// push/fold charts · 20 bb

Heads-up push/fold at 20 bb

At 20 big blinds effective, the equilibrium small blind shoves 40.2% of hands and the big blind calls 21.7%. 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 40.2% of hands

always (≥80%) mixed, % shown never (≤20%)
22+, A2s+, K3s+, Q6s+, J7s+, T6s+, 96s+, 86s+, 75s+, 65s, 54s, A2o+, K9o+, Q9o+, J9o+, T9o, 98o

Big blind: call the shove or fold

Calls 21.7% of hands

always (≥80%) mixed, % shown never (≤20%)
33+, A2s+, K9s+, QTs+, A5o+, KTo+

The closest decisions at 20 bb

These are the hands where shoving (or calling) and folding are worth the least different. At 20 bb the worst of them costs 0.424 bb to get wrong; getting the hands far from this list wrong is where the chips go.

Small blind

HandShove freqShove vs fold (bb)
K3s80%0.000
Q5s19%−0.005
54s98%+0.016
Q9o99%+0.016
85s0%−0.018
T8o0%−0.020
98o98%+0.020
J6s0%−0.025

Big blind

HandCall freqCall vs fold (bb)
QJo0%−0.070
A5o98%+0.143
33100%+0.205
JTs0%−0.222
A4o1%−0.263
A6o100%+0.309
A2s100%+0.403
K8s0%−0.424
All 169 hands at 20 bb: frequency and EV
HandSB shoveShove vs foldBB callCall vs fold
AA100%+3.737100%+14.759
KK100%+3.232100%+11.907
QQ100%+2.942100%+10.481
JJ100%+2.649100%+9.125
TT100%+2.366100%+7.842
99100%+2.059100%+6.115
88100%+1.825100%+4.685
77100%+1.605100%+3.631
66100%+1.396100%+2.694
55100%+1.169100%+1.815
44100%+0.950100%+0.957
33100%+0.761100%+0.205
22100%+0.6190%−0.555
AKs100%+2.367100%+7.148
AQs100%+2.106100%+6.353
AJs100%+1.870100%+5.631
ATs100%+1.640100%+4.920
A9s100%+1.308100%+3.780
A8s100%+1.104100%+2.785
A7s100%+0.925100%+2.055
A6s100%+0.768100%+1.439
A5s100%+0.759100%+1.286
A4s100%+0.682100%+0.899
A3s100%+0.629100%+0.643
A2s100%+0.580100%+0.403
KQs100%+1.011100%+2.843
KJs100%+0.796100%+2.201
KTs100%+0.594100%+1.608
K9s100%+0.34099%+0.540
K8s100%+0.2040%−0.424
K7s100%+0.1790%−0.720
K6s100%+0.1410%−0.976
K5s100%+0.0880%−1.321
K4s100%+0.0480%−1.606
K3s80%0.0000%−1.823
K2s0%−0.0560%−2.059
QJs100%+0.570100%+1.031
QTs100%+0.48997%+0.451
Q9s100%+0.3150%−0.673
Q8s100%+0.1960%−1.443
Q7s99%+0.0670%−2.092
Q6s99%+0.0530%−2.237
Q5s19%−0.0050%−2.530
Q4s0%−0.0320%−2.772
Q3s0%−0.0890%−2.999
Q2s0%−0.1390%−3.189
JTs100%+0.5050%−0.222
J9s100%+0.3570%−1.347
J8s100%+0.2300%−1.979
J7s99%+0.1140%−2.587
J6s0%−0.0250%−3.186
J5s0%−0.0480%−3.293
J4s0%−0.0840%−3.532
J3s0%−0.1440%−3.789
J2s0%−0.1970%−3.997
T9s100%+0.4010%−1.683
T8s100%+0.2810%−2.177
T7s99%+0.1520%−2.834
T6s98%+0.0260%−3.385
T5s0%−0.1170%−3.981
T4s0%−0.1390%−4.157
T3s0%−0.1890%−4.365
T2s0%−0.2450%−4.596
98s100%+0.3140%−2.497
97s99%+0.1980%−3.150
96s99%+0.0720%−3.702
95s0%−0.0820%−4.286
94s0%−0.2110%−4.917
93s0%−0.2420%−5.040
92s0%−0.2960%−5.271
87s99%+0.2500%−2.910
86s99%+0.1240%−3.437
85s0%−0.0180%−3.995
84s0%−0.1520%−4.625
83s0%−0.3000%−5.242
82s0%−0.3210%−5.351
76s99%+0.1730%−3.268
75s98%+0.0350%−3.796
74s0%−0.1020%−4.442
73s0%−0.2480%−5.041
72s0%−0.3950%−5.664
65s99%+0.0900%−3.602
64s0%−0.0460%−4.186
63s0%−0.1950%−4.799
62s0%−0.3430%−5.433
54s98%+0.0160%−3.866
53s0%−0.1290%−4.467
52s0%−0.2810%−5.077
43s0%−0.1880%−4.713
42s0%−0.3340%−5.307
32s0%−0.4000%−5.544
AKo100%+2.244100%+6.446
AQo100%+1.952100%+5.584
AJo100%+1.699100%+4.796
ATo100%+1.456100%+4.050
A9o100%+1.099100%+2.842
A8o100%+0.872100%+1.752
A7o100%+0.680100%+0.982
A6o100%+0.513100%+0.309
A5o100%+0.50198%+0.143
A4o100%+0.4201%−0.263
A3o100%+0.3661%−0.514
A2o100%+0.3070%−0.802
KQo100%+0.768100%+1.843
KJo100%+0.538100%+1.172
KTo100%+0.323100%+0.538
K9o100%+0.0460%−0.633
K8o1%−0.0990%−1.641
K7o0%−0.1280%−1.941
K6o0%−0.1660%−2.245
K5o0%−0.2290%−2.628
K4o0%−0.2720%−2.931
K3o0%−0.3250%−3.166
K2o0%−0.3830%−3.411
QJo100%+0.2870%−0.070
QTo100%+0.1960%−0.699
Q9o99%+0.0160%−1.877
Q8o0%−0.1110%−2.691
Q7o0%−0.2460%−3.390
Q6o0%−0.2610%−3.558
Q5o0%−0.3140%−3.844
Q4o0%−0.3590%−4.132
Q3o0%−0.4230%−4.399
Q2o0%−0.4820%−4.620
JTo100%+0.2200%−1.402
J9o99%+0.0650%−2.591
J8o0%−0.0640%−3.263
J7o0%−0.2040%−3.959
J6o0%−0.3390%−4.538
J5o0%−0.3700%−4.672
J4o0%−0.4130%−4.952
J3o0%−0.4720%−5.199
J2o0%−0.5300%−5.424
T9o99%+0.1110%−2.926
T8o0%−0.0200%−3.497
T7o0%−0.1530%−4.175
T6o0%−0.2890%−4.766
T5o0%−0.4430%−5.406
T4o0%−0.4720%−5.591
T3o0%−0.5290%−5.824
T2o0%−0.5830%−6.058
98o98%+0.0200%−3.794
97o0%−0.1140%−4.520
96o0%−0.2430%−5.094
95o0%−0.3980%−5.684
94o0%−0.5450%−6.362
93o0%−0.5770%−6.494
92o0%−0.6320%−6.727
87o0%−0.0530%−4.243
86o0%−0.1800%−4.804
85o0%−0.3350%−5.364
84o0%−0.4790%−6.049
83o0%−0.6370%−6.707
82o0%−0.6720%−6.827
76o0%−0.1340%−4.630
75o0%−0.2820%−5.173
74o0%−0.4260%−5.849
73o0%−0.5910%−6.520
72o0%−0.7460%−7.175
65o0%−0.2190%−4.951
64o0%−0.3650%−5.575
63o0%−0.5250%−6.251
62o0%−0.6830%−6.906
54o0%−0.2930%−5.225
53o0%−0.4530%−5.845
52o0%−0.6160%−6.508
43o0%−0.5160%−6.113
42o0%−0.6730%−6.749
32o0%−0.7450%−6.994

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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).