// push/fold charts · 12 bb

Heads-up push/fold at 12 bb

At 12 big blinds effective, the equilibrium small blind shoves 53.5% of hands and the big blind calls 33.0%. Both ranges below are solved, not remembered: each cell is read straight from the table the trainer grades you with, and every hand's EV is printed further down so you can check it.

Small blind: shove or fold

Shoves 53.5% of hands

always (≥80%) mixed, % shown never (≤20%)
22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q2s+, J4s+, T5s+, 95s+, 85s+, 74s+, 64s+, 53s+, A2o+, K3o+, Q8o+, J8o+, T8o+, 98o, 87o

Big blind: call the shove or fold

Calls 33.0% of hands

always (≥80%) mixed, % shown never (≤20%)
22+, A2s+, K4s+, Q8s+, J9s+, A2o+, K7o+, QTo+, JTo

The closest decisions at 12 bb

These are the hands where shoving (or calling) and folding are worth the least different. At 12 bb the worst of them costs 0.168 bb to get wrong; getting the hands far from this list wrong is where the chips go.

Small blind

HandShove freqShove vs fold (bb)
T5s99%+0.004
74s98%+0.006
53s98%+0.006
J8o100%+0.008
76o0%−0.015
J4s99%+0.016
K3o100%+0.019
97o2%−0.022

Big blind

HandCall freqCall vs fold (bb)
Q9o0%−0.021
T9s0%−0.045
K3s0%−0.067
K4s99%+0.105
JTo98%+0.137
K6o0%−0.147
K7o100%+0.164
Q8s98%+0.168
All 169 hands at 12 bb: frequency and EV
HandSB shoveShove vs foldBB callCall vs fold
AA100%+3.587100%+9.310
KK100%+3.118100%+8.011
QQ100%+2.836100%+6.970
JJ100%+2.572100%+6.227
TT100%+2.332100%+5.542
99100%+2.066100%+4.705
88100%+1.849100%+3.843
77100%+1.650100%+3.095
66100%+1.490100%+2.522
55100%+1.333100%+1.946
44100%+1.150100%+1.357
33100%+0.977100%+0.844
22100%+0.798100%+0.385
AKs100%+2.337100%+4.960
AQs100%+2.135100%+4.428
AJs100%+1.985100%+4.088
ATs100%+1.831100%+3.757
A9s100%+1.563100%+3.163
A8s100%+1.414100%+2.845
A7s100%+1.267100%+2.369
A6s100%+1.128100%+2.040
A5s100%+1.117100%+2.006
A4s100%+1.041100%+1.763
A3s100%+0.990100%+1.593
A2s100%+0.942100%+1.426
KQs100%+1.353100%+3.025
KJs100%+1.211100%+2.677
KTs100%+1.071100%+2.360
K9s100%+0.809100%+1.780
K8s100%+0.609100%+1.227
K7s100%+0.509100%+0.846
K6s100%+0.446100%+0.573
K5s100%+0.393100%+0.328
K4s100%+0.34099%+0.105
K3s100%+0.2970%−0.067
K2s100%+0.2450%−0.199
QJs100%+0.815100%+1.548
QTs100%+0.691100%+1.269
Q9s100%+0.463100%+0.671
Q8s100%+0.32698%+0.168
Q7s100%+0.2060%−0.310
Q6s100%+0.2110%−0.433
Q5s100%+0.1670%−0.597
Q4s100%+0.1220%−0.779
Q3s100%+0.0770%−0.941
Q2s99%+0.0290%−1.028
JTs100%+0.602100%+0.815
J9s100%+0.40699%+0.221
J8s100%+0.2800%−0.295
J7s100%+0.1780%−0.686
J6s100%+0.0770%−1.073
J5s100%+0.0640%−1.165
J4s99%+0.0160%−1.335
J3s0%−0.0390%−1.510
J2s0%−0.0870%−1.596
T9s100%+0.4390%−0.045
T8s100%+0.3280%−0.554
T7s100%+0.2170%−0.907
T6s100%+0.1250%−1.264
T5s99%+0.0040%−1.641
T4s0%−0.0310%−1.759
T3s0%−0.0740%−1.893
T2s0%−0.1280%−1.996
98s100%+0.3610%−0.744
97s100%+0.2600%−1.025
96s100%+0.1630%−1.380
95s99%+0.0350%−1.763
94s0%−0.0990%−2.142
93s0%−0.1220%−2.229
92s0%−0.1780%−2.326
87s100%+0.3080%−1.104
86s100%+0.2150%−1.462
85s99%+0.0880%−1.835
84s0%−0.0450%−2.213
83s0%−0.1760%−2.591
82s0%−0.2040%−2.616
76s100%+0.2640%−1.334
75s100%+0.1450%−1.696
74s98%+0.0060%−2.070
73s0%−0.1220%−2.444
72s0%−0.2590%−2.778
65s100%+0.2050%−1.586
64s99%+0.0730%−1.939
63s0%−0.0570%−2.307
62s0%−0.2000%−2.656
54s99%+0.1380%−1.783
53s98%+0.0060%−2.140
52s0%−0.1320%−2.474
43s0%−0.0490%−2.300
42s0%−0.1860%−2.610
32s0%−0.2440%−2.762
AKo100%+2.227100%+4.550
AQo100%+2.001100%+3.979
AJo100%+1.837100%+3.602
ATo100%+1.671100%+3.250
A9o100%+1.387100%+2.621
A8o100%+1.221100%+2.262
A7o100%+1.064100%+1.777
A6o100%+0.911100%+1.406
A5o100%+0.897100%+1.372
A4o100%+0.822100%+1.116
A3o100%+0.768100%+0.937
A2o100%+0.711100%+0.745
KQo100%+1.159100%+2.477
KJo100%+1.006100%+2.114
KTo100%+0.859100%+1.780
K9o100%+0.569100%+1.142
K8o100%+0.363100%+0.566
K7o100%+0.252100%+0.164
K6o100%+0.1810%−0.147
K5o100%+0.1210%−0.409
K4o100%+0.0680%−0.653
K3o100%+0.0190%−0.832
K2o1%−0.0340%−0.979
QJo100%+0.578100%+0.910
QTo100%+0.440100%+0.606
Q9o100%+0.2010%−0.021
Q8o100%+0.0550%−0.547
Q7o0%−0.0750%−1.067
Q6o0%−0.0730%−1.194
Q5o0%−0.1120%−1.363
Q4o0%−0.1670%−1.576
Q3o0%−0.2210%−1.764
Q2o0%−0.2740%−1.873
JTo100%+0.35098%+0.137
J9o100%+0.1410%−0.496
J8o100%+0.0080%−1.031
J7o0%−0.1110%−1.487
J6o0%−0.2080%−1.874
J5o0%−0.2290%−1.974
J4o0%−0.2820%−2.176
J3o0%−0.3330%−2.337
J2o0%−0.3880%−2.443
T9o100%+0.1750%−0.765
T8o99%+0.0540%−1.315
T7o0%−0.0600%−1.692
T6o0%−0.1640%−2.083
T5o0%−0.2930%−2.485
T4o0%−0.3290%−2.607
T3o0%−0.3790%−2.754
T2o0%−0.4330%−2.862
98o100%+0.0910%−1.497
97o2%−0.0220%−1.815
96o0%−0.1220%−2.193
95o0%−0.2540%−2.590
94o0%−0.3990%−3.001
93o0%−0.4260%−3.088
92o0%−0.4820%−3.190
87o99%+0.0340%−1.882
86o0%−0.0650%−2.267
85o0%−0.1970%−2.658
84o0%−0.3410%−3.062
83o0%−0.4800%−3.467
82o0%−0.5130%−3.500
76o0%−0.0150%−2.138
75o0%−0.1410%−2.523
74o0%−0.2850%−2.914
73o0%−0.4270%−3.320
72o0%−0.5760%−3.679
65o0%−0.0760%−2.395
64o0%−0.2170%−2.781
63o0%−0.3590%−3.176
62o0%−0.5050%−3.533
54o0%−0.1440%−2.610
53o0%−0.2840%−2.979
52o0%−0.4340%−3.338
43o0%−0.3450%−3.144
42o0%−0.4900%−3.478
32o0%−0.5530%−3.631

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// what was solved
  • Heads-up, blinds 0.5 / 1, no ante. Stacks are the effective stack in big blinds.
  • The small blind may only shove or fold; the big blind may only call or fold. No limps, no min-raises.
  • Solved by fictitious play over a 169×169 all-in equity matrix, 60,000 sampled runouts per matchup, card removal corrected. Every line ends all-in or folded, so there is no postflop model and no realisation fudge.
  • EV is the aggressive action minus folding, in big blinds, against the opponent's equilibrium range. Frequencies between 20% and 80% count as mixed, the same cut-offs the trainer grades with.
  • Raw data: pushfold.json (the exact file the trainer and these pages read).