75s from BTN, first in — fold, call or raise?
The answer
Raise
open-raise
The math: The Button opens 75s+. Suited gappers flop straights and flushes.
Why
Seven-five suited misses most flops, but on the Button it steals the blinds often and, when it connects, makes disguised straights and flushes you can barrel in position. The Button is exactly the seat that opens hands like this.
The spot
- Your seat
- BTN
- Stakes and stacks
- $1 / $2 · 100bb
- Your hand
- 7♦ 5♦
- Board
- Preflop — no board yet
- Pot
- POT · $3
- Action on you
- Folds to you
Every option
Foldgive up the hand
Why not: On the Button 75s has too much playability to fold — it steals and flops disguised draws in position.
Calllimp and hope
Why not: Limping lets the blinds see a cheap flop; raise to fold them out or build a pot you control.
Raiseopen-raiseCorrect
2bb · $4 · 2.5bb · $5 · 3bb · $6
The idea behind it
The Button’s wide range is built on position and fold equity. Suited gappers are unplayable early and profitable last to act.
Concept: Suited gappers
Terms in this spot
Play it instead of reading it
The trainer deals this hand with hints, grading and spaced repetition — and randomized variations of it once you have seen it.