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Small Blind Calling Range vs Middle Position Shove (9-Max)

At 10bb (9-Max), the Middle Position shoves 11% of hands and the Small Blind calls the shove with 6%. 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

StackMP shovesSB calls
5bb21%17%
8bb14%8%
10bb11%6%
12bb9%6%
15bb8%4%
20bb6%3%
25bb5%2%

Small Blind: call the shove up to (bb)

Small Blind Nash call limit per hand against a Middle Position shove, in big blinds (9-Max)
AKQJT98765432
AAA25+AKs25+AQs13AJs10ATs8A9s6A8s6A7s5A6s5A5s5A4s5A3s4A2s4
KAKo22KK25+KQs7KJs6KTs5K9s4K8s4K7s4K6s3K5s3K4s3K3s3K2s3
QAQo12KQo6QQ25+QJs5QTs4Q9s4Q8s3Q7s3Q6s3Q5s3Q4s3Q3s3Q2s3
JAJo8KJo5QJo4JJ25+JTs4J9s4J8s3J7s3J6s3J5s3J4s3J3s3J2s2
TATo7KTo4QTo4JTo3TT23T9s4T8s4T7s3T6s3T5s3T4s3T3s2T2s2
9A9o5K9o3Q9o3J9o3T9o3991698s497s396s395s394s293s292s2
8A8o5K8o3Q8o3J8o3T8o398o3881387s486s385s384s283s282s2
7A7o4K7o3Q7o3J7o2T7o297o287o3771176s375s374s373s272s2
6A6o4K6o3Q6o3J6o2T6o296o286o276o366965s364s363s262s2
5A5o4K5o3Q5o2J5o2T5o295o285o275o265o255854s353s352s2
4A4o4K4o3Q4o2J4o2T4o294o284o274o264o254o244743s342s2
3A3o4K3o3Q3o2J3o2T3o293o283o273o263o253o243o233632s2
2A2o4K2o3Q2o2J2o2T2o292o282o272o262o252o242o232o2225

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 UTGBTN vs MPBTN vs UTGCO vs MPCO vs UTGMP vs UTGBB vs SB (heads-up)

Small Blind vs Middle Position shove: FAQ

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

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

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

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

Should the Small Blind 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 Small Blind call a Middle Position shove with AJs?

AJs is a pure call against the Middle Position shove up to 10bb 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 Small Blind?

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

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