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Small Blind Opening Range (6-Max & 9-Max)

When it folds to the small blind you raise about 42% of hands (554 combos), up to ~56% with the mixed band. You already have half a blind in and only one player left to beat — but you will be out of position for the entire hand if the big blind calls.

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Raise (core)MixedFold

The mixed band (open part of the time)

The small blind is a strange seat: the widest single-opponent spot in the game and the worst position at the same time. You are getting a good price to attack one player, and the big blind folds often enough that a raise shows an immediate profit with almost any two cards. But if the big blind calls or 3-bets — and a good big blind defends more than half the time — you play every post-flop street first.

That is why the range is wide but shaped differently from the button: it leans much harder on suited hands and on hands that hold their value out of position. Suited aces (all of them), suited kings down to K3s and suited connectors are core opens; the offsuit filler (Q7o, J7o, T8o, 97o, 76o) sits in the mixed band and is the first thing to cut against a big blind who defends aggressively.

The alternative strategy — limping part of the range — is genuinely viable and used by solvers at deeper stacks, but it is much harder to play well, and against most opponents a raise-or-fold strategy at this width captures nearly all of the available EV with far less complexity.

FAQ

How wide should the small blind open when it folds to them?

About 42% as the core raising range (554 combos), stretching to ~56% including the marginal offsuit hands solvers mix. That is much wider than any other non-button seat because only one player is left to act — but it is tighter than the button because you have no position post-flop.

Should I limp or raise from the small blind?

A raise-or-fold strategy at around 42% is simpler and captures most of the EV. Solvers do use a limping range in deep-stacked cash games, but it requires a well-constructed follow-up strategy for every board — get raise-or-fold right first, and only add limps once the rest of your preflop game is solid.

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