// push/fold charts · 6-max · 5 bb

6-max push/fold at 5 bb

At 5 big blinds with a 1 bb big-blind ante, the equilibrium open-shoves 37.6% of hands from UTG, widening to 85.8% from the small blind. Below: every seat's shoving range, every seat's calling range against every shove, and each hand's EV against folding. Solved, not remembered, and the assumptions are printed at the bottom so you can argue with them.

Open-shove ranges, folded to you

One chart per seat. Each assumes everyone in front has folded and everyone behind defends with their equilibrium calling range. Mixed hands show their shove frequency.

UTG

shoves 37.6% first in

22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q6s+, J8s+, T8s+, 98s, 87s, A2o+, K6o+, Q9o+, JTo

HJ

shoves 43.3% first in

22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q5s+, J7s+, T7s+, 97s+, 87s, A2o+, K4o+, Q8o+, J9o+, T9o

CO

shoves 48.4% first in

22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q2s+, J6s+, T7s+, 97s+, 87s, 76s, A2o+, K2o+, Q7o+, J8o+, T9o

BTN

shoves 56.6% first in

22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q2s+, J3s+, T6s+, 96s+, 86s+, 76s, A2o+, K2o+, Q3o+, J7o+, T8o+, 98o

SB

shoves 85.8% first in

22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q2s+, J2s+, T2s+, 92s+, 82s+, 73s+, 63s+, 53s+, 43s, A2o+, K2o+, Q2o+, J2o+, T2o+, 92o+, 84o+, 75o+, 65o
always (≥80%) mixed, % shown never (≤20%)

Calling a shove

Pick who shoved and who is deciding. The caller is the first player to act after the shove with everyone between them folded; under this model, once someone calls, everyone behind folds.

BB calls 94.6% against a BTN shove of 56.6%

always (≥80%) mixed, % shown never (≤20%)

Call vs fold, closest hands

BB facing BTN: the hands nearest indifference

HandCall freqCall vs fold (bb)
92o100%+0.005
73o100%+0.006
42o0%−0.019
93o100%+0.043
52o100%+0.045
83o0%−0.056
62o0%−0.060
82o0%−0.068
94o100%+0.081
32o0%−0.086
22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q2s+, J2s+, T2s+, 92s+, 82s+, 72s+, 62s+, 52s+, 42s+, 32s, A2o+, K2o+, Q2o+, J2o+, T2o+, 92o+, 84o+, 73o+, 63o+, 52o+, 43o

Every calling range at 5 bb

SpotCallsRange
HJ vs UTG34.6%22+, A2s+, K3s+, Q8s+, J8s+, T8s+, 98s, A2o+, K7o+, QTo+, JTo
CO vs UTG34.6%22+, A2s+, K3s+, Q8s+, J8s+, T8s+, 98s, A2o+, K7o+, QTo+, JTo
BTN vs UTG34.6%22+, A2s+, K3s+, Q8s+, J8s+, T8s+, 98s, A2o+, K7o+, QTo+, JTo
SB vs UTG44.5%22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q4s+, J7s+, T7s+, 96s+, 86s+, 75s+, 65s, 54s, A2o+, K4o+, Q9o+, J9o+, T9o
BB vs UTG88.3%22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q2s+, J2s+, T2s+, 92s+, 82s+, 72s+, 62s+, 52s+, 42s+, 32s, A2o+, K2o+, Q2o+, J2o+, T4o+, 95o+, 84o+, 74o+, 63o+, 53o+, 43o
CO vs HJ38.2%22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q6s+, J8s+, T8s+, 98s, A2o+, K5o+, Q9o+, JTo
BTN vs HJ38.2%22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q6s+, J8s+, T8s+, 98s, A2o+, K5o+, Q9o+, JTo
SB vs HJ49.6%22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q2s+, J5s+, T6s+, 96s+, 86s+, 75s+, 65s, 54s, A2o+, K2o+, Q8o+, J8o+, T9o
BB vs HJ89.1%22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q2s+, J2s+, T2s+, 92s+, 82s+, 72s+, 62s+, 52s+, 42s+, 32s, A2o+, K2o+, Q2o+, J2o+, T3o+, 95o+, 84o+, 74o+, 63o+, 53o+, 43o
BTN vs CO43.6%22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q4s+, J8s+, T8s+, 98s, 87s, A2o+, K2o+, Q8o+, J9o+
SB vs CO54.2%22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q2s+, J4s+, T6s+, 96s+, 85s+, 75s+, 64s+, 54s, A2o+, K2o+, Q6o+, J8o+, T8o+, 98o
BB vs CO92.8%22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q2s+, J2s+, T2s+, 92s+, 82s+, 72s+, 62s+, 52s+, 42s+, 32s, A2o+, K2o+, Q2o+, J2o+, T2o+, 93o+, 84o+, 74o+, 63o+, 52o+, 43o
SB vs BTN59.9%22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q2s+, J2s+, T5s+, 95s+, 85s+, 75s+, 64s+, 54s, A2o+, K2o+, Q2o+, J7o+, T8o+, 98o
BB vs BTN94.6%22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q2s+, J2s+, T2s+, 92s+, 82s+, 72s+, 62s+, 52s+, 42s+, 32s, A2o+, K2o+, Q2o+, J2o+, T2o+, 92o+, 84o+, 73o+, 63o+, 52o+, 43o
BB vs SB95.5%22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q2s+, J2s+, T2s+, 92s+, 82s+, 72s+, 62s+, 52s+, 42s+, 32s, A2o+, K2o+, Q2o+, J2o+, T2o+, 92o+, 82o+, 73o+, 63o+, 53o+, 43o
All 169 hands at 5 bb: shove EV by seat
HandUTGHJCOBTNSB
AA+5.223+5.151+5.019+4.686+4.080
KK+4.372+4.406+4.404+4.248+3.831
QQ+3.843+3.856+3.888+3.842+3.608
JJ+3.464+3.478+3.518+3.472+3.385
TT+3.096+3.145+3.210+3.178+3.165
99+2.664+2.738+2.828+2.831+2.897
88+2.326+2.403+2.481+2.509+2.637
77+2.018+2.108+2.177+2.205+2.382
66+1.758+1.835+1.906+1.918+2.125
55+1.525+1.575+1.648+1.644+1.873
44+1.254+1.305+1.365+1.350+1.595
33+0.985+1.045+1.090+1.069+1.311
22+0.732+0.789+0.824+0.793+1.030
AKs+3.051+3.047+2.981+2.756+2.530
AQs+2.737+2.757+2.734+2.611+2.453
AJs+2.527+2.550+2.552+2.449+2.379
ATs+2.320+2.373+2.400+2.327+2.309
A9s+1.931+2.031+2.109+2.084+2.144
A8s+1.721+1.837+1.949+1.964+2.070
A7s+1.501+1.644+1.766+1.824+1.978
A6s+1.301+1.477+1.618+1.688+1.884
A5s+1.280+1.448+1.599+1.683+1.882
A4s+1.172+1.332+1.498+1.580+1.806
A3s+1.089+1.255+1.413+1.499+1.738
A2s+1.005+1.174+1.333+1.415+1.635
KQs+1.691+1.885+2.059+2.134+2.200
KJs+1.499+1.698+1.888+1.986+2.125
KTs+1.310+1.526+1.736+1.863+2.054
K9s+0.946+1.196+1.449+1.626+1.894
K8s+0.655+0.907+1.180+1.403+1.743
K7s+0.500+0.751+1.020+1.283+1.667
K6s+0.402+0.627+0.895+1.170+1.590
K5s+0.315+0.507+0.776+1.073+1.518
K4s+0.226+0.411+0.669+0.967+1.439
K3s+0.145+0.335+0.581+0.883+1.369
K2s+0.066+0.254+0.499+0.796+1.264
QJs+0.932+1.079+1.290+1.578+1.913
QTs+0.767+0.930+1.159+1.463+1.842
Q9s+0.460+0.608+0.875+1.224+1.682
Q8s+0.253+0.377+0.629+1.005+1.535
Q7s+0.060+0.175+0.401+0.780+1.378
Q6s+0.053+0.130+0.340+0.687+1.317
Q5s−0.014+0.053+0.260+0.590+1.244
Q4s−0.093−0.011+0.172+0.485+1.166
Q3s−0.174−0.090+0.086+0.399+1.093
Q2s−0.240−0.165+0.011+0.317+0.993
JTs+0.614+0.711+0.897+1.125+1.667
J9s+0.344+0.428+0.614+0.884+1.500
J8s+0.142+0.235+0.393+0.672+1.352
J7s−0.042+0.048+0.206+0.459+1.198
J6s−0.178−0.116+0.040+0.280+1.049
J5s−0.218−0.158−0.001+0.226+0.994
J4s−0.297−0.220−0.085+0.132+0.915
J3s−0.370−0.292−0.160+0.054+0.845
J2s−0.444−0.373−0.241−0.031+0.744
T9s+0.314+0.383+0.530+0.720+1.352
T8s+0.120+0.202+0.333+0.511+1.201
T7s−0.056+0.029+0.159+0.317+1.045
T6s−0.195−0.139−0.008+0.156+0.898
T5s−0.373−0.318−0.181−0.018+0.747
T4s−0.423−0.347−0.234−0.079+0.689
T3s−0.499−0.422−0.310−0.161+0.616
T2s−0.569−0.501−0.390−0.243+0.518
98s+0.126+0.185+0.277+0.410+1.061
97s−0.024+0.035+0.131+0.241+0.910
96s−0.163−0.130−0.034+0.080+0.761
95s−0.347−0.312−0.207−0.095+0.610
94s−0.540−0.483−0.400−0.283+0.450
93s−0.583−0.527−0.446−0.336+0.400
92s−0.652−0.602−0.524−0.418+0.303
87s+0.024+0.084+0.139+0.204+0.805
86s−0.111−0.077−0.021+0.051+0.657
85s−0.289−0.252−0.190−0.120+0.508
84s−0.485−0.427−0.385−0.305+0.349
83s−0.680−0.620−0.575−0.493+0.191
82s−0.718−0.665−0.622−0.548+0.115
76s−0.052−0.022+0.026+0.057+0.581
75s−0.224−0.190−0.136−0.108+0.435
74s−0.422−0.368−0.332−0.294+0.276
73s−0.614−0.558−0.518−0.476+0.122
72s−0.808−0.755−0.714−0.670−0.060
65s−0.140−0.133−0.089−0.084+0.403
64s−0.327−0.300−0.274−0.260+0.248
63s−0.522−0.494−0.462−0.443+0.093
62s−0.714−0.691−0.657−0.634−0.079
54s−0.242−0.217−0.195−0.201+0.270
53s−0.427−0.401−0.373−0.375+0.120
52s−0.618−0.597−0.566−0.563−0.045
43s−0.512−0.471−0.460−0.461+0.033
42s−0.699−0.662−0.648−0.642−0.120
32s−0.779−0.740−0.724−0.718−0.192
AKo+2.856+2.856+2.792+2.572+2.382
AQo+2.518+2.544+2.528+2.418+2.300
AJo+2.290+2.319+2.330+2.244+2.220
ATo+2.069+2.128+2.166+2.110+2.145
A9o+1.657+1.767+1.858+1.855+1.972
A8o+1.425+1.553+1.682+1.720+1.889
A7o+1.186+1.341+1.481+1.568+1.788
A6o+0.975+1.167+1.326+1.426+1.689
A5o+0.952+1.136+1.306+1.420+1.686
A4o+0.835+1.009+1.196+1.308+1.605
A3o+0.744+0.926+1.104+1.220+1.530
A2o+0.655+0.841+1.018+1.129+1.418
KQo+1.404+1.619+1.813+1.913+2.032
KJo+1.196+1.413+1.624+1.751+1.951
KTo+0.996+1.232+1.464+1.621+1.876
K9o+0.603+0.875+1.154+1.367+1.705
K8o+0.297+0.571+0.872+1.129+1.544
K7o+0.130+0.404+0.699+1.001+1.462
K6o+0.020+0.268+0.562+0.878+1.379
K5o−0.077+0.136+0.432+0.774+1.300
K4o−0.170+0.034+0.318+0.657+1.215
K3o−0.262−0.053+0.221+0.566+1.138
K2o−0.338−0.133+0.136+0.475+1.027
QJo+0.601+0.763+0.995+1.327+1.731
QTo+0.416+0.596+0.849+1.198+1.653
Q9o+0.088+0.251+0.546+0.942+1.482
Q8o−0.134+0.003+0.282+0.708+1.325
Q7o−0.346−0.219+0.032+0.463+1.154
Q6o−0.349−0.262−0.029+0.366+1.090
Q5o−0.422−0.346−0.117+0.262+1.012
Q4o−0.508−0.417−0.212+0.147+0.926
Q3o−0.592−0.499−0.301+0.057+0.850
Q2o−0.666−0.581−0.386−0.036+0.737
JTo+0.262+0.368+0.575+0.842+1.468
J9o−0.032+0.063+0.271+0.583+1.291
J8o−0.245−0.141+0.036+0.358+1.135
J7o−0.443−0.343−0.167+0.127+0.966
J6o−0.589−0.519−0.344−0.065+0.807
J5o−0.631−0.561−0.386−0.120+0.750
J4o−0.713−0.627−0.476−0.222+0.664
J3o−0.800−0.711−0.563−0.312+0.585
J2o−0.879−0.799−0.651−0.406+0.474
T9o−0.061+0.018+0.184+0.409+1.134
T8o−0.264−0.172−0.024+0.188+0.974
T7o−0.451−0.357−0.212−0.021+0.807
T6o−0.599−0.534−0.390−0.193+0.648
T5o−0.793−0.728−0.575−0.379+0.488
T4o−0.848−0.763−0.634−0.447+0.423
T3o−0.929−0.844−0.718−0.535+0.345
T2o−1.005−0.927−0.804−0.626+0.236
98o−0.261−0.193−0.085+0.081+0.825
97o−0.421−0.353−0.243−0.103+0.662
96o−0.565−0.524−0.416−0.271+0.505
95o−0.763−0.719−0.602−0.460+0.343
94o−0.971−0.906−0.811−0.663+0.171
93o−1.018−0.954−0.861−0.720+0.116
92o−1.093−1.036−0.944−0.808+0.010
87o−0.372−0.305−0.237−0.143+0.549
86o−0.511−0.470−0.404−0.304+0.392
85o−0.702−0.657−0.584−0.487+0.233
84o−0.912−0.845−0.792−0.685+0.061
83o−1.121−1.051−0.996−0.886−0.108
82o−1.163−1.102−1.049−0.946−0.191
76o−0.447−0.411−0.354−0.297+0.313
75o−0.631−0.592−0.528−0.475+0.157
74o−0.839−0.779−0.733−0.668−0.013
73o−1.049−0.987−0.937−0.870−0.182
72o−1.255−1.197−1.146−1.076−0.376
65o−0.543−0.531−0.476−0.449+0.123
64o−0.741−0.708−0.673−0.633−0.042
63o−0.948−0.914−0.874−0.831−0.209
62o−1.154−1.126−1.083−1.035−0.395
54o−0.646−0.615−0.584−0.569−0.018
53o−0.847−0.815−0.777−0.757−0.180
52o−1.048−1.022−0.982−0.956−0.356
43o−0.935−0.888−0.867−0.845−0.272
42o−1.134−1.092−1.070−1.041−0.438
32o−1.219−1.174−1.149−1.120−0.513

Reading the chart is the easy half. The trainer deals you real hands at 5 bb in a seat you choose and prices every wrong shove or call in big blinds.

Drill 6-max at 5 bb →
// what was solved, and what was assumed
  • 6-max, blinds 0.5 / 1, 1 bb big-blind ante (dead money, posted by the big blind). Every player starts the hand with the same stack, counted before posting, so the big blind has 1 bb less to play with.
  • The first player in may only shove or fold. Facing a shove, each player behind may only call or fold. No limps, no raises short of all-in.
  • Assumption: once one player calls, everyone behind folds. Three-way all-ins are left out of the model, because pricing them needs a 169×169×169 equity table. In real play a big blind sometimes overcalls with aces; here it cannot, so shoves into several players are priced slightly too well.
  • Assumption: players who folded held random cards. Card removal is applied between the shover and each possible caller, not for the hands that folded in front. One consequence: a seat's ranges depend only on the players left behind it, which is why every 6-max chart matches the 9-max chart for the seat with the same players behind it (6-max UTG is 9-max LJ; HJ through BB are the same seats).
  • Solved by fictitious play (linearly averaged) over a 169×169 all-in equity matrix from our engine, 200,000 sampled runouts per matchup, card removal corrected, 3,000 iterations per seat. Measured, not assumed: no seat, in any spot on these pages, could gain more than 0.010 mbb (thousandths of a big blind) per hand by deviating.
  • Checked against our heads-up table: the same solver run with two players and no ante reproduces the heads-up charts, with no disagreement bigger than 0.1 percentage points of equity.
  • EV is the aggressive action minus folding, in big blinds, against everyone else's equilibrium ranges. Chip EV only: no ICM, so near a bubble or a pay jump these ranges are too wide.
  • Raw data: 6max.json (summary) and one file per depth, e.g. 6max/10.json.