What percentage of hands does Cutoff open at 5bb?

Cutoff open-raises 47% of hands at 5bb effective, 9-max - 85 of the 169 starting hands go in at full frequency.

Is this a GTO or an exploit range?

This is a GTO (game-theory-optimal) chip-EV range, balanced to be unexploitable against any opponent. Exploit ranges that deviate from this against a specific known tendency are a separate, Pro-tier solve.

Ranges / Cutoff 5bb

Cutoff push/fold chart - 5bb, 9-max

Cutoff open-raises 47% of hands here at 5bb effective (85 of 169 starting hands go in at full frequency). The cutoff is close enough to the button to apply real pressure on the blinds, so the opening range widens noticeably here.

At this depth, shoving dominates raise-folding for almost every hand worth playing - there's rarely enough stack left behind to fold profitably to a 3-bet, so if a hand is good enough to open, it's usually good enough to get all-in.

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Cutoff shove range at 5bb, hand by hand

Always shove — 85 of the 169 starting hands: 22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q3s+, J6s+, T7s+, 97s+, 86s+, 76s, A2o+, K5o+, Q8o+, J9o+, T9o

Less than always — 10 hands the solver shoves only some of the time: T6s (95%), 65s (91%), J8o (89%), T8o (85%), 96s (80%), Q2s (63%), 75s (51%), J5s (50%), K4o (30%), J4s (1%).

Across every hand dealt, that is 47% of hands played, weighted by how often each one is dealt.

Compared to 8bb

Cutoff shoves 9 hands at 5bb that it folds at 8bb: Q4s, Q3s, Q2s, J5s, Q8o, J8o, T8o, K6o, K5o.

Going the other way, Cutoff folds 1 hand at 5bb that it shoves at 8bb: 54s.

Hands right on the edge

These aren't clean shove-or-fold decisions - the solver mixes its strategy on each one: Q2s (63% shove), J5s (50% shove), 96s (80% shove), 75s (51% shove), K4o (30% shove).

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