Quick Situation Analysis

When the Small Blind (SB) decides to shove directly, their range is generally strong.

This means we need to be cautious and call with an adapted range. Contrary to what GTO might suggest, we will play tighter to maximize our chances of staying in the game.

📊 What’s in the SB range?

• SB rarely shoves against BB in a 3-way, but when they do, their range is often made up of:
  • Pocket pairs (PP) 55+
  • Ax, especially medium and low Aces (A2-A9)
  • Kx and broadways
  • Sometimes a few random hands but this is rare.

<span class="explanation_section">📕 The SB range is tighter than it should be, forcing you to adjust.</span>

Why call tighter than GTO?

📌 Reason 1: SB shoves a stronger range than GTO

• Since SB plays a range that is often solid, borderline calls (like A8o, KQo, KTs, 33 deep) lose their profitability.
• GTO is designed to play against a balanced and wide range, but here, SB is tighter, so we need to tighten up our calls.

📌 Reason 2: Avoid calls with minimal EV

• Even if a hand is slightly profitable (EV+), it doesn’t always justify the risk.
• Each confrontation with a weak hand increases the risk of elimination.
• In Spin, preserving your stack is often more important than taking a marginal EV spot.

<span class="explanation_section">📕 By tightening your call range, you avoid unnecessary risks for marginal gains. This approach allows you to preserve your stack, minimize variance, and wait for better opportunities to exploit your opponents' mistakes.</span>

Common Mistakes in BB Against SB's All-In

🔴 Mistake 1: Calling too often with "weak hands"

• Calling with hands like A8o, KJo, or Q9s 25 deep simply because they seem okay.
  ✅ Solution: Tighten your call range and focus on strong hands (which you should know).

🔴 Mistake 2: Not respecting SB's range

• Thinking that SB shoves wide, when their range is often tight in 3-way.
  ✅ Solution: Remember, SB rarely shoves and usually with solid hands.

🔴 Mistake 3: Calling based only on immediate EV

• Ignoring the importance of preserving your stack for future situations.
  ✅ Solution: Avoid marginal EV+ calls that increase variance without real strategic gain.

Quick Situation Analysis

When the Small Blind (SB) decides to shove directly, their range is generally strong.

This means we need to be cautious and call with an adapted range. Contrary to what GTO might suggest, we will play tighter to maximize our chances of staying in the game.

📊 What’s in the SB range?

• SB rarely shoves against BB in a 3-way, but when they do, their range is often made up of:
  • Pocket pairs (PP) 55+
  • Ax, especially medium and low Aces (A2-A9)
  • Kx and broadways
  • Sometimes a few random hands but this is rare.

<span class="explanation_section">📕 The SB range is tighter than it should be, forcing you to adjust.</span>

Why call tighter than GTO?

📌 Reason 1: SB shoves a stronger range than GTO

• Since SB plays a range that is often solid, borderline calls (like A8o, KQo, KTs, 33 deep) lose their profitability.
• GTO is designed to play against a balanced and wide range, but here, SB is tighter, so we need to tighten up our calls.

📌 Reason 2: Avoid calls with minimal EV

• Even if a hand is slightly profitable (EV+), it doesn’t always justify the risk.
• Each confrontation with a weak hand increases the risk of elimination.
• In Spin, preserving your stack is often more important than taking a marginal EV spot.

<span class="explanation_section">📕 By tightening your call range, you avoid unnecessary risks for marginal gains. This approach allows you to preserve your stack, minimize variance, and wait for better opportunities to exploit your opponents' mistakes.</span>

Common Mistakes in BB Against SB's All-In

🔴 Mistake 1: Calling too often with "weak hands"

• Calling with hands like A8o, KJo, or Q9s 25 deep simply because they seem okay.
  ✅ Solution: Tighten your call range and focus on strong hands (which you should know).

🔴 Mistake 2: Not respecting SB's range

• Thinking that SB shoves wide, when their range is often tight in 3-way.
  ✅ Solution: Remember, SB rarely shoves and usually with solid hands.

🔴 Mistake 3: Calling based only on immediate EV

• Ignoring the importance of preserving your stack for future situations.
  ✅ Solution: Avoid marginal EV+ calls that increase variance without real strategic gain.

Quick Situation Analysis

When the Small Blind (SB) decides to shove directly, their range is generally strong.

This means we need to be cautious and call with an adapted range. Contrary to what GTO might suggest, we will play tighter to maximize our chances of staying in the game.

📊 What’s in the SB range?

• SB rarely shoves against BB in a 3-way, but when they do, their range is often made up of:
  • Pocket pairs (PP) 55+
  • Ax, especially medium and low Aces (A2-A9)
  • Kx and broadways
  • Sometimes a few random hands but this is rare.

<span class="explanation_section">📕 The SB range is tighter than it should be, forcing you to adjust.</span>

Why call tighter than GTO?

📌 Reason 1: SB shoves a stronger range than GTO

• Since SB plays a range that is often solid, borderline calls (like A8o, KQo, KTs, 33 deep) lose their profitability.
• GTO is designed to play against a balanced and wide range, but here, SB is tighter, so we need to tighten up our calls.

📌 Reason 2: Avoid calls with minimal EV

• Even if a hand is slightly profitable (EV+), it doesn’t always justify the risk.
• Each confrontation with a weak hand increases the risk of elimination.
• In Spin, preserving your stack is often more important than taking a marginal EV spot.

<span class="explanation_section">📕 By tightening your call range, you avoid unnecessary risks for marginal gains. This approach allows you to preserve your stack, minimize variance, and wait for better opportunities to exploit your opponents' mistakes.</span>

Common Mistakes in BB Against SB's All-In

🔴 Mistake 1: Calling too often with "weak hands"

• Calling with hands like A8o, KJo, or Q9s 25 deep simply because they seem okay.
  ✅ Solution: Tighten your call range and focus on strong hands (which you should know).

🔴 Mistake 2: Not respecting SB's range

• Thinking that SB shoves wide, when their range is often tight in 3-way.
  ✅ Solution: Remember, SB rarely shoves and usually with solid hands.

🔴 Mistake 3: Calling based only on immediate EV

• Ignoring the importance of preserving your stack for future situations.
  ✅ Solution: Avoid marginal EV+ calls that increase variance without real strategic gain.

Quick Situation Analysis

When the Small Blind (SB) decides to shove directly, their range is generally strong.

This means we need to be cautious and call with an adapted range. Contrary to what GTO might suggest, we will play tighter to maximize our chances of staying in the game.

📊 What’s in the SB range?

• SB rarely shoves against BB in a 3-way, but when they do, their range is often made up of:
  • Pocket pairs (PP) 55+
  • Ax, especially medium and low Aces (A2-A9)
  • Kx and broadways
  • Sometimes a few random hands but this is rare.

<span class="explanation_section">📕 The SB range is tighter than it should be, forcing you to adjust.</span>

Why call tighter than GTO?

📌 Reason 1: SB shoves a stronger range than GTO

• Since SB plays a range that is often solid, borderline calls (like A8o, KQo, KTs, 33 deep) lose their profitability.
• GTO is designed to play against a balanced and wide range, but here, SB is tighter, so we need to tighten up our calls.

📌 Reason 2: Avoid calls with minimal EV

• Even if a hand is slightly profitable (EV+), it doesn’t always justify the risk.
• Each confrontation with a weak hand increases the risk of elimination.
• In Spin, preserving your stack is often more important than taking a marginal EV spot.

<span class="explanation_section">📕 By tightening your call range, you avoid unnecessary risks for marginal gains. This approach allows you to preserve your stack, minimize variance, and wait for better opportunities to exploit your opponents' mistakes.</span>

Common Mistakes in BB Against SB's All-In

🔴 Mistake 1: Calling too often with "weak hands"

• Calling with hands like A8o, KJo, or Q9s 25 deep simply because they seem okay.
  ✅ Solution: Tighten your call range and focus on strong hands (which you should know).

🔴 Mistake 2: Not respecting SB's range

• Thinking that SB shoves wide, when their range is often tight in 3-way.
  ✅ Solution: Remember, SB rarely shoves and usually with solid hands.

🔴 Mistake 3: Calling based only on immediate EV

• Ignoring the importance of preserving your stack for future situations.
  ✅ Solution: Avoid marginal EV+ calls that increase variance without real strategic gain.

Quick Situation Analysis

When the Small Blind (SB) decides to shove directly, their range is generally strong.

This means we need to be cautious and call with an adapted range. Contrary to what GTO might suggest, we will play tighter to maximize our chances of staying in the game.

📊 What’s in the SB range?

• SB rarely shoves against BB in a 3-way, but when they do, their range is often made up of:
  • Pocket pairs (PP) 55+
  • Ax, especially medium and low Aces (A2-A9)
  • Kx and broadways
  • Sometimes a few random hands but this is rare.

<span class="explanation_section">📕 The SB range is tighter than it should be, forcing you to adjust.</span>

Why call tighter than GTO?

📌 Reason 1: SB shoves a stronger range than GTO

• Since SB plays a range that is often solid, borderline calls (like A8o, KQo, KTs, 33 deep) lose their profitability.
• GTO is designed to play against a balanced and wide range, but here, SB is tighter, so we need to tighten up our calls.

📌 Reason 2: Avoid calls with minimal EV

• Even if a hand is slightly profitable (EV+), it doesn’t always justify the risk.
• Each confrontation with a weak hand increases the risk of elimination.
• In Spin, preserving your stack is often more important than taking a marginal EV spot.

<span class="explanation_section">📕 By tightening your call range, you avoid unnecessary risks for marginal gains. This approach allows you to preserve your stack, minimize variance, and wait for better opportunities to exploit your opponents' mistakes.</span>

Common Mistakes in BB Against SB's All-In

🔴 Mistake 1: Calling too often with "weak hands"

• Calling with hands like A8o, KJo, or Q9s 25 deep simply because they seem okay.
  ✅ Solution: Tighten your call range and focus on strong hands (which you should know).

🔴 Mistake 2: Not respecting SB's range

• Thinking that SB shoves wide, when their range is often tight in 3-way.
  ✅ Solution: Remember, SB rarely shoves and usually with solid hands.

🔴 Mistake 3: Calling based only on immediate EV

• Ignoring the importance of preserving your stack for future situations.
  ✅ Solution: Avoid marginal EV+ calls that increase variance without real strategic gain.

What’s in the SB open range?

📊 SB raises too little preflop

• In general, recreational players in SB open-raise much less than GTO.
• Their open range is a bit stronger than expected, with hands like Ax, broadways (KQ, QJ), and pairs in particular.

📊 The open sizing is often revealing

• Recreational players vary their sizing between 2x and 4x, but their choice is not random:
  • A 2x sizing is often used with a merged, very wide range, often excluding premium hands.
  • A 3x or larger sizing typically indicates a stronger range, composed of solid Ax hands, suited broadways, TT+.

• The larger the sizing, the more cautious you need to be. Opens of 3x or 4x deserve more respect, and you need to tighten your defense range significantly.

📊 SB calls too much against 3-bets

• Recreational players have difficulty folding after they’ve already invested money in the pot.
• Whether it's a non-all-in 3-bet (NA) or a 3-bet shove, they call way too much.

<span class="explanation_section">📕 SB calls way too much against 3-bets.</span>

How to adapt our strategy?

📌 Avoid 3-bet bluffs

• Bluffing against a recreational player in SB is rarely a good idea. Their tendency to call too often makes bluffs ineffective and unnecessarily increases variance.
• The best thing to do is to eliminate 3-bet bluffs and focus on value 3-bets that will fully exploit their tendency to call with weak hands.‍

📌 Exploit the excess of calls with 3-bet shoves

• Against a player who calls too much, 3-bet shoving becomes the most EV+ move.
• It’s not about shoving way more than GTO to exploit your opponents, the simple act of shoving your best hands increases the EV of every hand because recreational players will call with many dominated hands (A5o, KJo…).
• In comparison, a non-all-in 3-bet is less effective, because they call with the same hands but leave us playing a complicated pot postflop.

📌 Which hands to 3-bet shove?

• Hands that dominate the call ranges of your opponents, like the best Ax and best pocket pairs.
• Even 10bb deep, you need to remain tight, as SB’s open range is typically strong.

📌 Adapting your call range

• The majority of your range will be played by calling since being in position offers a strategic advantage. This allows you to exploit SB, who will often make mistakes out of position, by slightly widening your call range.
• However, it's important to stay selective since SB’s open range is generally solid.
• In the end, your call range remains close to what GTO recommends at 10bb+.

📌 Adapting your range according to open sizing

• Our charts have been calculated against an open sizing of 2.5bb 12bb, and 2bb 12bb-.
• You can adapt your call range depending on SB's sizing as follows:‍
• Against a 2bb 12bb+: you can widen your call range (compared to our tables).‍
• Against a 2.5bb 12bb- or 3x+: tighten your range drastically and only play solid hands to avoid complicated postflop pots.

‍

<span class="explanation_section">📕 Only prioritize 3-bet shoves with your best hands, and adapt your calls based on SB’s open sizing.</span>

Common Preflop Mistakes in BB vs SB Open

🔴 Mistake 1: Calling too much against SB’s opens.

• Calling with marginal hands like Q2o or 62o against a standard open increases variance unnecessarily.
  ✅ Solution: Be selective and adjust your call range based on SB's sizing.

🔴 Mistake 2: Including 3-bet bluffs.

• Bluffs are ineffective because recreational players call too frequently against 3-bets.
  ✅ Solution: Remove 3-bet bluffs and focus solely on value 3-bets, which will be far more profitable.

🔴 Mistake 3: Not shoving your best hands.

• Not using the 3-bet shove with your best hands against SB is a significant loss of EV.
  ✅ Solution: Exploit the excess of calls from recreational players by shoving your strong hands to maximize your gains.

What’s in the SB open range?

📊 SB raises too little preflop

• In general, recreational players in SB open-raise much less than GTO.
• Their open range is a bit stronger than expected, with hands like Ax, broadways (KQ, QJ), and pairs in particular.

📊 The open sizing is often revealing

• Recreational players vary their sizing between 2x and 4x, but their choice is not random:
  • A 2x sizing is often used with a merged, very wide range, often excluding premium hands.
  • A 3x or larger sizing typically indicates a stronger range, composed of solid Ax hands, suited broadways, TT+.

• The larger the sizing, the more cautious you need to be. Opens of 3x or 4x deserve more respect, and you need to tighten your defense range significantly.

📊 SB calls too much against 3-bets

• Recreational players have difficulty folding after they’ve already invested money in the pot.
• Whether it's a non-all-in 3-bet (NA) or a 3-bet shove, they call way too much.

<span class="explanation_section">📕 SB calls way too much against 3-bets.</span>

How to adapt our strategy?

📌 Avoid 3-bet bluffs

• Bluffing against a recreational player in SB is rarely a good idea. Their tendency to call too often makes bluffs ineffective and unnecessarily increases variance.
• The best thing to do is to eliminate 3-bet bluffs and focus on value 3-bets that will fully exploit their tendency to call with weak hands.‍

📌 Exploit the excess of calls with 3-bet shoves

• Against a player who calls too much, 3-bet shoving becomes the most EV+ move.
• It’s not about shoving way more than GTO to exploit your opponents, the simple act of shoving your best hands increases the EV of every hand because recreational players will call with many dominated hands (A5o, KJo…).
• In comparison, a non-all-in 3-bet is less effective, because they call with the same hands but leave us playing a complicated pot postflop.

📌 Which hands to 3-bet shove?

• Hands that dominate the call ranges of your opponents, like the best Ax and best pocket pairs.
• Even 10bb deep, you need to remain tight, as SB’s open range is typically strong.

📌 Adapting your call range

• The majority of your range will be played by calling since being in position offers a strategic advantage. This allows you to exploit SB, who will often make mistakes out of position, by slightly widening your call range.
• However, it's important to stay selective since SB’s open range is generally solid.
• In the end, your call range remains close to what GTO recommends at 10bb+.

📌 Adapting your range according to open sizing

• Our charts have been calculated against an open sizing of 2.5bb 12bb, and 2bb 12bb-.
• You can adapt your call range depending on SB's sizing as follows:‍
• Against a 2bb 12bb+: you can widen your call range (compared to our tables).‍
• Against a 2.5bb 12bb- or 3x+: tighten your range drastically and only play solid hands to avoid complicated postflop pots.

‍

<span class="explanation_section">📕 Only prioritize 3-bet shoves with your best hands, and adapt your calls based on SB’s open sizing.</span>

Common Preflop Mistakes in BB vs SB Open

🔴 Mistake 1: Calling too much against SB’s opens.

• Calling with marginal hands like Q2o or 62o against a standard open increases variance unnecessarily.
  ✅ Solution: Be selective and adjust your call range based on SB's sizing.

🔴 Mistake 2: Including 3-bet bluffs.

• Bluffs are ineffective because recreational players call too frequently against 3-bets.
  ✅ Solution: Remove 3-bet bluffs and focus solely on value 3-bets, which will be far more profitable.

🔴 Mistake 3: Not shoving your best hands.

• Not using the 3-bet shove with your best hands against SB is a significant loss of EV.
  ✅ Solution: Exploit the excess of calls from recreational players by shoving your strong hands to maximize your gains.

What’s in the SB open range?

📊 SB raises too little preflop

• In general, recreational players in SB open-raise much less than GTO.
• Their open range is a bit stronger than expected, with hands like Ax, broadways (KQ, QJ), and pairs in particular.

📊 The open sizing is often revealing

• Recreational players vary their sizing between 2x and 4x, but their choice is not random:
  • A 2x sizing is often used with a merged, very wide range, often excluding premium hands.
  • A 3x or larger sizing typically indicates a stronger range, composed of solid Ax hands, suited broadways, TT+.

• The larger the sizing, the more cautious you need to be. Opens of 3x or 4x deserve more respect, and you need to tighten your defense range significantly.

📊 SB calls too much against 3-bets

• Recreational players have difficulty folding after they’ve already invested money in the pot.
• Whether it's a non-all-in 3-bet (NA) or a 3-bet shove, they call way too much.

<span class="explanation_section">📕 SB calls way too much against 3-bets.</span>

How to adapt our strategy?

📌 Avoid 3-bet bluffs

• Bluffing against a recreational player in SB is rarely a good idea. Their tendency to call too often makes bluffs ineffective and unnecessarily increases variance.
• The best thing to do is to eliminate 3-bet bluffs and focus on value 3-bets that will fully exploit their tendency to call with weak hands.‍

📌 Exploit the excess of calls with 3-bet shoves

• Against a player who calls too much, 3-bet shoving becomes the most EV+ move.
• It’s not about shoving way more than GTO to exploit your opponents, the simple act of shoving your best hands increases the EV of every hand because recreational players will call with many dominated hands (A5o, KJo…).
• In comparison, a non-all-in 3-bet is less effective, because they call with the same hands but leave us playing a complicated pot postflop.

📌 Which hands to 3-bet shove?

• Hands that dominate the call ranges of your opponents, like the best Ax and best pocket pairs.
• Even 10bb deep, you need to remain tight, as SB’s open range is typically strong.

📌 Adapting your call range

• The majority of your range will be played by calling since being in position offers a strategic advantage. This allows you to exploit SB, who will often make mistakes out of position, by slightly widening your call range.
• However, it's important to stay selective since SB’s open range is generally solid.
• In the end, your call range remains close to what GTO recommends at 10bb+.

📌 Adapting your range according to open sizing

• Our charts have been calculated against an open sizing of 2.5bb 12bb, and 2bb 12bb-.
• You can adapt your call range depending on SB's sizing as follows:‍
• Against a 2bb 12bb+: you can widen your call range (compared to our tables).‍
• Against a 2.5bb 12bb- or 3x+: tighten your range drastically and only play solid hands to avoid complicated postflop pots.

‍

<span class="explanation_section">📕 Only prioritize 3-bet shoves with your best hands, and adapt your calls based on SB’s open sizing.</span>

Common Preflop Mistakes in BB vs SB Open

🔴 Mistake 1: Calling too much against SB’s opens.

• Calling with marginal hands like Q2o or 62o against a standard open increases variance unnecessarily.
  ✅ Solution: Be selective and adjust your call range based on SB's sizing.

🔴 Mistake 2: Including 3-bet bluffs.

• Bluffs are ineffective because recreational players call too frequently against 3-bets.
  ✅ Solution: Remove 3-bet bluffs and focus solely on value 3-bets, which will be far more profitable.

🔴 Mistake 3: Not shoving your best hands.

• Not using the 3-bet shove with your best hands against SB is a significant loss of EV.
  ✅ Solution: Exploit the excess of calls from recreational players by shoving your strong hands to maximize your gains.

What’s in the SB open range?

📊 SB raises too little preflop

• In general, recreational players in SB open-raise much less than GTO.
• Their open range is a bit stronger than expected, with hands like Ax, broadways (KQ, QJ), and pairs in particular.

📊 The open sizing is often revealing

• Recreational players vary their sizing between 2x and 4x, but their choice is not random:
  • A 2x sizing is often used with a merged, very wide range, often excluding premium hands.
  • A 3x or larger sizing typically indicates a stronger range, composed of solid Ax hands, suited broadways, TT+.

• The larger the sizing, the more cautious you need to be. Opens of 3x or 4x deserve more respect, and you need to tighten your defense range significantly.

📊 SB calls too much against 3-bets

• Recreational players have difficulty folding after they’ve already invested money in the pot.
• Whether it's a non-all-in 3-bet (NA) or a 3-bet shove, they call way too much.

<span class="explanation_section">📕 SB calls way too much against 3-bets.</span>

How to adapt our strategy?

📌 Avoid 3-bet bluffs

• Bluffing against a recreational player in SB is rarely a good idea. Their tendency to call too often makes bluffs ineffective and unnecessarily increases variance.
• The best thing to do is to eliminate 3-bet bluffs and focus on value 3-bets that will fully exploit their tendency to call with weak hands.‍

📌 Exploit the excess of calls with 3-bet shoves

• Against a player who calls too much, 3-bet shoving becomes the most EV+ move.
• It’s not about shoving way more than GTO to exploit your opponents, the simple act of shoving your best hands increases the EV of every hand because recreational players will call with many dominated hands (A5o, KJo…).
• In comparison, a non-all-in 3-bet is less effective, because they call with the same hands but leave us playing a complicated pot postflop.

📌 Which hands to 3-bet shove?

• Hands that dominate the call ranges of your opponents, like the best Ax and best pocket pairs.
• Even 10bb deep, you need to remain tight, as SB’s open range is typically strong.

📌 Adapting your call range

• The majority of your range will be played by calling since being in position offers a strategic advantage. This allows you to exploit SB, who will often make mistakes out of position, by slightly widening your call range.
• However, it's important to stay selective since SB’s open range is generally solid.
• In the end, your call range remains close to what GTO recommends at 10bb+.

📌 Adapting your range according to open sizing

• Our charts have been calculated against an open sizing of 2.5bb 12bb, and 2bb 12bb-.
• You can adapt your call range depending on SB's sizing as follows:‍
• Against a 2bb 12bb+: you can widen your call range (compared to our tables).‍
• Against a 2.5bb 12bb- or 3x+: tighten your range drastically and only play solid hands to avoid complicated postflop pots.

‍

<span class="explanation_section">📕 Only prioritize 3-bet shoves with your best hands, and adapt your calls based on SB’s open sizing.</span>

Common Preflop Mistakes in BB vs SB Open

🔴 Mistake 1: Calling too much against SB’s opens.

• Calling with marginal hands like Q2o or 62o against a standard open increases variance unnecessarily.
  ✅ Solution: Be selective and adjust your call range based on SB's sizing.

🔴 Mistake 2: Including 3-bet bluffs.

• Bluffs are ineffective because recreational players call too frequently against 3-bets.
  ✅ Solution: Remove 3-bet bluffs and focus solely on value 3-bets, which will be far more profitable.

🔴 Mistake 3: Not shoving your best hands.

• Not using the 3-bet shove with your best hands against SB is a significant loss of EV.
  ✅ Solution: Exploit the excess of calls from recreational players by shoving your strong hands to maximize your gains.

What’s in the SB open range?

📊 SB raises too little preflop

• In general, recreational players in SB open-raise much less than GTO.
• Their open range is a bit stronger than expected, with hands like Ax, broadways (KQ, QJ), and pairs in particular.

📊 The open sizing is often revealing

• Recreational players vary their sizing between 2x and 4x, but their choice is not random:
  • A 2x sizing is often used with a merged, very wide range, often excluding premium hands.
  • A 3x or larger sizing typically indicates a stronger range, composed of solid Ax hands, suited broadways, TT+.

• The larger the sizing, the more cautious you need to be. Opens of 3x or 4x deserve more respect, and you need to tighten your defense range significantly.

📊 SB calls too much against 3-bets

• Recreational players have difficulty folding after they’ve already invested money in the pot.
• Whether it's a non-all-in 3-bet (NA) or a 3-bet shove, they call way too much.

<span class="explanation_section">📕 SB calls way too much against 3-bets.</span>

How to adapt our strategy?

📌 Avoid 3-bet bluffs

• Bluffing against a recreational player in SB is rarely a good idea. Their tendency to call too often makes bluffs ineffective and unnecessarily increases variance.
• The best thing to do is to eliminate 3-bet bluffs and focus on value 3-bets that will fully exploit their tendency to call with weak hands.‍

📌 Exploit the excess of calls with 3-bet shoves

• Against a player who calls too much, 3-bet shoving becomes the most EV+ move.
• It’s not about shoving way more than GTO to exploit your opponents, the simple act of shoving your best hands increases the EV of every hand because recreational players will call with many dominated hands (A5o, KJo…).
• In comparison, a non-all-in 3-bet is less effective, because they call with the same hands but leave us playing a complicated pot postflop.

📌 Which hands to 3-bet shove?

• Hands that dominate the call ranges of your opponents, like the best Ax and best pocket pairs.
• Even 10bb deep, you need to remain tight, as SB’s open range is typically strong.

📌 Adapting your call range

• The majority of your range will be played by calling since being in position offers a strategic advantage. This allows you to exploit SB, who will often make mistakes out of position, by slightly widening your call range.
• However, it's important to stay selective since SB’s open range is generally solid.
• In the end, your call range remains close to what GTO recommends at 10bb+.

📌 Adapting your range according to open sizing

• Our charts have been calculated against an open sizing of 2.5bb 12bb, and 2bb 12bb-.
• You can adapt your call range depending on SB's sizing as follows:‍
• Against a 2bb 12bb+: you can widen your call range (compared to our tables).‍
• Against a 2.5bb 12bb- or 3x+: tighten your range drastically and only play solid hands to avoid complicated postflop pots.

‍

<span class="explanation_section">📕 Only prioritize 3-bet shoves with your best hands, and adapt your calls based on SB’s open sizing.</span>

Common Preflop Mistakes in BB vs SB Open

🔴 Mistake 1: Calling too much against SB’s opens.

• Calling with marginal hands like Q2o or 62o against a standard open increases variance unnecessarily.
  ✅ Solution: Be selective and adjust your call range based on SB's sizing.

🔴 Mistake 2: Including 3-bet bluffs.

• Bluffs are ineffective because recreational players call too frequently against 3-bets.
  ✅ Solution: Remove 3-bet bluffs and focus solely on value 3-bets, which will be far more profitable.

🔴 Mistake 3: Not shoving your best hands.

• Not using the 3-bet shove with your best hands against SB is a significant loss of EV.
  ✅ Solution: Exploit the excess of calls from recreational players by shoving your strong hands to maximize your gains.

What’s in the SB open range?

📊 SB raises too little preflop

• In general, recreational players in SB open-raise much less than GTO.
• Their open range is a bit stronger than expected, with hands like Ax, broadways (KQ, QJ), and pairs in particular.

📊 The open sizing is often revealing

• Recreational players vary their sizing between 2x and 4x, but their choice is not random:
  • A 2x sizing is often used with a merged, very wide range, often excluding premium hands.
  • A 3x or larger sizing typically indicates a stronger range, composed of solid Ax hands, suited broadways, TT+.

• The larger the sizing, the more cautious you need to be. Opens of 3x or 4x deserve more respect, and you need to tighten your defense range significantly.

📊 SB calls too much against 3-bets

• Recreational players have difficulty folding after they’ve already invested money in the pot.
• Whether it's a non-all-in 3-bet (NA) or a 3-bet shove, they call way too much.

<span class="explanation_section">📕 SB calls way too much against 3-bets.</span>

How to adapt our strategy?

📌 Avoid 3-bet bluffs

• Bluffing against a recreational player in SB is rarely a good idea. Their tendency to call too often makes bluffs ineffective and unnecessarily increases variance.
• The best thing to do is to eliminate 3-bet bluffs and focus on value 3-bets that will fully exploit their tendency to call with weak hands.‍

📌 Exploit the excess of calls with 3-bet shoves

• Against a player who calls too much, 3-bet shoving becomes the most EV+ move.
• It’s not about shoving way more than GTO to exploit your opponents, the simple act of shoving your best hands increases the EV of every hand because recreational players will call with many dominated hands (A5o, KJo…).
• In comparison, a non-all-in 3-bet is less effective, because they call with the same hands but leave us playing a complicated pot postflop.

📌 Which hands to 3-bet shove?

• Hands that dominate the call ranges of your opponents, like the best Ax and best pocket pairs.
• Even 10bb deep, you need to remain tight, as SB’s open range is typically strong.

📌 Adapting your call range

• The majority of your range will be played by calling since being in position offers a strategic advantage. This allows you to exploit SB, who will often make mistakes out of position, by slightly widening your call range.
• However, it's important to stay selective since SB’s open range is generally solid.
• In the end, your call range remains close to what GTO recommends at 10bb+.

📌 Adapting your range according to open sizing

• Our charts have been calculated against an open sizing of 2.5bb 12bb, and 2bb 12bb-.
• You can adapt your call range depending on SB's sizing as follows:‍
• Against a 2bb 12bb+: you can widen your call range (compared to our tables).‍
• Against a 2.5bb 12bb- or 3x+: tighten your range drastically and only play solid hands to avoid complicated postflop pots.

‍

<span class="explanation_section">📕 Only prioritize 3-bet shoves with your best hands, and adapt your calls based on SB’s open sizing.</span>

Common Preflop Mistakes in BB vs SB Open

🔴 Mistake 1: Calling too much against SB’s opens.

• Calling with marginal hands like Q2o or 62o against a standard open increases variance unnecessarily.
  ✅ Solution: Be selective and adjust your call range based on SB's sizing.

🔴 Mistake 2: Including 3-bet bluffs.

• Bluffs are ineffective because recreational players call too frequently against 3-bets.
  ✅ Solution: Remove 3-bet bluffs and focus solely on value 3-bets, which will be far more profitable.

🔴 Mistake 3: Not shoving your best hands.

• Not using the 3-bet shove with your best hands against SB is a significant loss of EV.
  ✅ Solution: Exploit the excess of calls from recreational players by shoving your strong hands to maximize your gains.

What’s in the SB open range?

📊 SB raises too little preflop

• In general, recreational players in SB open-raise much less than GTO.
• Their open range is a bit stronger than expected, with hands like Ax, broadways (KQ, QJ), and pairs in particular.

📊 The open sizing is often revealing

• Recreational players vary their sizing between 2x and 4x, but their choice is not random:
  • A 2x sizing is often used with a merged, very wide range, often excluding premium hands.
  • A 3x or larger sizing typically indicates a stronger range, composed of solid Ax hands, suited broadways, TT+.

• The larger the sizing, the more cautious you need to be. Opens of 3x or 4x deserve more respect, and you need to tighten your defense range significantly.

📊 SB calls too much against 3-bets

• Recreational players have difficulty folding after they’ve already invested money in the pot.
• Whether it's a non-all-in 3-bet (NA) or a 3-bet shove, they call way too much.

<span class="explanation_section">📕 SB calls way too much against 3-bets.</span>

How to adapt our strategy?

📌 Avoid 3-bet bluffs

• Bluffing against a recreational player in SB is rarely a good idea. Their tendency to call too often makes bluffs ineffective and unnecessarily increases variance.
• The best thing to do is to eliminate 3-bet bluffs and focus on value 3-bets that will fully exploit their tendency to call with weak hands.‍

📌 Exploit the excess of calls with 3-bet shoves

• Against a player who calls too much, 3-bet shoving becomes the most EV+ move.
• It’s not about shoving way more than GTO to exploit your opponents, the simple act of shoving your best hands increases the EV of every hand because recreational players will call with many dominated hands (A5o, KJo…).
• In comparison, a non-all-in 3-bet is less effective, because they call with the same hands but leave us playing a complicated pot postflop.

📌 Which hands to 3-bet shove?

• Hands that dominate the call ranges of your opponents, like the best Ax and best pocket pairs.
• Even 10bb deep, you need to remain tight, as SB’s open range is typically strong.

📌 Adapting your call range

• The majority of your range will be played by calling since being in position offers a strategic advantage. This allows you to exploit SB, who will often make mistakes out of position, by slightly widening your call range.
• However, it's important to stay selective since SB’s open range is generally solid.
• In the end, your call range remains close to what GTO recommends at 10bb+.

📌 Adapting your range according to open sizing

• Our charts have been calculated against an open sizing of 2.5bb 12bb, and 2bb 12bb-.
• You can adapt your call range depending on SB's sizing as follows:‍
• Against a 2bb 12bb+: you can widen your call range (compared to our tables).‍
• Against a 2.5bb 12bb- or 3x+: tighten your range drastically and only play solid hands to avoid complicated postflop pots.

‍

<span class="explanation_section">📕 Only prioritize 3-bet shoves with your best hands, and adapt your calls based on SB’s open sizing.</span>

Common Preflop Mistakes in BB vs SB Open

🔴 Mistake 1: Calling too much against SB’s opens.

• Calling with marginal hands like Q2o or 62o against a standard open increases variance unnecessarily.
  ✅ Solution: Be selective and adjust your call range based on SB's sizing.

🔴 Mistake 2: Including 3-bet bluffs.

• Bluffs are ineffective because recreational players call too frequently against 3-bets.
  ✅ Solution: Remove 3-bet bluffs and focus solely on value 3-bets, which will be far more profitable.

🔴 Mistake 3: Not shoving your best hands.

• Not using the 3-bet shove with your best hands against SB is a significant loss of EV.
  ✅ Solution: Exploit the excess of calls from recreational players by shoving your strong hands to maximize your gains.

What’s in the SB open range?

📊 SB raises too little preflop

• In general, recreational players in SB open-raise much less than GTO.
• Their open range is a bit stronger than expected, with hands like Ax, broadways (KQ, QJ), and pairs in particular.

📊 The open sizing is often revealing

• Recreational players vary their sizing between 2x and 4x, but their choice is not random:
  • A 2x sizing is often used with a merged, very wide range, often excluding premium hands.
  • A 3x or larger sizing typically indicates a stronger range, composed of solid Ax hands, suited broadways, TT+.

• The larger the sizing, the more cautious you need to be. Opens of 3x or 4x deserve more respect, and you need to tighten your defense range significantly.

📊 SB calls too much against 3-bets

• Recreational players have difficulty folding after they’ve already invested money in the pot.
• Whether it's a non-all-in 3-bet (NA) or a 3-bet shove, they call way too much.

<span class="explanation_section">📕 SB calls way too much against 3-bets.</span>

How to adapt our strategy?

📌 Avoid 3-bet bluffs

• Bluffing against a recreational player in SB is rarely a good idea. Their tendency to call too often makes bluffs ineffective and unnecessarily increases variance.
• The best thing to do is to eliminate 3-bet bluffs and focus on value 3-bets that will fully exploit their tendency to call with weak hands.‍

📌 Exploit the excess of calls with 3-bet shoves

• Against a player who calls too much, 3-bet shoving becomes the most EV+ move.
• It’s not about shoving way more than GTO to exploit your opponents, the simple act of shoving your best hands increases the EV of every hand because recreational players will call with many dominated hands (A5o, KJo…).
• In comparison, a non-all-in 3-bet is less effective, because they call with the same hands but leave us playing a complicated pot postflop.

📌 Which hands to 3-bet shove?

• Hands that dominate the call ranges of your opponents, like the best Ax and best pocket pairs.
• Even 10bb deep, you need to remain tight, as SB’s open range is typically strong.

📌 Adapting your call range

• The majority of your range will be played by calling since being in position offers a strategic advantage. This allows you to exploit SB, who will often make mistakes out of position, by slightly widening your call range.
• However, it's important to stay selective since SB’s open range is generally solid.
• In the end, your call range remains close to what GTO recommends at 10bb+.

📌 Adapting your range according to open sizing

• Our charts have been calculated against an open sizing of 2.5bb 12bb, and 2bb 12bb-.
• You can adapt your call range depending on SB's sizing as follows:‍
• Against a 2bb 12bb+: you can widen your call range (compared to our tables).‍
• Against a 2.5bb 12bb- or 3x+: tighten your range drastically and only play solid hands to avoid complicated postflop pots.

‍

<span class="explanation_section">📕 Only prioritize 3-bet shoves with your best hands, and adapt your calls based on SB’s open sizing.</span>

Common Preflop Mistakes in BB vs SB Open

🔴 Mistake 1: Calling too much against SB’s opens.

• Calling with marginal hands like Q2o or 62o against a standard open increases variance unnecessarily.
  ✅ Solution: Be selective and adjust your call range based on SB's sizing.

🔴 Mistake 2: Including 3-bet bluffs.

• Bluffs are ineffective because recreational players call too frequently against 3-bets.
  ✅ Solution: Remove 3-bet bluffs and focus solely on value 3-bets, which will be far more profitable.

🔴 Mistake 3: Not shoving your best hands.

• Not using the 3-bet shove with your best hands against SB is a significant loss of EV.
  ✅ Solution: Exploit the excess of calls from recreational players by shoving your strong hands to maximize your gains.