// push/fold charts · 16 bb

Heads-up push/fold at 16 bb

At 16 big blinds effective, the equilibrium small blind shoves 44.8% of hands and the big blind calls 26.4%. 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 44.8% of hands

always (≥80%) mixed, % shown never (≤20%)
22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q4s+, J5s+, T6s+, 96s+, 85s+, 75s+, 64s+, 54s, A2o+, K7o+, Q9o+, J9o+, T8o+, 98o

Big blind: call the shove or fold

Calls 26.4% of hands

always (≥80%) mixed, % shown never (≤20%)
33+, A2s+, K8s+, Q9s+, JTs, A3o+, K9o+, QJo

The closest decisions at 16 bb

These are the hands where shoving (or calling) and folding are worth the least different. At 16 bb the worst of them costs 0.286 bb to get wrong; getting the hands far from this list wrong is where the chips go.

Small blind

HandShove freqShove vs fold (bb)
J5s72%+0.001
K7o79%+0.003
Q4s99%+0.006
64s97%+0.006
87o4%−0.006
T8o99%+0.010
J6s99%+0.021
K6o1%−0.029

Big blind

HandCall freqCall vs fold (bb)
A2o22%−0.002
Q9s90%+0.019
QTo0%−0.024
K7s1%−0.046
221%−0.088
A3o100%+0.208
K6s0%−0.278
K9o100%+0.286
All 169 hands at 16 bb: frequency and EV
HandSB shoveShove vs foldBB callCall vs fold
AA100%+3.686100%+12.010
KK100%+3.208100%+9.957
QQ100%+2.912100%+8.730
JJ100%+2.625100%+7.706
TT100%+2.376100%+6.703
99100%+2.072100%+5.411
88100%+1.848100%+4.245
77100%+1.651100%+3.317
66100%+1.481100%+2.546
55100%+1.296100%+1.823
44100%+1.081100%+1.115
33100%+0.873100%+0.520
22100%+0.7231%−0.088
AKs100%+2.401100%+6.048
AQs100%+2.177100%+5.383
AJs100%+1.982100%+4.865
ATs100%+1.769100%+4.372
A9s100%+1.488100%+3.479
A8s100%+1.281100%+2.864
A7s100%+1.111100%+2.230
A6s100%+0.965100%+1.753
A5s100%+0.951100%+1.648
A4s100%+0.864100%+1.337
A3s100%+0.807100%+1.116
A2s100%+0.758100%+0.945
KQs100%+1.152100%+2.953
KJs100%+0.980100%+2.467
KTs100%+0.789100%+2.034
K9s100%+0.517100%+1.197
K8s100%+0.329100%+0.368
K7s100%+0.2961%−0.046
K6s100%+0.2670%−0.278
K5s100%+0.2170%−0.545
K4s100%+0.1560%−0.784
K3s100%+0.1060%−0.979
K2s100%+0.0640%−1.160
QJs100%+0.659100%+1.303
QTs100%+0.546100%+0.883
Q9s100%+0.34390%+0.019
Q8s100%+0.2310%−0.631
Q7s100%+0.1160%−1.189
Q6s100%+0.1110%−1.266
Q5s100%+0.0570%−1.501
Q4s99%+0.0060%−1.714
Q3s0%−0.0530%−1.901
Q2s0%−0.0880%−2.063
JTs100%+0.53398%+0.340
J9s100%+0.3540%−0.523
J8s100%+0.2490%−1.083
J7s100%+0.1450%−1.602
J6s99%+0.0210%−2.059
J5s72%+0.0010%−2.174
J4s0%−0.0550%−2.375
J3s0%−0.1220%−2.567
J2s0%−0.1580%−2.741
T9s100%+0.4070%−0.809
T8s100%+0.3050%−1.393
T7s100%+0.1900%−1.965
T6s99%+0.0760%−2.373
T5s0%−0.0600%−2.851
T4s0%−0.1010%−2.983
T3s0%−0.1580%−3.140
T2s0%−0.2000%−3.330
98s100%+0.3310%−1.697
97s100%+0.2270%−2.154
96s99%+0.1100%−2.563
95s0%−0.0350%−3.036
94s0%−0.1810%−3.533
93s0%−0.2150%−3.618
92s0%−0.2580%−3.810
87s100%+0.2900%−2.073
86s99%+0.1740%−2.477
85s98%+0.0380%−2.943
84s0%−0.1110%−3.447
83s0%−0.2630%−3.928
82s0%−0.2730%−4.025
76s100%+0.2260%−2.333
75s99%+0.0950%−2.774
74s0%−0.0580%−3.275
73s0%−0.2040%−3.742
72s0%−0.3350%−4.253
65s99%+0.1560%−2.608
64s97%+0.0060%−3.065
63s0%−0.1410%−3.542
62s0%−0.2760%−4.061
54s99%+0.0680%−2.831
53s0%−0.0790%−3.295
52s0%−0.2070%−3.789
43s0%−0.1470%−3.482
42s0%−0.2740%−3.963
32s0%−0.3430%−4.139
AKo100%+2.287100%+5.489
AQo100%+2.034100%+4.772
AJo100%+1.826100%+4.206
ATo100%+1.595100%+3.678
A9o100%+1.297100%+2.737
A8o100%+1.068100%+2.061
A7o100%+0.883100%+1.397
A6o100%+0.727100%+0.868
A5o100%+0.707100%+0.761
A4o100%+0.622100%+0.433
A3o100%+0.564100%+0.208
A2o100%+0.50422%−0.002
KQo100%+0.925100%+2.182
KJo100%+0.740100%+1.673
KTo100%+0.538100%+1.207
K9o100%+0.241100%+0.286
K8o100%+0.0430%−0.569
K7o79%+0.0030%−1.002
K6o1%−0.0290%−1.277
K5o0%−0.0880%−1.569
K4o0%−0.1480%−1.828
K3o0%−0.2030%−2.039
K2o0%−0.2470%−2.235
QJo100%+0.39299%+0.437
QTo100%+0.2650%−0.024
Q9o100%+0.0550%−0.930
Q8o0%−0.0690%−1.613
Q7o0%−0.1890%−2.214
Q6o0%−0.1950%−2.299
Q5o0%−0.2440%−2.541
Q4o0%−0.3100%−2.788
Q3o0%−0.3760%−3.009
Q2o0%−0.4210%−3.200
JTo100%+0.2580%−0.585
J9o100%+0.0670%−1.498
J8o0%−0.0410%−2.092
J7o0%−0.1670%−2.686
J6o0%−0.2870%−3.124
J5o0%−0.3140%−3.264
J4o0%−0.3760%−3.495
J3o0%−0.4390%−3.681
J2o0%−0.4840%−3.868
T9o100%+0.1230%−1.783
T8o99%+0.0100%−2.430
T7o0%−0.1080%−3.029
T6o0%−0.2340%−3.473
T5o0%−0.3790%−3.984
T4o0%−0.4250%−4.125
T3o0%−0.4870%−4.298
T2o0%−0.5310%−4.495
98o99%+0.0430%−2.725
97o0%−0.0750%−3.237
96o0%−0.1930%−3.669
95o0%−0.3400%−4.150
94o0%−0.5020%−4.685
93o0%−0.5390%−4.774
92o0%−0.5830%−4.974
87o4%−0.0060%−3.134
86o0%−0.1240%−3.567
85o0%−0.2710%−4.045
84o0%−0.4310%−4.582
83o0%−0.5910%−5.096
82o0%−0.6110%−5.203
76o0%−0.0740%−3.418
75o0%−0.2130%−3.878
74o0%−0.3720%−4.395
73o0%−0.5350%−4.920
72o0%−0.6780%−5.461
65o0%−0.1460%−3.684
64o0%−0.3040%−4.182
63o0%−0.4640%−4.700
62o0%−0.6070%−5.237
54o0%−0.2320%−3.925
53o0%−0.3910%−4.394
52o0%−0.5350%−4.935
43o0%−0.4630%−4.603
42o0%−0.6040%−5.114
32o0%−0.6780%−5.292

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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).