progressSB vs BTN open at 100 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · chip EV
SB facing a BTN open at 100 BB
The button opens to 2.5 BB and the action reaches the small blind with 100 big blinds. The book folds 74% of hands, calls with 8.4%, 3-bets to 11 BB with 17% and goes all-in with 0.1%.
Always 3-bet: AA, AKs, AKo, AQs, AJs, ATs, A9o, A4s, A3s, A2s, KK, KQs, KQo, QQ and 6 more.
Always call: KJo, KTo, K9s, K8s, QTs, JTo, J9s.
The small blind calls rarely: it is out of position against the raiser and the big blind can still squeeze behind, so the book prefers to either 3-bet or fold.
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Numbers come from the progressGTO solution book (v14, chip EV, 8-max, ante 12.5 %): our own equilibrium computation with a modelled postflop. It is an approximation, not an exact solution, and it keeps improving. Hover or tap a hand to see its exact frequencies.
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