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

At 10bb (6-Max & 9-Max), the Button shoves 33% of hands and the Small Blind calls the shove with 20%. At 20bb the call narrows to 9%. The Small Blind calls tighter than the Big Blind would, because players are still to act behind and the Small Blind 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	BTN shoves	SB calls
5bb	40%	33%
8bb	35%	23%
10bb	33%	20%
12bb	30%	17%
15bb	26%	13%
20bb	20%	9%
25bb	16%	8%

Small Blind: call the shove up to (bb)

Small Blind Nash call limit per hand against a Button 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+	AJs25+	ATs25+	A9s19	A8s17	A7s15	A6s12	A5s12	A4s11	A3s10	A2s9
K	AKo25+	KK25+	KQs24	KJs18	KTs15	K9s9	K8s7	K7s7	K6s6	K5s5	K4s5	K3s4	K2s4
Q	AQo25+	KQo18	QQ25+	QJs13	QTs10	Q9s7	Q8s5	Q7s4	Q6s4	Q5s4	Q4s3	Q3s3	Q2s3
J	AJo25+	KJo14	QJo8	JJ25+	JTs8	J9s6	J8s4	J7s3	J6s3	J5s3	J4s3	J3s3	J2s3
T	ATo22	KTo10	QTo7	JTo5	TT25+	T9s6	T8s4	T7s3	T6s3	T5s3	T4s3	T3s3	T2s3
9	A9o16	K9o7	Q9o4	J9o4	T9o3	9925+	98s4	97s3	96s3	95s3	94s2	93s2	92s2
8	A8o13	K8o5	Q8o3	J8o3	T8o3	98o3	8825+	87s4	86s3	85s3	84s3	83s2	82s2
7	A7o11	K7o5	Q7o3	J7o3	T7o3	97o3	87o3	7725+	76s4	75s3	74s3	73s2	72s2
6	A6o9	K6o4	Q6o3	J6o3	T6o2	96o2	86o2	76o3	6625+	65s3	64s3	63s3	62s2
5	A5o9	K5o4	Q5o3	J5o2	T5o2	95o2	85o2	75o2	65o2	5519	54s3	53s3	52s2
4	A4o7	K4o4	Q4o3	J4o2	T4o2	94o2	84o2	74o2	64o2	54o2	4415	43s3	42s2
3	A3o7	K3o3	Q3o3	J3o2	T3o2	93o2	83o2	73o2	63o2	53o2	43o2	3312	32s2
2	A2o6	K2o3	Q2o3	J2o2	T2o2	92o2	82o2	72o2	62o2	52o2	42o2	32o2	2210

The Button shoving range

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

BTN 5bb BTN 8bb BTN 10bb BTN 12bb BTN 15bb BTN 20bb

Other calling ranges (6-Max)

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

Small Blind vs Button shove: FAQ

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

At 10bb (6-Max & 9-Max), the Button shoves 33% of hands and the Small Blind calls the shove with 20%. The table on this page gives the call limit for every hand.

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

At 15bb (6-Max & 9-Max), the Button shoves 26% of hands and the Small Blind calls the shove with 13%.

Should the Small Blind call a Button shove with A9s?

A9s is a pure call against the Button shove up to 19bb under Nash, chip-EV, no antes. Deeper than that, fold it or call only some of the time.

Should the Small Blind call a Button shove with A8s?

A8s is a pure call against the Button shove up to 17bb under Nash, chip-EV, no antes. Deeper than that, fold it or call only some of the time.

Which hands always call a Button shove from the Small Blind?

16 hand classes are a pure call at every stack from 1 to 25bb: AA, AKs, AQs, AJs, ATs, AKo, KK, AQo, QQ, AJo, JJ, TT, 99, 88, 77, 66.

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