// push/fold charts · 17 bb

Heads-up push/fold at 17 bb

At 17 big blinds effective, the equilibrium small blind shoves 42.9% of hands and the big blind calls 25.0%. 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 42.9% of hands

always (≥80%) mixed, % shown never (≤20%)
22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q5s+, J6s+, T6s+, 96s+, 85s+, 75s+, 65s, 54s, A2o+, K8o+, Q9o+, J9o+, T8o+, 98o

Big blind: call the shove or fold

Calls 25.0% of hands

always (≥80%) mixed, % shown never (≤20%)
33+, A2s+, K8s+, QTs+, JTs, A4o+, K9o+, QJo

The closest decisions at 17 bb

These are the hands where shoving (or calling) and folding are worth the least different. At 17 bb the worst of them costs 0.229 bb to get wrong; getting the hands far from this list wrong is where the chips go.

Small blind

HandShove freqShove vs fold (bb)
T8o62%−0.001
Q4s7%−0.005
J6s94%+0.009
J5s2%−0.011
64s0%−0.014
K7o3%−0.015
87o1%−0.019
85s98%+0.024

Big blind

HandCall freqCall vs fold (bb)
A3o30%−0.003
K9o61%+0.005
K8s98%+0.083
JTs97%+0.163
Q9s0%−0.203
A4o100%+0.204
221%−0.213
A2o1%−0.229
All 169 hands at 17 bb: frequency and EV
HandSB shoveShove vs foldBB callCall vs fold
AA100%+3.699100%+12.703
KK100%+3.218100%+10.427
QQ100%+2.918100%+9.146
JJ100%+2.616100%+8.040
TT100%+2.352100%+6.965
99100%+2.055100%+5.554
88100%+1.830100%+4.291
77100%+1.625100%+3.335
66100%+1.446100%+2.558
55100%+1.249100%+1.786
44100%+1.025100%+1.065
33100%+0.828100%+0.440
22100%+0.6931%−0.213
AKs100%+2.386100%+6.321
AQs100%+2.153100%+5.616
AJs100%+1.953100%+5.043
ATs100%+1.729100%+4.494
A9s100%+1.429100%+3.533
A8s100%+1.234100%+2.829
A7s100%+1.061100%+2.121
A6s100%+0.915100%+1.639
A5s100%+0.903100%+1.522
A4s100%+0.819100%+1.178
A3s100%+0.763100%+0.968
A2s100%+0.718100%+0.783
KQs100%+1.133100%+2.886
KJs100%+0.953100%+2.357
KTs100%+0.752100%+1.881
K9s100%+0.484100%+0.982
K8s100%+0.31498%+0.083
K7s100%+0.2790%−0.279
K6s100%+0.2470%−0.488
K5s100%+0.1980%−0.779
K4s100%+0.1360%−1.041
K3s100%+0.1010%−1.227
K2s100%+0.0540%−1.421
QJs100%+0.638100%+1.191
QTs100%+0.518100%+0.729
Q9s100%+0.3340%−0.203
Q8s100%+0.2260%−0.910
Q7s100%+0.1080%−1.433
Q6s100%+0.1000%−1.551
Q5s99%+0.0470%−1.806
Q4s7%−0.0050%−2.024
Q3s0%−0.0480%−2.215
Q2s0%−0.0890%−2.389
JTs100%+0.52297%+0.163
J9s100%+0.3550%−0.768
J8s100%+0.2400%−1.375
J7s100%+0.1360%−1.857
J6s94%+0.0090%−2.379
J5s2%−0.0110%−2.495
J4s0%−0.0700%−2.687
J3s0%−0.1200%−2.903
J2s0%−0.1620%−3.092
T9s100%+0.4060%−1.066
T8s100%+0.2930%−1.647
T7s100%+0.1770%−2.178
T6s99%+0.0610%−2.654
T5s0%−0.0750%−3.156
T4s0%−0.1200%−3.290
T3s0%−0.1590%−3.469
T2s0%−0.2060%−3.677
98s100%+0.3270%−1.955
97s100%+0.2200%−2.405
96s99%+0.1010%−2.882
95s0%−0.0440%−3.378
94s0%−0.1940%−3.896
93s0%−0.2130%−4.003
92s0%−0.2600%−4.210
87s100%+0.2780%−2.303
86s99%+0.1600%−2.768
85s98%+0.0240%−3.260
84s0%−0.1280%−3.786
83s0%−0.2640%−4.313
82s0%−0.2780%−4.421
76s99%+0.2090%−2.581
75s99%+0.0790%−3.046
74s0%−0.0740%−3.566
73s0%−0.2070%−4.078
72s0%−0.3440%−4.623
65s99%+0.1390%−2.886
64s0%−0.0140%−3.355
63s0%−0.1480%−3.873
62s0%−0.2860%−4.432
54s98%+0.0470%−3.084
53s0%−0.0820%−3.602
52s0%−0.2180%−4.132
43s0%−0.1530%−3.788
42s0%−0.2870%−4.305
32s0%−0.3460%−4.507
AKo100%+2.269100%+5.728
AQo100%+2.007100%+4.963
AJo100%+1.795100%+4.343
ATo100%+1.553100%+3.756
A9o100%+1.232100%+2.743
A8o100%+1.016100%+1.968
A7o100%+0.829100%+1.224
A6o100%+0.672100%+0.691
A5o100%+0.656100%+0.570
A4o100%+0.572100%+0.204
A3o100%+0.51530%−0.003
A2o100%+0.4601%−0.229
KQo100%+0.904100%+2.055
KJo100%+0.712100%+1.504
KTo100%+0.499100%+0.991
K9o100%+0.20361%+0.005
K8o99%+0.0270%−0.928
K7o3%−0.0150%−1.306
K6o1%−0.0490%−1.556
K5o0%−0.1080%−1.874
K4o0%−0.1690%−2.159
K3o0%−0.2110%−2.360
K2o0%−0.2590%−2.570
QJo100%+0.37098%+0.264
QTo100%+0.2350%−0.239
Q9o100%+0.0430%−1.217
Q8o0%−0.0740%−1.964
Q7o0%−0.1970%−2.528
Q6o0%−0.2050%−2.658
Q5o0%−0.2550%−2.917
Q4o0%−0.3210%−3.168
Q3o0%−0.3730%−3.396
Q2o0%−0.4220%−3.602
JTo100%+0.2470%−0.828
J9o99%+0.0690%−1.813
J8o0%−0.0500%−2.454
J7o0%−0.1770%−3.015
J6o0%−0.2990%−3.521
J5o0%−0.3260%−3.655
J4o0%−0.3910%−3.882
J3o0%−0.4380%−4.093
J2o0%−0.4880%−4.295
T9o99%+0.1210%−2.107
T8o62%−0.0010%−2.756
T7o0%−0.1220%−3.313
T6o0%−0.2500%−3.826
T5o0%−0.3960%−4.361
T4o0%−0.4450%−4.506
T3o0%−0.4910%−4.703
T2o0%−0.5380%−4.916
98o99%+0.0370%−3.054
97o0%−0.0830%−3.562
96o0%−0.2040%−4.064
95o0%−0.3520%−4.562
94o0%−0.5170%−5.121
93o0%−0.5400%−5.235
92o0%−0.5870%−5.451
87o1%−0.0190%−3.435
86o0%−0.1390%−3.933
85o0%−0.2870%−4.432
84o0%−0.4490%−4.995
83o0%−0.5940%−5.556
82o0%−0.6190%−5.676
76o0%−0.0920%−3.738
75o0%−0.2300%−4.220
74o0%−0.3910%−4.756
73o0%−0.5410%−5.329
72o0%−0.6870%−5.905
65o0%−0.1640%−4.031
64o0%−0.3240%−4.534
63o0%−0.4720%−5.109
62o0%−0.6190%−5.684
54o0%−0.2540%−4.245
53o0%−0.3980%−4.773
52o0%−0.5470%−5.352
43o0%−0.4710%−4.977
42o0%−0.6170%−5.526
32o0%−0.6830%−5.737

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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).