Small Blind Calling Range vs Under the Gun Shove (6-Max)

At 10bb (6-Max), the Under the Gun shoves 13% of hands and the Small Blind calls the shove with 8%. At 20bb the call narrows to 3%. 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. Methodology.

Shove and call share by stack

Stack	UTG shoves	SB calls
5bb	23%	19%
8bb	16%	10%
10bb	13%	8%
12bb	11%	6%
15bb	9%	5%
20bb	7%	3%
25bb	6%	3%

Small Blind: call the shove up to (bb)

Small Blind Nash call limit per hand against a Under the Gun shove, in big blinds (6-Max)
	A	K	Q	J	T	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2
A	AA25+	AKs25+	AQs16	AJs11	ATs9	A9s7	A8s6	A7s6	A6s5	A5s5	A4s5	A3s5	A2s5
K	AKo25+	KK25+	KQs8	KJs6	KTs5	K9s4	K8s4	K7s4	K6s4	K5s3	K4s3	K3s3	K2s3
Q	AQo14	KQo6	QQ25+	QJs5	QTs5	Q9s4	Q8s3	Q7s3	Q6s3	Q5s3	Q4s3	Q3s3	Q2s3
J	AJo10	KJo5	QJo4	JJ25+	JTs5	J9s4	J8s3	J7s3	J6s3	J5s3	J4s3	J3s3	J2s2
T	ATo8	KTo4	QTo4	JTo3	TT25+	T9s4	T8s4	T7s3	T6s3	T5s3	T4s3	T3s2	T2s2
9	A9o6	K9o4	Q9o3	J9o3	T9o3	9919	98s4	97s3	96s3	95s3	94s2	93s2	92s2
8	A8o5	K8o3	Q8o3	J8o3	T8o3	98o3	8815	87s4	86s3	85s3	84s2	83s2	82s2
7	A7o5	K7o3	Q7o3	J7o2	T7o2	97o2	87o3	7712	76s3	75s3	74s3	73s2	72s2
6	A6o4	K6o3	Q6o3	J6o2	T6o2	96o2	86o2	76o3	6611	65s3	64s3	63s2	62s2
5	A5o4	K5o3	Q5o2	J5o2	T5o2	95o2	85o2	75o2	65o2	559	54s3	53s3	52s2
4	A4o4	K4o3	Q4o2	J4o2	T4o2	94o2	84o2	74o2	64o2	54o2	448	43s3	42s2
3	A3o4	K3o3	Q3o2	J3o2	T3o2	93o2	83o2	73o2	63o2	53o2	43o2	336	32s2
2	A2o4	K2o3	Q2o2	J2o2	T2o2	92o2	82o2	72o2	62o2	52o2	42o2	32o2	225

The Under the Gun shoving range

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

UTG 5bb UTG 8bb UTG 10bb UTG 12bb UTG 15bb UTG 20bb

Other calling ranges (6-Max)

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

Small Blind vs Under the Gun shove: FAQ

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

At 10bb (6-Max), the Under the Gun shoves 13% of hands and the Small Blind calls the shove with 8%. The table on this page gives the call limit for every hand.

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

At 15bb (6-Max), the Under the Gun shoves 9% of hands and the Small Blind calls the shove with 5%.

Should the Small Blind call a Under the Gun shove with AQs?

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

Should the Small Blind call a Under the Gun shove with AJs?

AJs is a pure call against the Under the Gun shove up to 11bb under Nash, chip-EV, no antes. Deeper than that, fold it or call only some of the time.

Which hands always call a Under the Gun shove from the Small Blind?

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

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