Big Blind Calling Range vs Cutoff Shove (6-Max & 9-Max)

At 10bb (6-Max & 9-Max), the Cutoff shoves 24% of hands and the Big Blind calls the shove with 17%. At 20bb the call narrows to 6%. The Big Blind is last to act, so nobody can overcall: the only question is whether the hand beats enough of the Cutoff's shoving range to pay the price, with the big blind already posted.

Effective stack in big blinds before posting blinds, chip-EV, no antes, everyone else folded, solved from 1 to 25bb. A number N means the hand is a pure call (at least 95% of the time) at every stack from 1bb to N; “—” means not even at 1bb. The 6-max and 9-max ranges are identical for this pair. Methodology.

Shove and call share by stack

Stack	CO shoves	BB calls
5bb	33%	35%
8bb	27%	20%
10bb	24%	17%
12bb	21%	13%
15bb	17%	9%
20bb	12%	6%
25bb	9%	5%

Big Blind: call the shove up to (bb)

Big Blind Nash call limit per hand against a Cutoff shove, in big blinds (6-Max & 9-Max)
	A	K	Q	J	T	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2
A	AA25+	AKs25+	AQs25+	AJs19	ATs16	A9s14	A8s12	A7s11	A6s10	A5s10	A4s9	A3s9	A2s8
K	AKo25+	KK25+	KQs15	KJs13	KTs11	K9s8	K8s7	K7s6	K6s6	K5s5	K4s5	K3s5	K2s4
Q	AQo23	KQo14	QQ25+	QJs11	QTs8	Q9s6	Q8s5	Q7s5	Q6s4	Q5s4	Q4s4	Q3s4	Q2s4
J	AJo17	KJo10	QJo7	JJ25+	JTs7	J9s6	J8s5	J7s4	J6s4	J5s4	J4s4	J3s4	J2s3
T	ATo14	KTo8	QTo6	JTo5	TT25+	T9s6	T8s5	T7s4	T6s4	T5s4	T4s3	T3s3	T2s3
9	A9o12	K9o6	Q9o4	J9o4	T9o4	9925+	98s5	97s5	96s4	95s4	94s3	93s3	92s3
8	A8o10	K8o5	Q8o4	J8o4	T8o4	98o4	8825+	87s5	86s4	85s4	84s3	83s3	82s3
7	A7o9	K7o4	Q7o3	J7o3	T7o3	97o3	87o4	7722	76s5	75s4	74s4	73s3	72s3
6	A6o7	K6o4	Q6o3	J6o3	T6o3	96o3	86o3	76o4	6618	65s5	64s4	63s3	62s3
5	A5o7	K5o4	Q5o3	J5o3	T5o3	95o3	85o3	75o3	65o3	5515	54s4	53s4	52s3
4	A4o7	K4o4	Q4o3	J4o3	T4o3	94o3	84o3	74o3	64o3	54o3	4412	43s4	42s3
3	A3o6	K3o4	Q3o3	J3o3	T3o3	93o3	83o2	73o3	63o3	53o3	43o3	3311	32s3
2	A2o6	K2o3	Q2o3	J2o3	T2o3	92o2	82o2	72o2	62o2	52o3	42o3	32o2	229

The Cutoff shoving range

These calls are the best response to the Cutoff's Nash shove. See which hands the Cutoff pushes at each stack:

CO 5bb CO 8bb CO 10bb CO 12bb CO 15bb CO 20bb

Other calling ranges (6-Max)

BB vs BTN BB vs UTG SB vs BTN SB vs CO SB vs UTG BTN vs CO BTN vs UTG CO vs UTG BB vs SB (heads-up)

Big Blind vs Cutoff shove: FAQ

How wide should the Big Blind call a Cutoff shove at 10bb?

At 10bb (6-Max & 9-Max), the Cutoff shoves 24% of hands and the Big Blind calls the shove with 17%. The table on this page gives the call limit for every hand.

How wide should the Big Blind call a Cutoff shove at 15bb?

At 15bb (6-Max & 9-Max), the Cutoff shoves 17% of hands and the Big Blind calls the shove with 9%.

Should the Big Blind call a Cutoff shove with AJs?

AJs is a pure call against the Cutoff shove up to 19bb under Nash, chip-EV, no antes. Deeper than that, fold it or call only some of the time.

Should the Big Blind call a Cutoff shove with ATs?

ATs is a pure call against the Cutoff shove up to 16bb under Nash, chip-EV, no antes. Deeper than that, fold it or call only some of the time.

Which hands always call a Cutoff shove from the Big Blind?

10 hand classes are a pure call at every stack from 1 to 25bb: AA, AKs, AQs, AKo, KK, QQ, JJ, TT, 99, 88.

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