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Cutoff Calling Range vs Middle Position Shove (9-Max)

At 10bb (9-Max), the Middle Position shoves 11% of hands and the Cutoff calls the shove with 6%. At 20bb the call narrows to 3%. The Cutoff calls tighter than the Big Blind would, because players are still to act behind and the Cutoff 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

StackMP shovesCO calls
5bb21%14%
8bb14%8%
10bb11%6%
12bb9%5%
15bb8%4%
20bb6%3%
25bb5%2%

Cutoff: call the shove up to (bb)

Cutoff Nash call limit per hand against a Middle Position shove, in big blinds (9-Max)
AKQJT98765432
AAA25+AKs25+AQs13AJs9ATs7A9s6A8s5A7s5A6s4A5s4A4s4A3s4A2s4
KAKo21KK25+KQs6KJs5KTs4K9s3K8s3K7s3K6s3K5s3K4s3K3s3K2s3
QAQo11KQo5QQ25+QJs4QTs3Q9s3Q8s3Q7s2Q6s2Q5s2Q4s2Q3s2Q2s2
JAJo8KJo4QJo3JJ25+JTs3J9s3J8s3J7s2J6s2J5s2J4s2J3s2J2s2
TATo6KTo4QTo3JTo3TT22T9s3T8s3T7s2T6s2T5s2T4s2T3s2T2s2
9A9o5K9o3Q9o3J9o2T9o2991598s397s296s295s294s293s292s2
8A8o4K8o3Q8o2J8o2T8o298o2881287s286s285s284s283s282s2
7A7o4K7o3Q7o2J7o2T7o297o287o2771076s275s274s273s272s1
6A6o4K6o3Q6o2J6o2T6o296o286o276o266865s264s263s262s1
5A5o4K5o2Q5o2J5o2T5o295o285o275o265o255754s253s252s1
4A4o3K4o2Q4o2J4o2T4o294o184o174o164o154o144643s242s1
3A3o3K3o2Q3o2J3o2T3o293o183o173o163o153o143o133532s1
2A2o3K2o2Q2o2J2o2T2o292o182o172o162o152o142o132o1224

The Middle Position shoving range

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

MP 5bbMP 8bbMP 10bbMP 12bbMP 15bbMP 20bb

Other calling ranges (9-Max)

BB vs MPBB vs UTGSB vs MPSB vs UTGBTN vs MPBTN vs UTGCO vs UTGMP vs UTGBB vs SB (heads-up)

Cutoff vs Middle Position shove: FAQ

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

At 10bb (9-Max), the Middle Position shoves 11% of hands and the Cutoff calls the shove with 6%. The table on this page gives the call limit for every hand.

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

At 15bb (9-Max), the Middle Position shoves 8% of hands and the Cutoff calls the shove with 4%.

Should the Cutoff call a Middle Position shove with AQs?

AQs is a pure call against the Middle Position shove up to 13bb under Nash, chip-EV, no antes. Deeper than that, fold it or call only some of the time.

Should the Cutoff call a Middle Position shove with AJs?

AJs is a pure call against the Middle Position shove up to 9bb under Nash, chip-EV, no antes. Deeper than that, fold it or call only some of the time.

Which hands always call a Middle Position shove from the Cutoff?

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

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