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Big Blind calling range vs. Cutoff shove - 5bb, 9-max
Big Blind calls 69% of hands here at 5bb effective (124 of 169 starting hands go in at full frequency). Facing an all-in from Cutoff, 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 (14)
T2s 99% shove / 1% fold,94s 98% shove / 2% fold,93s 96% shove / 4% fold,92s 1% shove / 99% fold,83s 2% shove / 98% fold,73s 98% shove / 2% fold,96o 2% shove / 98% fold,62s 1% shove / 99% fold,75o 50% shove / 50% fold,54o 98% shove / 2% fold,42s 90% shove / 10% fold,Q3o 67% shove / 33% fold,32s 2% shove / 98% fold,Q2o 1% shove / 99% fold
Big Blind vs. Cutoff call range at 5bb, hand by hand
Always call — 124 of the 169 starting hands: 22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q2s+, J2s+, T3s+, 95s+, 84s+, 74s+, 63s+, 52s+, 43s, A2o+, K2o+, Q4o+, J7o+, T7o+, 97o+, 86o+, 76o, 65o
Less than always — 14 hands the solver calls only some of the time: T2s (99%), 94s (98%), 73s (98%), 54o (98%), 93s (96%), 42s (90%), Q3o (67%), 75o (50%), 83s (2%), 96o (2%), 32s (2%), 92s (1%), 62s (1%), Q2o (1%).
Across every hand dealt, that is 69% of hands played, weighted by how often each one is dealt.
Compared to 8bb
Big Blind calls 66 hands at 5bb that it folds at 8bb: K2s, Q7s, Q6s, Q5s, Q4s, Q3s, Q2s, J7s, J6s, J5s, J4s, J3s, J2s, T7s, T6s, T5s, T4s, T3s, T2s, Q9o, J9o, T9o, 97s, 96s, 95s, 94s, 93s, Q8o, J8o, T8o, 98o, 86s, 85s, 84s, K7o, Q7o, J7o, T7o, 97o, 87o, 76s, 75s, 74s, 73s, K6o, Q6o, 86o, 76o, 65s, 64s, 63s, K5o, Q5o, 75o, 65o, 54s, 53s, 52s, K4o, Q4o, 54o, 43s, 42s, K3o, Q3o, K2o.
Hands right on the edge
These aren't clean shove-or-fold decisions - the solver mixes its strategy on each one: 75o (50% call), Q3o (67% call).
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Common questions
- What percentage of hands does Big Blind continue with against a Cutoff all-in at 5bb?
- Big Blind calls 69% of hands at 5bb 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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