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

At 10bb (6-Max & 9-Max), the Cutoff shoves 24% of hands and the Button calls the shove with 13%. At 20bb the call narrows to 6%. The Button calls tighter than the Big Blind would, because players are still to act behind and the Button has less money already in the pot.

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	BTN calls
5bb	33%	22%
8bb	27%	16%
10bb	24%	13%
12bb	21%	10%
15bb	17%	8%
20bb	12%	6%
25bb	9%	4%

Button: call the shove up to (bb)

Button 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+	AJs18	ATs15	A9s12	A8s10	A7s9	A6s7	A5s7	A4s6	A3s6	A2s5
K	AKo25+	KK25+	KQs15	KJs11	KTs8	K9s5	K8s4	K7s4	K6s3	K5s3	K4s3	K3s3	K2s3
Q	AQo20	KQo11	QQ25+	QJs7	QTs5	Q9s3	Q8s3	Q7s3	Q6s3	Q5s3	Q4s2	Q3s2	Q2s2
J	AJo15	KJo8	QJo4	JJ25+	JTs4	J9s3	J8s3	J7s2	J6s2	J5s2	J4s2	J3s2	J2s2
T	ATo12	KTo5	QTo3	JTo3	TT25+	T9s3	T8s3	T7s2	T6s2	T5s2	T4s2	T3s2	T2s2
9	A9o10	K9o4	Q9o3	J9o3	T9o2	9925+	98s3	97s2	96s2	95s2	94s2	93s2	92s2
8	A8o8	K8o3	Q8o3	J8o2	T8o2	98o2	8824	87s2	86s2	85s2	84s2	83s2	82s2
7	A7o7	K7o3	Q7o2	J7o2	T7o2	97o2	87o2	7720	76s2	75s2	74s2	73s2	72s1
6	A6o5	K6o3	Q6o2	J6o2	T6o2	96o2	86o2	76o2	6616	65s2	64s2	63s2	62s1
5	A5o5	K5o3	Q5o2	J5o2	T5o2	95o2	85o2	75o2	65o2	5512	54s2	53s2	52s1
4	A4o4	K4o3	Q4o2	J4o2	T4o2	94o1	84o1	74o1	64o1	54o1	4410	43s2	42s1
3	A3o4	K3o3	Q3o2	J3o2	T3o2	93o1	83o1	73o1	63o1	53o1	43o1	338	32s1
2	A2o4	K2o2	Q2o2	J2o2	T2o2	92o1	82o1	72o1	62o1	52o1	42o1	32o1	226

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

Button vs Cutoff shove: FAQ

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

At 10bb (6-Max & 9-Max), the Cutoff shoves 24% of hands and the Button calls the shove with 13%. The table on this page gives the call limit for every hand.

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

At 15bb (6-Max & 9-Max), the Cutoff shoves 17% of hands and the Button calls the shove with 8%.

Should the Button call a Cutoff shove with AJs?

AJs is a pure call against the Cutoff shove up to 18bb under Nash, chip-EV, no antes. Deeper than that, fold it or call only some of the time.

Should the Button call a Cutoff shove with ATs?

ATs is a pure call against the Cutoff shove up to 15bb 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 Button?

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

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