bb, SB 3-bets to 4bb
Fold 100%
BB vs SB 3-bet 6bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 2bb, SB 3-bets to 6bb
Fold 100%
BB vs SB 3-bet 6bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 3bb, SB 3-bets to 6bb
Fold 92.1% · Raise 13.8bb 4.1% · Call 3.1% · All-in 79.84bb 0.6%
BB vs SB 3-bet 9bb
SB limps, BB isolates to 3bb, SB 3-bets to 9bb
Fold 100%
SB vs BB 3-bet 4bb
SB opens 2bb, BB 3-bets to 4bb
Call 99.3% · Fold 0.7%
SB vs BB 3-bet 6bb
SB opens 2bb, BB 3-bets to 6bb
Fold 78% · Call 22%
SB vs BB 3-bet 5bb
SB opens 2.5bb, BB 3-bets to 5bb
Call 98% · Fold 1% · Raise 11.5bb 1%
SB vs BB 3-bet 7.5bb
SB opens 2.5bb, BB 3-bets to 7.5bb
Fold 99.6% · Call 0.4%
SB vs BB 3-bet 6bb
SB opens 3bb, BB 3-bets to 6bb
Call 98.5% · Fold 1.5%
SB vs BB 3-bet 9bb
SB opens 3bb, BB 3-bets to 9bb
Fold 95.4% · Call 4.6%

Facing a 4-bet

Spot54o
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 97.8% · Call 2.2%
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 3bb, SB 3-bets to 6bb, BB 4-bets to 13.8bb
Call 61.7% · Fold 38.3%
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 9.2bb
SB opens 2bb, BB 3-bets to 4bb, SB 4-bets to 9.2bb
Fold 99.3% · All-in 79.84bb 0.4% · Call 0.3%
BB vs SB all-in
SB opens 2bb, BB 3-bets to 4bb, SB goes all-in
Fold 99.8% · Call 0.2%

Facing a 5-bet or shove

Spot54o
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 100%
Settings: Heads-up · 80bb · 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, 80bb stacks, 5% rake capped at 2bb; no rake when no flop is dealt). Solver: HoldemResources Calculator (HRC) (HRC CI 22.38). 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.