BTN range vs UTG open at 10 bb (9-max)
When UTG opens and you're BTN, with an effective stack of 10 bb in a 9-max tournament, the solver plays 48.8% of its hands (call 42.9%, raise 5.20 bb 0.7%, all-in 5.2%) and folds 51.2%. 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 48.8% of the hands that reach this spot, about 647 combos out of 1,326.
- Call is the main action for 43.0% of hands: from 99 down to J5s, the weakest hand played this way.
- All-in is the main action for 5.7% of hands: from AA down to 22, the weakest hand played this way.
What changes at 8 bb (17 hands change action)
- AA: all-in here, raise at 8 bb
- KQs: call here, all-in at 8 bb
- QJs: all-in here, call at 8 bb
- K4o: call here, fold at 8 bb
- Q4s: call here, fold at 8 bb
- Q7o: call here, fold at 8 bb
What changes at 12 bb (15 hands change action)
- AA: all-in here, raise at 12 bb
- KK: all-in here, raise at 12 bb
- JJ: all-in here, raise at 12 bb
- TT: all-in here, call at 12 bb
- AQs: all-in here, call at 12 bb
- AQo: all-in here, call at 12 bb
Frequently asked questions
Which hands should you play from BTN, facing an open, at 10 bb in 9-max?
The solver plays 48.8% of the hands that reach this spot, about 647 combos out of 1,326. Call is the main action for 43.0% of hands: from 99 down to J5s, 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
- MP range vs UTG open at 10 bb (9-max)
- HJ range vs UTG open at 10 bb (9-max)
- HJ range vs MP open at 10 bb (9-max)
- CO range vs UTG open at 10 bb (9-max)
- CO range vs MP open at 10 bb (9-max)
- CO range vs HJ open at 10 bb (9-max)
- BTN open range at 10 bb (9-max)
- BTN range vs MP open at 10 bb (9-max)
- BTN range vs HJ open at 10 bb (9-max)
- BTN calling range vs HJ all-in at 10 bb (9-max)
- BTN calling range vs CO all-in at 10 bb (9-max)
- BTN range vs UTG limp at 10 bb (9-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.