SB range vs BB 3-bet at 10 bb (9-max)
When you open from SB and BB 3-bets you, with an effective stack of 10 bb in a 9-max tournament, the solver plays 63.5% of its hands (call 22.4%, all-in 41.1%) and folds 36.5%. 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 63.4% of the hands that reach this spot, about 23 combos out of 36.
- Call is the main action for 12.6% of hands: from 66 down to 53s, the weakest hand played this way.
- All-in is the main action for 47.6% of hands: from AA down to T4s, the weakest hand played this way.
- Conversely, the solver plays hands ranked outside the top 100, such as J6o, J2s, 96s, J5o.
What changes at 8 bb (84 hands change action)
- AA: all-in here, call at 8 bb
- KK: all-in here, call at 8 bb
- QQ: all-in here, call at 8 bb
- JJ: all-in here, call at 8 bb
- TT: all-in here, call at 8 bb
- 99: all-in here, call at 8 bb
What changes at 12 bb (18 hands change action)
- JJ: all-in here, call at 12 bb
- Q3s: all-in here, call at 12 bb
- 98s: call here, all-in at 12 bb
- J6s: all-in here, call at 12 bb
- J5s: all-in here, call at 12 bb
- T8o: all-in here, call at 12 bb
Frequently asked questions
Which hands should you play from SB, facing a 3-bet, at 10 bb in 9-max?
The solver plays 63.4% of the hands that reach this spot, about 23 combos out of 36. Call is the main action for 12.6% of hands: from 66 down to 53s, 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: 55 all-in, 66 call.
What should you do with suited connectors (54s to T9s) in this spot?
The solver's main action with each hand: 54s call, 65s call, 76s call, 87s call, 98s call, T9s all-in.
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
- UTG range vs MP 3-bet at 10 bb (9-max)
- UTG range vs HJ 3-bet at 10 bb (9-max)
- UTG range vs CO 3-bet at 10 bb (9-max)
- UTG range vs BTN 3-bet at 10 bb (9-max)
- MP range vs HJ 3-bet at 10 bb (9-max)
- MP range vs CO 3-bet at 10 bb (9-max)
- MP range vs BTN 3-bet at 10 bb (9-max)
- HJ range vs CO 3-bet at 10 bb (9-max)
- HJ range vs BTN 3-bet at 10 bb (9-max)
- CO range vs BTN 3-bet at 10 bb (9-max)
- SB open range at 10 bb (9-max)
- SB range vs UTG open at 10 bb (9-max)
Equilibrium computed by the Exploit It solver in chip-EV, antes included, open size 2 bb, a little more at deep stacks (up to 2.5 bb on the button at 100 bb), 2 to 3.5 bb from the SB. EVs of actions the equilibrium does not play are indicative: play the frequencies.