Big blind calls against a shove at 15bb

In the big blind you never act first: you get a walk, or you face a shove. With 15 big blinds the solver calls a shove from under the gun with 8% of hands, and one from the small blind with 42%.

Against a shove from the small blind:

Call: 22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q5s+, J7s+, T8s+, A2o+, K3o+, Q8o+, J9o+
Sometimes: T9o 22%

A percentage after a hand is how often the solver goes all-in with it.

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Big blind against a small blind shove, 15bb. 8-max tournament with a 1bb big blind ante. Pairs run down the diagonal, suited hands sit above it, offsuit below.

A chart for every seat that can shove

The earlier the shove comes from, the stronger the hand you need. Against under the gun, the big blind calls with 8% of hands; against the small blind, with 42%. Each chart is for one shove with everyone in between folded. The chart against the small blind is at the top of this page.

Against a shove from UTG: call 8%

Call: 66+, ATs+, KQs, AJo+

Against a shove from UTG+1: call 10%

Call: 66+, ATs+, KQs, ATo+
Sometimes: 55 71%

Against a shove from Lojack: call 13%

Call: 55+, A7s+, KJs+, A9o+, KQo
Sometimes: 44 81%

Against a shove from Hijack: call 17%

Call: 33+, A4s+, KTs+, QJs, A8o+, KQo
Sometimes: KJo 93%

Against a shove from Cutoff: call 21%

Call: 22+, A2s+, K9s+, QTs+, A6o+, KTo+
Sometimes: A5o 20%

Against a shove from Button: call 27%

Call: 22+, A2s+, K7s+, Q9s+, JTs, A2o+, KTo+, QJo

Every seat at 15bb

The share of hands each seat shoves when it is folded to. Pick a seat for its chart.

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What these charts assume

Eight players, each with 15 big blinds.
Blinds of 0.5bb and 1bb, and the big blind posts a 1bb ante for the table.
Shove or fold only: no limps and no smaller raises.
Chip EV. ICM is not modelled, so near the bubble or at a final table, calls in particular should be tighter.
Solved until no seat can gain more than 0.001bb a hand by playing differently.

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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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