// push/fold charts · 5 bb

Heads-up push/fold at 5 bb

At 5 big blinds effective, the equilibrium small blind shoves 71.6% of hands and the big blind calls 61.8%. 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 71.6% of hands

always (≥80%) mixed, % shown never (≤20%)
22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q2s+, J2s+, T2s+, 94s+, 84s+, 74s+, 64s+, 53s+, 43s, A2o+, K2o+, Q2o+, J3o+, T6o+, 97o+, 86o+, 76o

Big blind: call the shove or fold

Calls 61.8% of hands

always (≥80%) mixed, % shown never (≤20%)
22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q2s+, J2s+, T4s+, 96s+, 86s+, 76s, A2o+, K2o+, Q2o+, J5o+, T7o+, 97o+

The closest decisions at 5 bb

These are the hands where shoving (or calling) and folding are worth the least different. At 5 bb the worst of them costs 0.038 bb to get wrong; getting the hands far from this list wrong is where the chips go.

Small blind

HandShove freqShove vs fold (bb)
96o33%0.000
63s3%−0.001
93s3%−0.005
J3o100%+0.007
43s97%+0.009
94s99%+0.016
65o0%−0.017
86o99%+0.019

Big blind

HandCall freqCall vs fold (bb)
95s1%−0.001
97o73%+0.002
65s1%−0.004
T4s98%+0.017
J5o100%+0.030
85s0%−0.033
75s1%−0.033
87o0%−0.038
All 169 hands at 5 bb: frequency and EV
HandSB shoveShove vs foldBB callCall vs fold
AA100%+2.987100%+4.500
KK100%+2.719100%+4.111
QQ100%+2.468100%+3.752
JJ100%+2.245100%+3.394
TT100%+2.065100%+3.083
99100%+1.859100%+2.764
88100%+1.672100%+2.457
77100%+1.492100%+2.150
66100%+1.332100%+1.857
55100%+1.186100%+1.595
44100%+1.035100%+1.333
33100%+0.898100%+1.093
22100%+0.754100%+0.871
AKs100%+1.924100%+2.695
AQs100%+1.835100%+2.568
AJs100%+1.737100%+2.438
ATs100%+1.649100%+2.301
A9s100%+1.501100%+2.072
A8s100%+1.429100%+1.976
A7s100%+1.346100%+1.853
A6s100%+1.259100%+1.728
A5s100%+1.245100%+1.686
A4s100%+1.188100%+1.600
A3s100%+1.150100%+1.526
A2s100%+1.113100%+1.447
KQs100%+1.540100%+2.154
KJs100%+1.444100%+2.022
KTs100%+1.359100%+1.893
K9s100%+1.215100%+1.673
K8s100%+1.080100%+1.476
K7s100%+1.010100%+1.374
K6s100%+0.934100%+1.267
K5s100%+0.865100%+1.142
K4s100%+0.808100%+1.061
K3s100%+0.769100%+0.983
K2s100%+0.730100%+0.907
QJs100%+1.188100%+1.664
QTs100%+1.109100%+1.545
Q9s100%+0.958100%+1.318
Q8s100%+0.826100%+1.123
Q7s100%+0.697100%+0.925
Q6s100%+0.628100%+0.836
Q5s100%+0.563100%+0.721
Q4s100%+0.507100%+0.638
Q3s100%+0.465100%+0.560
Q2s100%+0.431100%+0.493
JTs100%+0.887100%+1.248
J9s100%+0.737100%+1.021
J8s100%+0.604100%+0.822
J7s100%+0.485100%+0.634
J6s100%+0.351100%+0.431
J5s100%+0.311100%+0.353
J4s100%+0.266100%+0.273
J3s100%+0.222100%+0.193
J2s100%+0.186100%+0.134
T9s100%+0.609100%+0.807
T8s100%+0.484100%+0.616
T7s100%+0.360100%+0.426
T6s100%+0.249100%+0.244
T5s100%+0.144100%+0.069
T4s100%+0.12098%+0.017
T3s100%+0.0850%−0.050
T2s100%+0.0450%−0.103
98s100%+0.427100%+0.506
97s100%+0.311100%+0.322
96s100%+0.215100%+0.157
95s100%+0.1141%−0.001
94s99%+0.0160%−0.168
93s3%−0.0050%−0.212
92s0%−0.0460%−0.265
87s100%+0.315100%+0.279
86s100%+0.229100%+0.116
85s100%+0.1330%−0.033
84s99%+0.0300%−0.205
83s0%−0.0690%−0.365
82s0%−0.0930%−0.392
76s100%+0.254100%+0.098
75s100%+0.1631%−0.033
74s99%+0.0610%−0.204
73s0%−0.0400%−0.363
72s0%−0.1450%−0.514
65s100%+0.1981%−0.004
64s100%+0.1010%−0.167
63s3%−0.0010%−0.325
62s0%−0.1080%−0.479
54s100%+0.1520%−0.079
53s99%+0.0500%−0.230
52s0%−0.0550%−0.381
43s97%+0.0090%−0.305
42s0%−0.0940%−0.448
32s0%−0.1380%−0.513
AKo100%+1.828100%+2.526
AQo100%+1.732100%+2.391
AJo100%+1.623100%+2.247
ATo100%+1.528100%+2.100
A9o100%+1.370100%+1.857
A8o100%+1.288100%+1.748
A7o100%+1.203100%+1.621
A6o100%+1.107100%+1.485
A5o100%+1.090100%+1.437
A4o100%+1.030100%+1.349
A3o100%+0.991100%+1.273
A2o100%+0.947100%+1.183
KQo100%+1.417100%+1.944
KJo100%+1.314100%+1.807
KTo100%+1.224100%+1.674
K9o100%+1.065100%+1.433
K8o100%+0.922100%+1.223
K7o100%+0.848100%+1.118
K6o100%+0.762100%+0.997
K5o100%+0.688100%+0.865
K4o100%+0.626100%+0.774
K3o100%+0.585100%+0.694
K2o100%+0.542100%+0.610
QJo100%+1.042100%+1.427
QTo100%+0.954100%+1.299
Q9o100%+0.794100%+1.059
Q8o100%+0.655100%+0.855
Q7o100%+0.514100%+0.639
Q6o100%+0.443100%+0.545
Q5o100%+0.372100%+0.424
Q4o100%+0.309100%+0.332
Q3o100%+0.263100%+0.245
Q2o100%+0.222100%+0.167
JTo100%+0.719100%+0.986
J9o100%+0.556100%+0.740
J8o100%+0.419100%+0.535
J7o100%+0.282100%+0.321
J6o100%+0.147100%+0.115
J5o100%+0.100100%+0.030
J4o100%+0.0491%−0.061
J3o100%+0.0070%−0.140
J2o0%−0.0360%−0.212
T9o100%+0.424100%+0.521
T8o100%+0.286100%+0.312
T7o100%+0.155100%+0.111
T6o100%+0.0350%−0.088
T5o0%−0.0780%−0.274
T4o0%−0.1040%−0.327
T3o0%−0.1450%−0.405
T2o0%−0.1850%−0.461
98o100%+0.227100%+0.199
97o100%+0.10473%+0.002
96o33%0.0000%−0.177
95o0%−0.1070%−0.343
94o0%−0.2140%−0.523
93o0%−0.2370%−0.569
92o0%−0.2780%−0.624
87o100%+0.1110%−0.038
86o99%+0.0190%−0.214
85o0%−0.0860%−0.374
84o0%−0.1950%−0.555
83o0%−0.3050%−0.731
82o0%−0.3280%−0.756
76o99%+0.0420%−0.235
75o0%−0.0550%−0.376
74o0%−0.1620%−0.554
73o0%−0.2740%−0.729
72o0%−0.3870%−0.892
65o0%−0.0170%−0.344
64o0%−0.1230%−0.518
63o0%−0.2330%−0.686
62o0%−0.3460%−0.849
54o0%−0.0660%−0.422
53o0%−0.1740%−0.581
52o0%−0.2880%−0.746
43o0%−0.2200%−0.663
42o0%−0.3310%−0.816
32o0%−0.3760%−0.883

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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).