// push/fold charts · 18 bb

Heads-up push/fold at 18 bb

At 18 big blinds effective, the equilibrium small blind shoves 42.2% of hands and the big blind calls 23.7%. 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 42.2% of hands

always (≥80%) mixed, % shown never (≤20%)
22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q5s+, J7s+, T6s+, 96s+, 85s+, 75s+, 65s, 54s, A2o+, K8o+, Q9o+, J9o+, T9o, 98o

Big blind: call the shove or fold

Calls 23.7% of hands

always (≥80%) mixed, % shown never (≤20%)
33+, A2s+, K9s+, QTs+, A4o+, KTo+, QJo

The closest decisions at 18 bb

These are the hands where shoving (or calling) and folding are worth the least different. At 18 bb the worst of them costs 0.366 bb to get wrong; getting the hands far from this list wrong is where the chips go.

Small blind

HandShove freqShove vs fold (bb)
J6s22%+0.001
T8o10%−0.001
K8o100%+0.006
85s98%+0.019
87o0%−0.020
J5s4%−0.021
Q4s5%−0.023
64s0%−0.025

Big blind

HandCall freqCall vs fold (bb)
JTs44%−0.010
K8s10%−0.090
A4o99%+0.096
QJo96%+0.100
A3o1%−0.124
K9o1%−0.156
220%−0.305
A2o1%−0.366
All 169 hands at 18 bb: frequency and EV
HandSB shoveShove vs foldBB callCall vs fold
AA100%+3.696100%+13.401
KK100%+3.234100%+10.944
QQ100%+2.921100%+9.558
JJ100%+2.610100%+8.370
TT100%+2.337100%+7.265
99100%+2.051100%+5.777
88100%+1.833100%+4.452
77100%+1.626100%+3.463
66100%+1.438100%+2.646
55100%+1.233100%+1.834
44100%+0.998100%+1.060
33100%+0.803100%+0.393
22100%+0.6700%−0.305
AKs100%+2.374100%+6.630
AQs100%+2.143100%+5.869
AJs100%+1.929100%+5.243
ATs100%+1.692100%+4.646
A9s100%+1.378100%+3.647
A8s100%+1.185100%+2.858
A7s100%+1.013100%+2.135
A6s100%+0.862100%+1.609
A5s100%+0.850100%+1.502
A4s100%+0.765100%+1.131
A3s100%+0.710100%+0.907
A2s100%+0.664100%+0.706
KQs100%+1.077100%+2.917
KJs100%+0.886100%+2.347
KTs100%+0.676100%+1.830
K9s100%+0.434100%+0.885
K8s100%+0.29810%−0.090
K7s100%+0.2720%−0.449
K6s100%+0.2390%−0.676
K5s100%+0.1870%−0.975
K4s100%+0.1240%−1.257
K3s100%+0.0940%−1.452
K2s99%+0.0410%−1.662
QJs100%+0.624100%+1.090
QTs100%+0.49899%+0.595
Q9s100%+0.3310%−0.396
Q8s100%+0.2190%−1.160
Q7s100%+0.0970%−1.689
Q6s99%+0.0860%−1.815
Q5s99%+0.0290%−2.079
Q4s5%−0.0230%−2.313
Q3s0%−0.0610%−2.517
Q2s0%−0.1070%−2.703
JTs100%+0.50744%−0.010
J9s100%+0.3630%−0.999
J8s100%+0.2410%−1.650
J7s99%+0.1310%−2.135
J6s22%+0.0010%−2.675
J5s4%−0.0210%−2.784
J4s0%−0.0820%−2.990
J3s0%−0.1250%−3.224
J2s0%−0.1730%−3.425
T9s100%+0.4120%−1.283
T8s100%+0.2930%−1.833
T7s99%+0.1710%−2.357
T6s99%+0.0520%−2.849
T5s0%−0.0860%−3.398
T4s0%−0.1340%−3.542
T3s0%−0.1650%−3.732
T2s0%−0.2190%−3.955
98s100%+0.3360%−2.109
97s99%+0.2230%−2.613
96s99%+0.1020%−3.107
95s0%−0.0460%−3.645
94s0%−0.1990%−4.197
93s0%−0.2120%−4.312
92s0%−0.2640%−4.534
87s100%+0.2780%−2.484
86s99%+0.1580%−2.964
85s98%+0.0190%−3.499
84s0%−0.1350%−4.059
83s0%−0.2640%−4.617
82s0%−0.2840%−4.732
76s99%+0.2040%−2.781
75s98%+0.0730%−3.290
74s0%−0.0830%−3.841
73s0%−0.2110%−4.385
72s0%−0.3520%−4.963
65s99%+0.1310%−3.113
64s0%−0.0250%−3.610
63s0%−0.1540%−4.160
62s0%−0.2960%−4.753
54s98%+0.0350%−3.336
53s0%−0.0880%−3.884
52s0%−0.2320%−4.449
43s0%−0.1610%−4.083
42s0%−0.3010%−4.636
32s0%−0.3570%−4.849
AKo100%+2.253100%+6.004
AQo100%+1.997100%+5.177
AJo100%+1.769100%+4.497
ATo100%+1.514100%+3.861
A9o100%+1.175100%+2.810
A8o100%+0.963100%+1.944
A7o100%+0.778100%+1.181
A6o100%+0.617100%+0.602
A5o100%+0.601100%+0.490
A4o100%+0.51499%+0.096
A3o100%+0.4561%−0.124
A2o100%+0.4021%−0.366
KQo100%+0.842100%+2.033
KJo100%+0.638100%+1.435
KTo100%+0.415100%+0.882
K9o100%+0.1471%−0.156
K8o100%+0.0060%−1.168
K7o1%−0.0250%−1.544
K6o0%−0.0600%−1.815
K5o0%−0.1220%−2.140
K4o0%−0.1850%−2.443
K3o0%−0.2210%−2.658
K2o0%−0.2750%−2.882
QJo100%+0.35496%+0.100
QTo100%+0.2130%−0.437
Q9o100%+0.0390%−1.474
Q8o0%−0.0810%−2.282
Q7o0%−0.2100%−2.854
Q6o0%−0.2210%−2.999
Q5o0%−0.2730%−3.261
Q4o0%−0.3400%−3.531
Q3o0%−0.3880%−3.774
Q2o0%−0.4420%−3.993
JTo100%+0.2290%−1.069
J9o99%+0.0740%−2.114
J8o0%−0.0490%−2.803
J7o0%−0.1810%−3.369
J6o0%−0.3060%−3.884
J5o0%−0.3370%−4.019
J4o0%−0.4040%−4.261
J3o0%−0.4460%−4.487
J2o0%−0.5000%−4.705
T9o99%+0.1260%−2.394
T8o10%−0.0010%−3.013
T7o0%−0.1280%−3.559
T6o0%−0.2590%−4.090
T5o0%−0.4090%−4.674
T4o0%−0.4620%−4.829
T3o0%−0.5000%−5.041
T2o0%−0.5520%−5.267
98o98%+0.0440%−3.273
97o0%−0.0840%−3.839
96o0%−0.2070%−4.354
95o0%−0.3580%−4.899
94o0%−0.5250%−5.493
93o0%−0.5430%−5.617
92o0%−0.5940%−5.847
87o0%−0.0200%−3.680
86o0%−0.1420%−4.194
85o0%−0.2930%−4.738
84o0%−0.4570%−5.338
83o0%−0.5970%−5.933
82o0%−0.6280%−6.062
76o0%−0.0980%−4.004
75o0%−0.2380%−4.531
74o0%−0.4020%−5.101
73o0%−0.5470%−5.708
72o0%−0.6970%−6.321
65o0%−0.1740%−4.325
64o0%−0.3370%−4.858
63o0%−0.4800%−5.466
62o0%−0.6320%−6.079
54o0%−0.2680%−4.563
53o0%−0.4070%−5.125
52o0%−0.5630%−5.740
43o0%−0.4820%−5.342
42o0%−0.6340%−5.928
32o0%−0.6960%−6.152

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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).