// push/fold charts · 8 bb

Heads-up push/fold at 8 bb

At 8 big blinds effective, the equilibrium small blind shoves 61.8% of hands and the big blind calls 45.1%. 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 61.8% of hands

always (≥80%) mixed, % shown never (≤20%)
22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q2s+, J2s+, T4s+, 95s+, 85s+, 74s+, 64s+, 53s+, A2o+, K2o+, Q5o+, J7o+, T7o+, 97o+, 87o, 76o

Big blind: call the shove or fold

Calls 45.1% of hands

always (≥80%) mixed, % shown never (≤20%)
22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q4s+, J7s+, T8s+, 98s, A2o+, K2o+, Q7o+, J9o+, T9o

The closest decisions at 8 bb

These are the hands where shoving (or calling) and folding are worth the least different. At 8 bb the worst of them costs 0.095 bb to get wrong; getting the hands far from this list wrong is where the chips go.

Small blind

HandShove freqShove vs fold (bb)
Q4o36%0.000
T7o77%+0.002
43s2%−0.007
84s4%−0.008
J7o100%+0.010
T3s2%−0.012
J2s99%+0.017
63s0%−0.020

Big blind

HandCall freqCall vs fold (bb)
Q7o65%0.000
K2o100%+0.019
T9o98%+0.026
98s98%+0.031
Q4s99%+0.041
Q3s0%−0.065
J7s99%+0.083
J8o0%−0.095
All 169 hands at 8 bb: frequency and EV
HandSB shoveShove vs foldBB callCall vs fold
AA100%+3.406100%+6.565
KK100%+2.974100%+5.829
QQ100%+2.685100%+5.172
JJ100%+2.463100%+4.630
TT100%+2.263100%+4.184
99100%+2.010100%+3.651
88100%+1.792100%+3.135
77100%+1.612100%+2.597
66100%+1.465100%+2.134
55100%+1.320100%+1.737
44100%+1.151100%+1.346
33100%+0.993100%+1.016
22100%+0.825100%+0.688
AKs100%+2.217100%+3.680
AQs100%+2.047100%+3.402
AJs100%+1.923100%+3.161
ATs100%+1.817100%+2.959
A9s100%+1.628100%+2.589
A8s100%+1.500100%+2.399
A7s100%+1.381100%+2.187
A6s100%+1.279100%+1.917
A5s100%+1.274100%+1.878
A4s100%+1.211100%+1.719
A3s100%+1.167100%+1.604
A2s100%+1.125100%+1.508
KQs100%+1.563100%+2.615
KJs100%+1.439100%+2.377
KTs100%+1.335100%+2.180
K9s100%+1.147100%+1.816
K8s100%+0.950100%+1.467
K7s100%+0.847100%+1.287
K6s100%+0.752100%+1.059
K5s100%+0.678100%+0.882
K4s100%+0.618100%+0.731
K3s100%+0.572100%+0.613
K2s100%+0.526100%+0.515
QJs100%+0.995100%+1.696
QTs100%+0.904100%+1.513
Q9s100%+0.708100%+1.133
Q8s100%+0.526100%+0.806
Q7s100%+0.380100%+0.481
Q6s100%+0.343100%+0.311
Q5s100%+0.298100%+0.162
Q4s100%+0.25299%+0.041
Q3s100%+0.2090%−0.065
Q2s100%+0.1680%−0.151
JTs100%+0.729100%+1.092
J9s100%+0.537100%+0.715
J8s100%+0.379100%+0.384
J7s100%+0.26999%+0.083
J6s100%+0.1660%−0.221
J5s100%+0.1520%−0.293
J4s100%+0.1090%−0.391
J3s100%+0.0590%−0.497
J2s99%+0.0170%−0.586
T9s100%+0.495100%+0.492
T8s100%+0.362100%+0.174
T7s100%+0.2540%−0.134
T6s100%+0.1640%−0.382
T5s100%+0.0560%−0.642
T4s99%+0.0280%−0.705
T3s2%−0.0120%−0.790
T2s0%−0.0630%−0.888
98s100%+0.37098%+0.031
97s100%+0.2750%−0.271
96s100%+0.1830%−0.491
95s100%+0.0740%−0.749
94s0%−0.0430%−0.992
93s0%−0.0680%−1.037
92s0%−0.1180%−1.136
87s100%+0.3150%−0.329
86s100%+0.2260%−0.521
85s100%+0.1160%−0.772
84s4%−0.0080%−1.020
83s0%−0.1260%−1.255
82s0%−0.1520%−1.310
76s100%+0.2730%−0.535
75s100%+0.1690%−0.780
74s99%+0.0430%−1.022
73s0%−0.0760%−1.259
72s0%−0.2000%−1.516
65s100%+0.2190%−0.689
64s99%+0.1010%−0.920
63s0%−0.0200%−1.154
62s0%−0.1480%−1.417
54s100%+0.1630%−0.799
53s99%+0.0440%−1.029
52s0%−0.0820%−1.283
43s2%−0.0070%−1.125
42s0%−0.1300%−1.363
32s0%−0.1810%−1.457
AKo100%+2.116100%+3.409
AQo100%+1.926100%+3.112
AJo100%+1.787100%+2.846
ATo100%+1.674100%+2.629
A9o100%+1.474100%+2.234
A8o100%+1.329100%+2.019
A7o100%+1.205100%+1.807
A6o100%+1.091100%+1.514
A5o100%+1.084100%+1.469
A4o100%+1.021100%+1.301
A3o100%+0.975100%+1.183
A2o100%+0.924100%+1.066
KQo100%+1.408100%+2.266
KJo100%+1.274100%+2.019
KTo100%+1.164100%+1.815
K9o100%+0.959100%+1.413
K8o100%+0.752100%+1.047
K7o100%+0.638100%+0.857
K6o100%+0.535100%+0.600
K5o100%+0.453100%+0.413
K4o100%+0.388100%+0.246
K3o100%+0.340100%+0.124
K2o100%+0.291100%+0.019
QJo100%+0.796100%+1.292
QTo100%+0.695100%+1.095
Q9o100%+0.491100%+0.694
Q8o100%+0.298100%+0.350
Q7o100%+0.13765%0.000
Q6o100%+0.0960%−0.179
Q5o100%+0.0530%−0.335
Q4o36%0.0000%−0.476
Q3o0%−0.0510%−0.595
Q2o0%−0.0990%−0.700
JTo100%+0.511100%+0.653
J9o100%+0.305100%+0.247
J8o100%+0.1410%−0.095
J7o100%+0.0100%−0.436
J6o0%−0.0920%−0.746
J5o0%−0.1100%−0.827
J4o0%−0.1600%−0.944
J3o0%−0.2040%−1.044
J2o0%−0.2550%−1.150
T9o100%+0.26398%+0.026
T8o100%+0.1190%−0.323
T7o77%+0.0020%−0.648
T6o0%−0.0980%−0.922
T5o0%−0.2130%−1.198
T4o0%−0.2440%−1.265
T3o0%−0.2890%−1.359
T2o0%−0.3370%−1.463
98o100%+0.1300%−0.466
97o99%+0.0240%−0.789
96o0%−0.0710%−1.030
95o0%−0.1870%−1.299
94o0%−0.3140%−1.563
93o0%−0.3410%−1.609
92o0%−0.3910%−1.712
87o100%+0.0680%−0.847
86o1%−0.0250%−1.052
85o0%−0.1410%−1.320
84o0%−0.2740%−1.582
83o0%−0.4030%−1.841
82o0%−0.4310%−1.897
76o99%+0.0210%−1.072
75o0%−0.0920%−1.333
74o0%−0.2210%−1.586
73o0%−0.3500%−1.845
72o0%−0.4860%−2.121
65o0%−0.0350%−1.233
64o0%−0.1630%−1.482
63o0%−0.2930%−1.734
62o0%−0.4250%−2.005
54o0%−0.0960%−1.351
53o0%−0.2210%−1.588
52o0%−0.3540%−1.863
43o0%−0.2740%−1.692
42o0%−0.4050%−1.949
32o0%−0.4600%−2.042

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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).