What is a reshove?
A reshove (or 3-bet shove) means moving all-in over someone else's open raise. With roughly 12 to 30 big blinds it is often the best way to play hands that are too good to fold but awkward to call with: you win the raise, the blinds and the antes uncontested a lot of the time, and you still have equity when called. The chart above is preset to the big blind against a button open at 20bb.
How much the big blind should reshove (9-handed, big blind ante)
| Opener | 15bb | 20bb | 25bb | 30bb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTG | 11% | 12% | 9% | 9% |
| Hijack | 24% | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| Cutoff | 27% | 25% | 23% | 22% |
| Button | 35% | 32% | 33% | 32% |
| Small blind | 33% | 32% | 32% | 30% |
The later the open, the wider the opener's range and the wider you can reshove. Against an early-position open the range shrinks to strong pairs and big aces.
Small blind and in-position reshoves
| Spot | 15bb | 20bb | 25bb |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small blind vs button open | 32% | 31% | 31% |
| Small blind vs cutoff open | 23% | 24% | 22% |
| Button vs cutoff open | 21% | 20% | 21% |
| Button vs hijack open | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| Hijack vs UTG open | 8% | 8% | 7% |
Exact 20bb reshove ranges (9-handed, big blind ante)
- Big blind vs button open at 20bb (32%): 22+, A2s+, K4s+, Q8s+, J8s+, T8s+, 97s+, 87s, 76s, A2o+, KTo+, QTo+, JTo. The button calls with 22+, A2s+, K8s+, QTs+, JTs, A3o+, KTo+, QJo.
- Big blind vs cutoff open at 20bb (25%): 22+, A2s+, K9s+, Q9s+, J9s+, T9s, A4o+, KTo+, QJo. The cutoff calls with 22+, A4s+, KTs+, QJs, A7o+, KQo.
- Big blind vs UTG open at 20bb (12%): 55+, A8s+, KTs+, QTs+, JTs, AJo+, KQo. UTG calls with 66+, ATs+, AJo+.
- Small blind vs button open at 20bb (31%): 22+, A2s+, K6s+, Q8s+, J8s+, T8s+, 98s, 87s, A2o+, KTo+, QTo+, JTo. The button calls with 22+, A2s+, K9s+, QTs+, JTs, A3o+, KTo+, QJo.
- Button vs cutoff open at 20bb (20%): 22+, A2s+, K9s+, QTs+, JTs, A7o+, KJo+. The cutoff calls with 22+, A5s+, KTs+, QJs, A8o+, KQo.
How these ranges were calculated
The opener raises to 2.2 big blinds with a fixed opening range (big blind ante, 9-handed: UTG 15%, UTG+1 16%, MP 18%, LJ 21%, HJ 25%, CO 31%, BTN 45%, SB 45% of hands, ranked by the Chen formula with equity as a tiebreak). Your reshove range and the opener's calling range are then solved together to an equilibrium in chip EV with equal stacks, assuming everyone else folds. Change the opener's range to tight or loose, or add ICM pressure and bounties, under ICM, bounty & stacks in the chart. See how we calculate for the full method.
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