KTo from BTN, first in — fold, call or raise?
The answer
Raise
open the pot
The math: On the Button the chart opens K9o+. KTo is a standard steal.
Why
The hand that’s a fold in middle position is an easy open on the Button. Only the two blinds are left, both acting after you on every street. Steal wide from the best seat and let position do the work.
The spot
- Your seat
- BTN
- Stakes and stacks
- $1 / $2 · 100bb
- Your hand
- K♣ T♦
- 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 KTo is a comfortable open. Folding wastes the best seat at the table.
Calllimp in
Why not: Limping gives up the initiative position hands you — raise and make the blinds pay.
Raiseopen the potCorrect
2bb · $4 · 2.5bb · $5 · 3bb · $6
The idea behind it
The Button acts last on every postflop street, the single biggest edge in poker. That is why its opening range is the widest at the table.
Concept: Button steals
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.