Button Calling Range vs Under the Gun Shove (9-Max)

At 10bb (9-Max), the Under the Gun shoves 9% of hands and the Button calls the shove with 5%. At 20bb the call narrows to 2%. 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. Methodology.

Shove and call share by stack

Stack	UTG shoves	BTN calls
5bb	18%	12%
8bb	11%	6%
10bb	9%	5%
12bb	8%	4%
15bb	7%	3%
20bb	5%	2%
25bb	5%	2%

Button: call the shove up to (bb)

Button Nash call limit per hand against a Under the Gun shove, in big blinds (9-Max)
	A	K	Q	J	T	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2
A	AA25+	AKs25+	AQs11	AJs7	ATs6	A9s5	A8s5	A7s4	A6s4	A5s4	A4s4	A3s4	A2s4
K	AKo18	KK25+	KQs5	KJs4	KTs4	K9s3	K8s3	K7s3	K6s3	K5s3	K4s3	K3s3	K2s3
Q	AQo9	KQo4	QQ25+	QJs4	QTs3	Q9s3	Q8s3	Q7s2	Q6s2	Q5s2	Q4s2	Q3s2	Q2s2
J	AJo7	KJo4	QJo3	JJ25+	JTs3	J9s3	J8s3	J7s2	J6s2	J5s2	J4s2	J3s2	J2s2
T	ATo5	KTo3	QTo3	JTo3	TT19	T9s3	T8s3	T7s2	T6s2	T5s2	T4s2	T3s2	T2s2
9	A9o5	K9o3	Q9o3	J9o2	T9o2	9913	98s3	97s2	96s2	95s2	94s2	93s2	92s2
8	A8o4	K8o3	Q8o2	J8o2	T8o2	98o2	8810	87s2	86s2	85s2	84s2	83s2	82s2
7	A7o4	K7o3	Q7o2	J7o2	T7o2	97o2	87o2	778	76s2	75s2	74s2	73s2	72s1
6	A6o4	K6o3	Q6o2	J6o2	T6o2	96o2	86o2	76o2	667	65s2	64s2	63s2	62s1
5	A5o3	K5o2	Q5o2	J5o2	T5o2	95o2	85o2	75o2	65o2	556	54s2	53s2	52s1
4	A4o3	K4o2	Q4o2	J4o2	T4o2	94o1	84o1	74o1	64o1	54o1	445	43s2	42s1
3	A3o3	K3o2	Q3o2	J3o2	T3o2	93o1	83o1	73o1	63o1	53o1	43o1	335	32s1
2	A2o3	K2o2	Q2o2	J2o2	T2o2	92o1	82o1	72o1	62o1	52o1	42o1	32o1	224

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 (9-Max)

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

Button vs Under the Gun shove: FAQ

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

At 10bb (9-Max), the Under the Gun shoves 9% of hands and the Button calls the shove with 5%. The table on this page gives the call limit for every hand.

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

At 15bb (9-Max), the Under the Gun shoves 7% of hands and the Button calls the shove with 3%.

Should the Button call a Under the Gun shove with AQs?

AQs 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.

Should the Button call a Under the Gun shove with AJs?

AJs is a pure call against the Under the Gun shove up to 7bb 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 Button?

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

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