Big blind defense chart at 20bb
In the big blind you never open: you defend. With 20 big blinds, against an open from the button the solver shoves 21%, calls 64% and folds 14%. Against one from under the gun it shoves 8%, calls 79% and folds 13%.
Against an open from the button:
- All-in 21%
- 22+, A8s+, A5s-A2s, KQs, QTs, Q8s, T9s, 96s+, 86s+, 74s+, 64s+, 53s+, 43s, A9o+, A2o, KQo
- Call 64%
- A7s-A6s, KJs-K2s, QJs, Q9s, Q7s-Q2s, J2s+, T8s-T2s, 95s-92s, 85s-82s, 73s-72s, 63s-62s, 52s, 42s, 32s, A8o-A3o, KJo-K2o, Q2o+, J2o+, T2o+, 96o+, 85o+, 75o+, 64o+, 53o+
- Split
- A7s (call 87%, all-in 13%); QTs (all-in 75%, call 25%); Q8s (all-in 87%, call 13%); QJo (call 68%, all-in 32%); A8o (call 53%, all-in 47%); 74s (all-in 64%, call 36%); A5o (call 55%, all-in 45%); A4o (call 84%, all-in 16%)
Each hand is listed under the play it makes most often. A hand under Split is one the solver plays more than one way; the grid shows how often.
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A chart against every seat that can open
The earlier the open comes from, the stronger the range behind it, and the less you defend. The chart against the button is at the top of this page. Each chart is for one open with everyone in between folded.
Against UTG: shove 8%, call 79%
- All-in 8%
- 88+, 33-22, AQs+, QTs, J9s+, T9s, AQo+
- Call 79%
- 77-44, AJs-A2s, K2s+, QJs, Q9s-Q2s, J8s-J2s, T8s-T2s, 92s+, 82s+, 72s+, 62s+, 52s+, 42s+, 32s, AJo-A2o, K2o+, Q2o+, J3o+, T5o+, T3o, 95o+, 93o-92o, 85o+, 75o+, 63o+, 53o+, 43o
- Split
- A4s (call 52%, all-in 48%); AQo (all-in 72%, call 28%); 98s (call 73%, all-in 27%); 44 (call 53%, all-in 47%); 22 (all-in 87%, call 13%)
Against UTG+1: shove 10%, call 72%
- All-in 10%
- 77+, 44-33, AQs+, A4s-A3s, KTs, QTs-Q9s, J9s+, T9s, AQo+
- Call 72%
- 66-55, 22, AJs-A5s, A2s, KJs+, K9s-K2s, QJs, Q8s-Q2s, J8s-J2s, T8s-T2s, 92s+, 82s+, 72s+, 62s+, 52s+, 42s+, 32s, AJo-A2o, K2o+, Q2o+, J2o+, T6o+, 96o+, 84o+, 75o+, 64o+, 54o
- Split
- A4s (all-in 89%, call 11%); A3s (all-in 67%, call 33%); K9s (call 78%, all-in 22%); KQo (call 73%, all-in 27%); Q9s (all-in 56%, call 44%); T8s (call 70%, all-in 30%)
Against Lojack: shove 11%, call 72%
- All-in 11%
- 22+, AJs+, KJs-KTs, JTs, T9s, 98s, 87s, AQo+
- Call 72%
- ATs-A2s, KQs, K9s-K2s, Q2s+, J9s-J2s, T8s-T2s, 97s-92s, 86s-82s, 72s+, 62s+, 52s+, 42s+, 32s, AJo-A2o, K2o+, Q2o+, J2o+, T5o+, 96o+, 86o+, 74o+, 63o+, 54o
- Split
- AJs (all-in 68%, call 32%); KQo (call 55%, all-in 45%); JTo (call 80%, all-in 20%)
Against Hijack: shove 13%, call 75%
- All-in 13%
- 22+, ATs+, A5s-A2s, J9s+, T9s, 98s, 86s+, 76s, 65s, AJo+
- Call 75%
- A9s-A6s, K2s+, Q2s+, J8s-J2s, T8s-T2s, 97s-92s, 85s-82s, 75s-72s, 64s-62s, 52s+, 42s+, 32s, ATo-A2o, K2o+, Q2o+, J2o+, T4o+, 95o+, 85o+, 73o+, 63o+, 53o+, 43o
- Split
- QTs (call 67%, all-in 33%); J9s (all-in 74%, call 26%)
Against Cutoff: shove 16%, call 74%
- All-in 16%
- 66+, 33-22, A9s+, KJs+, K9s, Q9s, T8s+, 96s+, 86s+, 76s, AJo+, A9o, KQo, T9o, 98o
- Call 74%
- 55-44, A8s-A2s, KTs, K8s-K2s, QTs+, Q8s-Q2s, J2s+, T7s-T2s, 95s-92s, 85s-82s, 75s-72s, 62s+, 52s+, 42s+, 32s, ATo, A8o-A2o, KJo-K2o, Q2o+, J2o+, T8o-T2o, 97o-95o, 85o+, 74o+, 63o+, 52o+, 43o
- Split
- KJs (all-in 76%, call 24%); ATo (call 54%, all-in 46%); T9o (all-in 60%, call 40%); 98o (all-in 65%, call 35%); 44 (call 67%, all-in 33%)
When the small blind limps: raise 40%, check 60%
- Raise 32%
- 77+, A7s+, K9s+, QJs, AJo+, A8o-A7o, K9o+, QJo, Q8o-Q7o, JTo, J8o-J7o, J5o-J2o, T5o, T2o, 95o, 85o-82o, 74o, 72o
- All-in 9%
- 22, ATo-A9o, A4o-A2o, K8o, K3o-K2o, 54o
- Split
- A7s (raise 53%, check 47%); QJo (raise 52%, check 48%); KTo (raise 62%, all-in 38%); JTo (raise 55%, check 45%); A9o (all-in 85%, raise 15%); A8o (raise 52%, all-in 48%); J6o (check 84%, raise 16%); A4o (all-in 67%, check 33%); and 8 more in the grid
Every seat at 20bb
The share of hands each seat plays when it is folded to. Pick a seat for its chart.
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What these charts assume
- Eight players, each with 20 big blinds.
- Blinds of 0.5bb and 1bb, and the big blind posts a 1bb ante for the table.
- Opens are to 2bb (3bb from the small blind) or all-in, and every re-raise is all-in. Only the small blind may limp.
- Each chart is one line: a single raise, with every seat between it and you folded. Lines with callers and squeezes are in the trainer.
- Chip EV. ICM is not modelled, so near the bubble or at a final table, play tighter.
- Pots that see a flop are valued with a model built from postflop solves. No seat can gain more than 0.001bb a hand by playing differently.
Now play it
Knowing the chart is one thing. The trainer deals you these spots one hand at a time, in the big blind and everywhere else, and prices each answer in big blinds.
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