// push/fold charts · 3 bb

Heads-up push/fold at 3 bb

At 3 big blinds effective, the equilibrium small blind shoves 77.9% of hands and the big blind calls 92.3%. 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 77.9% of hands

always (≥80%) mixed, % shown never (≤20%)
22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q2s+, J2s+, T2s+, 92s+, 84s+, 74s+, 64s+, 54s, A2o+, K2o+, Q2o+, J2o+, T3o+, 95o+, 85o+, 76o

Big blind: call the shove or fold

Calls 92.3% of hands

always (≥80%) mixed, % shown never (≤20%)
22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q2s+, J2s+, T2s+, 92s+, 82s+, 72s+, 62s+, 52s+, 42s+, 32s, A2o+, K2o+, Q2o+, J2o+, T2o+, 92o+, 84o+, 74o+, 64o+, 53o+, 43o

The closest decisions at 3 bb

These are the hands where shoving (or calling) and folding are worth the least different. At 3 bb the worst of them costs 0.054 bb to get wrong; getting the hands far from this list wrong is where the chips go.

Small blind

HandShove freqShove vs fold (bb)
T2o26%0.000
85o97%+0.001
75o0%−0.031
83s1%−0.032
64s100%+0.034
92s100%+0.039
94o0%−0.044
74s100%+0.046

Big blind

HandCall freqCall vs fold (bb)
63o44%0.000
43o100%+0.014
73o2%−0.027
83o2%−0.032
92o100%+0.044
82o1%−0.050
52o0%−0.050
53o100%+0.054
All 169 hands at 3 bb: frequency and EV
HandSB shoveShove vs foldBB callCall vs fold
AA100%+2.511100%+3.110
KK100%+2.344100%+2.897
QQ100%+2.197100%+2.702
JJ100%+2.048100%+2.505
TT100%+1.900100%+2.312
99100%+1.723100%+2.100
88100%+1.556100%+1.908
77100%+1.399100%+1.731
66100%+1.240100%+1.562
55100%+1.075100%+1.396
44100%+0.888100%+1.231
33100%+0.707100%+1.087
22100%+0.541100%+0.947
AKs100%+1.516100%+2.026
AQs100%+1.463100%+1.957
AJs100%+1.415100%+1.891
ATs100%+1.366100%+1.821
A9s100%+1.258100%+1.680
A8s100%+1.202100%+1.619
A7s100%+1.146100%+1.546
A6s100%+1.089100%+1.479
A5s100%+1.090100%+1.465
A4s100%+1.038100%+1.404
A3s100%+0.983100%+1.359
A2s100%+0.927100%+1.316
KQs100%+1.297100%+1.734
KJs100%+1.246100%+1.665
KTs100%+1.197100%+1.596
K9s100%+1.093100%+1.462
K8s100%+0.986100%+1.342
K7s100%+0.941100%+1.283
K6s100%+0.894100%+1.227
K5s100%+0.846100%+1.162
K4s100%+0.795100%+1.103
K3s100%+0.737100%+1.057
K2s100%+0.680100%+1.014
QJs100%+1.105100%+1.473
QTs100%+1.055100%+1.405
Q9s100%+0.949100%+1.271
Q8s100%+0.845100%+1.153
Q7s100%+0.749100%+1.036
Q6s100%+0.712100%+0.991
Q5s100%+0.664100%+0.930
Q4s100%+0.613100%+0.871
Q3s100%+0.555100%+0.825
Q2s100%+0.503100%+0.787
JTs100%+0.937100%+1.243
J9s100%+0.828100%+1.109
J8s100%+0.724100%+0.990
J7s100%+0.631100%+0.878
J6s100%+0.533100%+0.762
J5s100%+0.500100%+0.718
J4s100%+0.449100%+0.661
J3s100%+0.388100%+0.613
J2s100%+0.335100%+0.574
T9s100%+0.727100%+0.972
T8s100%+0.625100%+0.857
T7s100%+0.527100%+0.742
T6s100%+0.432100%+0.631
T5s100%+0.336100%+0.517
T4s100%+0.295100%+0.474
T3s100%+0.240100%+0.432
T2s100%+0.184100%+0.395
98s100%+0.531100%+0.751
97s100%+0.434100%+0.642
96s100%+0.339100%+0.536
95s100%+0.244100%+0.427
94s100%+0.140100%+0.322
93s100%+0.096100%+0.295
92s100%+0.039100%+0.260
87s100%+0.366100%+0.595
86s100%+0.273100%+0.493
85s100%+0.179100%+0.386
84s100%+0.075100%+0.287
83s1%−0.032100%+0.189
82s0%−0.073100%+0.169
76s100%+0.242100%+0.480
75s100%+0.149100%+0.384
74s100%+0.046100%+0.291
73s0%−0.055100%+0.193
72s0%−0.166100%+0.098
65s100%+0.133100%+0.401
64s100%+0.034100%+0.313
63s0%−0.064100%+0.217
62s0%−0.174100%+0.120
54s100%+0.048100%+0.358
53s0%−0.046100%+0.264
52s0%−0.150100%+0.170
43s0%−0.104100%+0.229
42s0%−0.199100%+0.137
32s0%−0.249100%+0.097
AKo100%+1.420100%+1.925
AQo100%+1.367100%+1.853
AJo100%+1.313100%+1.780
ATo100%+1.260100%+1.704
A9o100%+1.147100%+1.555
A8o100%+1.084100%+1.486
A7o100%+1.026100%+1.410
A6o100%+0.962100%+1.335
A5o100%+0.962100%+1.320
A4o100%+0.908100%+1.255
A3o100%+0.850100%+1.209
A2o100%+0.787100%+1.162
KQo100%+1.186100%+1.612
KJo100%+1.132100%+1.539
KTo100%+1.083100%+1.469
K9o100%+0.970100%+1.323
K8o100%+0.857100%+1.194
K7o100%+0.810100%+1.134
K6o100%+0.756100%+1.069
K5o100%+0.704100%+1.001
K4o100%+0.650100%+0.936
K3o100%+0.589100%+0.888
K2o100%+0.527100%+0.841
QJo100%+0.984100%+1.336
QTo100%+0.931100%+1.264
Q9o100%+0.819100%+1.122
Q8o100%+0.709100%+0.998
Q7o100%+0.605100%+0.870
Q6o100%+0.566100%+0.822
Q5o100%+0.516100%+0.758
Q4o100%+0.459100%+0.693
Q3o100%+0.394100%+0.641
Q2o100%+0.336100%+0.598
JTo100%+0.807100%+1.093
J9o100%+0.689100%+0.947
J8o100%+0.580100%+0.824
J7o100%+0.477100%+0.699
J6o100%+0.374100%+0.578
J5o100%+0.339100%+0.531
J4o100%+0.283100%+0.468
J3o100%+0.221100%+0.420
J2o100%+0.159100%+0.373
T9o100%+0.584100%+0.806
T8o100%+0.473100%+0.679
T7o100%+0.369100%+0.558
T6o100%+0.266100%+0.438
T5o100%+0.165100%+0.317
T4o100%+0.121100%+0.272
T3o100%+0.059100%+0.224
T2o26%0.000100%+0.183
98o100%+0.377100%+0.571
97o100%+0.271100%+0.454
96o100%+0.171100%+0.340
95o100%+0.069100%+0.225
94o0%−0.044100%+0.110
93o0%−0.091100%+0.080
92o0%−0.150100%+0.044
87o100%+0.200100%+0.406
86o100%+0.101100%+0.296
85o97%+0.001100%+0.183
84o0%−0.110100%+0.077
83o0%−0.2272%−0.032
82o0%−0.2701%−0.050
76o100%+0.066100%+0.281
75o0%−0.031100%+0.179
74o0%−0.141100%+0.080
73o0%−0.2522%−0.027
72o0%−0.3700%−0.129
65o0%−0.047100%+0.198
64o0%−0.155100%+0.102
63o0%−0.26044%0.000
62o0%−0.3760%−0.102
54o0%−0.138100%+0.150
53o0%−0.238100%+0.054
52o0%−0.3510%−0.050
43o0%−0.300100%+0.014
42o0%−0.4040%−0.085
32o0%−0.4570%−0.125

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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).