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Big Blind calling range vs. Button shove - 8bb, 9-max
Big Blind calls 40% of hands here at 8bb effective (73 of 169 starting hands go in at full frequency). Facing an all-in from Button, this is Big Blind's continuing range (call or shove) rather than an opening range.
This chart compares only shove and fold in a short-stack model. Smaller raises or limps can still matter in the full game; they are not evaluated here.
Model: chip-EV; 0.125bb ante per player, not a big-blind ante. Stacks are measured before posting blinds and antes. Solver 0.2.1. The opponent is already all-in; this is a continue-or-fold decision.
Exact mixed frequencies (10)
Q5s 97% shove / 3% fold,Q4s 17% shove / 83% fold,J7s 97% shove / 3% fold,T7s 36% shove / 64% fold,T9o 6% shove / 94% fold,97s 30% shove / 70% fold,Q8o 19% shove / 81% fold,76s 3% shove / 97% fold,K5o 99% shove / 1% fold,K4o 4% shove / 96% fold
Big Blind vs. Button call range at 8bb, hand by hand
Always call — 73 of the 169 starting hands: 22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q6s+, J8s+, T8s+, 98s, 87s, A2o+, K6o+, Q9o+, J9o+
Less than always — 10 hands the solver calls only some of the time: K5o (99%), Q5s (97%), J7s (97%), T7s (36%), 97s (30%), Q8o (19%), Q4s (17%), T9o (6%), K4o (4%), 76s (3%).
Across every hand dealt, that is 40% of hands played, weighted by how often each one is dealt.
Compared to 10bb
Big Blind calls 15 hands at 8bb that it folds at 10bb: K3s, K2s, Q7s, Q6s, Q5s, J8s, J7s, T8s, Q9o, J9o, 98s, 87s, K7o, K6o, K5o.
Hands right on the edge
These aren't clean shove-or-fold decisions - the solver mixes its strategy on each one: T7s (36% call), 97s (30% call).
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Common questions
- What percentage of hands does Big Blind continue with against a Button all-in at 8bb?
- Big Blind calls 40% of hands at 8bb effective, 9-max. The chart compares only the listed all-in and fold decisions.
- Is this a baseline or an exploit range?
- This is a chip-EV baseline for a restricted shove/fold model. It does not compare limps, smaller raises or postflop play, and it is not a guarantee of unexploitable multiplayer play. Separate exploit solves target specified opponent tendencies.
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