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

At 10bb (6-Max & 9-Max), the Cutoff shoves 24% of hands and the Small Blind calls the shove with 13%. At 20bb the call narrows to 6%. 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	CO shoves	SB calls
5bb	33%	29%
8bb	27%	18%
10bb	24%	13%
12bb	21%	11%
15bb	17%	8%
20bb	12%	6%
25bb	9%	5%

Small Blind: call the shove up to (bb)

Small 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+	AJs18	ATs15	A9s13	A8s11	A7s10	A6s8	A5s9	A4s8	A3s7	A2s7
K	AKo25+	KK25+	KQs15	KJs12	KTs10	K9s6	K8s5	K7s5	K6s4	K5s4	K4s4	K3s4	K2s3
Q	AQo22	KQo12	QQ25+	QJs9	QTs7	Q9s5	Q8s4	Q7s3	Q6s3	Q5s3	Q4s3	Q3s3	Q2s3
J	AJo16	KJo9	QJo6	JJ25+	JTs6	J9s4	J8s4	J7s3	J6s3	J5s3	J4s3	J3s3	J2s3
T	ATo14	KTo7	QTo5	JTo4	TT25+	T9s4	T8s4	T7s3	T6s3	T5s3	T4s3	T3s3	T2s2
9	A9o11	K9o5	Q9o3	J9o3	T9o3	9925+	98s4	97s3	96s3	95s3	94s2	93s2	92s2
8	A8o9	K8o4	Q8o3	J8o3	T8o3	98o3	8825+	87s4	86s3	85s3	84s3	83s2	82s2
7	A7o8	K7o4	Q7o3	J7o3	T7o3	97o3	87o3	7721	76s3	75s3	74s3	73s2	72s2
6	A6o6	K6o3	Q6o3	J6o2	T6o2	96o2	86o2	76o3	6617	65s3	64s3	63s3	62s2
5	A5o6	K5o3	Q5o3	J5o2	T5o2	95o2	85o2	75o2	65o2	5514	54s3	53s3	52s2
4	A4o6	K4o3	Q4o3	J4o2	T4o2	94o2	84o2	74o2	64o2	54o2	4411	43s3	42s2
3	A3o5	K3o3	Q3o2	J3o2	T3o2	93o2	83o2	73o2	63o2	53o2	43o2	339	32s2
2	A2o5	K2o3	Q2o2	J2o2	T2o2	92o2	82o2	72o2	62o2	52o2	42o2	32o2	227

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

Small Blind vs Cutoff shove: FAQ

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

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

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

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

Should the Small Blind 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 Small Blind 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 Small 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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