SB range vs HJ open at 10 bb (5-max)
When HJ opens and you're SB, with an effective stack of 10 bb in a 5-max tournament, the solver plays 77.6% of its hands (call 66.7%, raise 6.40 bb 0.5%, all-in 10.4%) and folds 22.4%. These frequencies come from Exploit It's full preflop tree: a chip-EV equilibrium with antes, computed for every position at the table.
Each cell: the share of each action for that hand, left to right. Gray cell: hand not in the range at this point.
Key takeaways for this spot
- The solver plays 77.6% of the hands that reach this spot, about 1,030 combos out of 1,326.
- Call is the main action for 66.5% of hands: from 99 down to T2o, the weakest hand played this way.
- All-in is the main action for 11.2% of hands: from AA down to 64s, the weakest hand played this way.
- Conversely, the solver plays hands ranked outside the top 100, such as J6o, J2s, 96s, Q2o.
What changes at 8 bb (10 hands change action)
- TT: all-in here, call at 8 bb
- A7s: call here, all-in at 8 bb
- A8o: call here, all-in at 8 bb
- A2s: call here, all-in at 8 bb
- 22: all-in here, call at 8 bb
- 65s: all-in here, call at 8 bb
What changes at 12 bb (17 hands change action)
- JJ: all-in here, raise at 12 bb
- 99: call here, all-in at 12 bb
- 88: call here, all-in at 12 bb
- 77: call here, all-in at 12 bb
- A9s: all-in here, call at 12 bb
- ATo: all-in here, call at 12 bb
Frequently asked questions
Which hands should you play from SB, facing an open, at 10 bb in 5-max?
The solver plays 77.6% of the hands that reach this spot, about 1,030 combos out of 1,326. Call is the main action for 66.5% of hands: from 99 down to T2o, the weakest hand played this way.
What should you do with small pairs (22 to 66) in this spot?
The solver's main action with each hand: 22 all-in, 33 call, 44 call, 55 call, 66 call.
What should you do with weak suited aces (A2s to A5s) in this spot?
The solver's main action with each hand: A2s call, A3s call, A4s call, A5s call.
How do you train on this spot?
Exploit It's free quiz deals you random hands in this exact spot and shows you the solver's answer after each choice.
Short stack: the push/fold chart, from 5 to 20 bb
- CO range vs HJ open at 10 bb (5-max)
- BTN range vs HJ open at 10 bb (5-max)
- BTN range vs CO open at 10 bb (5-max)
- SB open range at 10 bb (5-max)
- SB range vs CO open at 10 bb (5-max)
- SB range vs BTN open at 10 bb (5-max)
- SB calling range vs HJ all-in at 10 bb (5-max)
- SB calling range vs CO all-in at 10 bb (5-max)
- SB calling range vs BTN all-in at 10 bb (5-max)
- SB range vs BB 3-bet at 10 bb (5-max)
- SB range vs HJ limp at 10 bb (5-max)
- SB range vs CO limp at 10 bb (5-max)
Equilibrium computed by the Exploit It solver in chip-EV, antes included, open size 2 bb at 25 bb or less and 2.2 bb deeper. The model's range-width caps can make some EVs of unplayed actions optimistic: play the frequencies.