// push/fold charts · 9 bb

Heads-up push/fold at 9 bb

At 9 big blinds effective, the equilibrium small blind shoves 60.6% of hands and the big blind calls 40.7%. 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 60.6% of hands

always (≥80%) mixed, % shown never (≤20%)
22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q2s+, J3s+, T4s+, 95s+, 85s+, 74s+, 64s+, 53s+, A2o+, K2o+, Q5o+, J8o+, T7o+, 97o+, 87o, 76o

Big blind: call the shove or fold

Calls 40.7% of hands

always (≥80%) mixed, % shown never (≤20%)
22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q6s+, J8s+, T8s+, A2o+, K4o+, Q8o+, J9o+

The closest decisions at 9 bb

These are the hands where shoving (or calling) and folding are worth the least different. At 9 bb the worst of them costs 0.103 bb to get wrong; getting the hands far from this list wrong is where the chips go.

Small blind

HandShove freqShove vs fold (bb)
43s41%0.000
T7o99%0.000
J2s5%−0.004
Q5o100%+0.004
84s3%−0.007
63s0%−0.008
T3s0%−0.013
T4s99%+0.018

Big blind

HandCall freqCall vs fold (bb)
Q5s28%−0.001
J7s0%−0.038
K3o0%−0.042
T9o0%−0.079
T8s97%+0.083
K4o100%+0.089
98s0%−0.097
J9o99%+0.103
All 169 hands at 9 bb: frequency and EV
HandSB shoveShove vs foldBB callCall vs fold
AA100%+3.438100%+7.253
KK100%+2.998100%+6.403
QQ100%+2.708100%+5.651
JJ100%+2.469100%+5.059
TT100%+2.271100%+4.583
99100%+2.019100%+3.968
88100%+1.796100%+3.377
77100%+1.617100%+2.777
66100%+1.466100%+2.267
55100%+1.312100%+1.811
44100%+1.136100%+1.370
33100%+0.980100%+0.997
22100%+0.824100%+0.630
AKs100%+2.245100%+4.006
AQs100%+2.069100%+3.681
AJs100%+1.941100%+3.396
ATs100%+1.817100%+3.193
A9s100%+1.614100%+2.768
A8s100%+1.483100%+2.549
A7s100%+1.347100%+2.292
A6s100%+1.249100%+2.005
A5s100%+1.237100%+1.959
A4s100%+1.169100%+1.771
A3s100%+1.117100%+1.648
A2s100%+1.075100%+1.532
KQs100%+1.509100%+2.775
KJs100%+1.382100%+2.500
KTs100%+1.264100%+2.293
K9s100%+1.062100%+1.875
K8s100%+0.870100%+1.479
K7s100%+0.758100%+1.262
K6s100%+0.678100%+1.016
K5s100%+0.602100%+0.814
K4s100%+0.543100%+0.638
K3s100%+0.500100%+0.510
K2s100%+0.458100%+0.395
QJs100%+0.956100%+1.717
QTs100%+0.854100%+1.521
Q9s100%+0.641100%+1.086
Q8s100%+0.461100%+0.717
Q7s100%+0.323100%+0.344
Q6s100%+0.300100%+0.165
Q5s100%+0.25628%−0.001
Q4s100%+0.2120%−0.133
Q3s100%+0.1780%−0.253
Q2s100%+0.1400%−0.355
JTs100%+0.695100%+1.058
J9s100%+0.488100%+0.632
J8s100%+0.335100%+0.263
J7s100%+0.2390%−0.038
J6s100%+0.1340%−0.362
J5s100%+0.1220%−0.444
J4s100%+0.0760%−0.544
J3s99%+0.0340%−0.673
J2s5%−0.0040%−0.773
T9s100%+0.473100%+0.444
T8s100%+0.35797%+0.083
T7s100%+0.2580%−0.247
T6s100%+0.1590%−0.549
T5s99%+0.0480%−0.843
T4s99%+0.0180%−0.906
T3s0%−0.0130%−1.011
T2s0%−0.0610%−1.115
98s100%+0.3720%−0.097
97s100%+0.2880%−0.415
96s100%+0.1880%−0.681
95s99%+0.0760%−0.973
94s0%−0.0480%−1.236
93s0%−0.0620%−1.296
92s0%−0.1090%−1.400
87s100%+0.3270%−0.487
86s100%+0.2320%−0.718
85s100%+0.1180%−1.003
84s3%−0.0070%−1.272
83s0%−0.1190%−1.545
82s0%−0.1410%−1.601
76s100%+0.2830%−0.719
75s100%+0.1750%−1.000
74s99%+0.0480%−1.261
73s0%−0.0650%−1.536
72s0%−0.1870%−1.817
65s100%+0.2250%−0.909
64s99%+0.1040%−1.160
63s0%−0.0080%−1.432
62s0%−0.1370%−1.720
54s100%+0.1650%−1.027
53s99%+0.0520%−1.294
52s0%−0.0730%−1.573
43s41%0.0000%−1.396
42s0%−0.1230%−1.657
32s0%−0.1700%−1.769
AKo100%+2.143100%+3.701
AQo100%+1.947100%+3.353
AJo100%+1.803100%+3.039
ATo100%+1.670100%+2.820
A9o100%+1.455100%+2.368
A8o100%+1.309100%+2.120
A7o100%+1.166100%+1.863
A6o100%+1.057100%+1.550
A5o100%+1.041100%+1.496
A4o100%+0.973100%+1.300
A3o100%+0.917100%+1.174
A2o100%+0.868100%+1.033
KQo100%+1.347100%+2.379
KJo100%+1.208100%+2.093
KTo100%+1.085100%+1.878
K9o100%+0.863100%+1.417
K8o100%+0.661100%+1.002
K7o100%+0.538100%+0.774
K6o100%+0.450100%+0.499
K5o100%+0.366100%+0.283
K4o100%+0.302100%+0.089
K3o100%+0.2580%−0.042
K2o100%+0.2130%−0.169
QJo100%+0.749100%+1.258
QTo100%+0.635100%+1.047
Q9o100%+0.415100%+0.590
Q8o100%+0.225100%+0.201
Q7o100%+0.0700%−0.202
Q6o100%+0.0470%−0.388
Q5o100%+0.0040%−0.565
Q4o0%−0.0490%−0.719
Q3o0%−0.0900%−0.855
Q2o0%−0.1350%−0.977
JTo100%+0.468100%+0.561
J9o100%+0.24799%+0.103
J8o100%+0.0910%−0.280
J7o1%−0.0280%−0.624
J6o0%−0.1300%−0.953
J5o0%−0.1480%−1.044
J4o0%−0.1980%−1.165
J3o0%−0.2350%−1.286
J2o0%−0.2840%−1.403
T9o100%+0.2340%−0.079
T8o100%+0.1070%−0.475
T7o99%0.0000%−0.822
T6o0%−0.1080%−1.157
T5o0%−0.2260%−1.468
T4o0%−0.2580%−1.535
T3o0%−0.2950%−1.651
T2o0%−0.3420%−1.760
98o100%+0.1250%−0.656
97o99%+0.0310%−0.998
96o0%−0.0720%−1.286
95o0%−0.1900%−1.590
94o0%−0.3230%−1.878
93o0%−0.3420%−1.939
92o0%−0.3870%−2.047
87o99%+0.0770%−1.069
86o0%−0.0230%−1.316
85o0%−0.1440%−1.619
84o0%−0.2790%−1.903
83o0%−0.4010%−2.203
82o0%−0.4250%−2.259
76o99%+0.0270%−1.323
75o0%−0.0880%−1.622
74o0%−0.2220%−1.894
73o0%−0.3450%−2.194
72o0%−0.4790%−2.495
65o0%−0.0320%−1.520
64o0%−0.1630%−1.791
63o0%−0.2890%−2.082
62o0%−0.4200%−2.381
54o0%−0.0970%−1.648
53o0%−0.2180%−1.923
52o0%−0.3500%−2.225
43o0%−0.2720%−2.033
42o0%−0.4030%−2.313
32o0%−0.4560%−2.425

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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).