// push/fold charts · 9-max · 13 bb

9-max push/fold at 13 bb

At 13 big blinds with a 1 bb big-blind ante, the equilibrium open-shoves 12.2% of hands from UTG, widening to 66.8% 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 12.2% first in

55+, A8s+, K9s+, QTs+, JTs, T9s, AJo+, KQo

UTG+1

shoves 13.1% first in

33+, A8s+, K9s+, Q9s+, JTs, T9s, AJo+, KQo

UTG+2

shoves 16.1% first in

33+, A7s+, A5s, K9s+, Q9s+, J9s+, T9s, ATo+, KJo+

LJ

shoves 19.7% first in

22+, A3s+, K9s+, Q9s+, J9s+, T8s+, 98s, A9o+, KJo+, QJo

HJ

shoves 24.3% first in

22+, A2s+, K9s+, Q9s+, J8s+, T8s+, 98s, A7o+, A5o, KJo+, QJo, JTo

CO

shoves 31.1% first in

22+, A2s+, K7s+, Q8s+, J8s+, T8s+, 98s, 87s, A2o+, KTo+, QTo+, JTo

BTN

shoves 37.8% first in

22+, A2s+, K3s+, Q6s+, J7s+, T7s+, 96s+, 86s+, 75s+, 65s, A2o+, K9o+, QTo+, J9o+, T9o

SB

shoves 66.8% first in

22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q2s+, J2s+, T3s+, 94s+, 84s+, 74s+, 63s+, 53s+, 43s, A2o+, K2o+, Q3o+, J7o+, T7o+, 97o+, 86o+, 76o, 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 29.4% against a BTN shove of 37.8%

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

Call vs fold, closest hands

BB facing BTN: the hands nearest indifference

HandCall freqCall vs fold (bb)
Q8s12%+0.001
K5s0%−0.007
JTo0%−0.013
J9s100%+0.099
T9s0%−0.121
K6s100%+0.195
K4s0%−0.196
K8o0%−0.249
QTo100%+0.311
K3s0%−0.346
22+, A2s+, K6s+, Q9s+, J9s+, A2o+, K9o+, QTo+

Every calling range at 13 bb

SpotCallsRange
UTG+1 vs UTG6.4%77+, AJs+, AQo+
UTG+2 vs UTG6.4%77+, AJs+, AQo+
LJ vs UTG6.4%77+, AJs+, AQo+
HJ vs UTG6.4%77+, AJs+, AQo+
CO vs UTG6.4%77+, AJs+, AQo+
BTN vs UTG6.4%77+, AJs+, AQo+
SB vs UTG7.8%77+, ATs+, KQs, AJo+
BB vs UTG7.8%77+, ATs+, KQs, AJo+
UTG+2 vs UTG+17.8%77+, ATs+, KQs, AJo+
LJ vs UTG+17.8%77+, ATs+, KQs, AJo+
HJ vs UTG+17.8%77+, ATs+, KQs, AJo+
CO vs UTG+17.8%77+, ATs+, KQs, AJo+
BTN vs UTG+17.8%77+, ATs+, KQs, AJo+
SB vs UTG+18.3%66+, ATs+, KQs, AJo+
BB vs UTG+19.9%55+, A9s+, KQs, ATo+
LJ vs UTG+28.7%66+, ATs+, KQs, AJo+
HJ vs UTG+28.7%66+, ATs+, KQs, AJo+
CO vs UTG+28.7%66+, ATs+, KQs, AJo+
BTN vs UTG+28.7%66+, ATs+, KQs, AJo+
SB vs UTG+210.0%55+, A9s+, KQs, ATo+
BB vs UTG+211.7%44+, A8s+, KJs+, ATo+, KQo
HJ vs LJ10.6%55+, A8s+, KQs, ATo+
CO vs LJ10.6%55+, A8s+, KQs, ATo+
BTN vs LJ10.6%55+, A8s+, KQs, ATo+
SB vs LJ12.8%44+, A8s+, KJs+, A9o+, KQo
BB vs LJ14.5%33+, A5s+, KTs+, A9o+, KQo
CO vs HJ13.1%44+, A7s+, KJs+, A9o+, KQo
BTN vs HJ13.1%44+, A7s+, KJs+, A9o+, KQo
SB vs HJ15.7%33+, A5s+, KTs+, QJs, A8o+, KQo
BB vs HJ18.8%22+, A3s+, KTs+, QTs+, A7o+, KJo+
BTN vs CO18.1%33+, A3s+, KTs+, QJs, A7o+, KJo+
SB vs CO20.0%22+, A2s+, KTs+, QTs+, A6o+, KJo+
BB vs CO24.3%22+, A2s+, K9s+, QTs+, JTs, A4o+, KTo+, QJo
SB vs BTN26.7%22+, A2s+, K8s+, Q9s+, JTs, A2o+, KTo+, QJo
BB vs BTN29.4%22+, A2s+, K6s+, Q9s+, J9s+, A2o+, K9o+, QTo+
BB vs SB47.3%22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q3s+, J7s+, T7s+, 98s, A2o+, K2o+, Q7o+, J8o+, T9o
All 169 hands at 13 bb: shove EV by seat
HandUTGUTG+1UTG+2LJHJCOBTNSB
AA+5.329+5.478+5.483+5.649+5.761+5.882+5.659+5.675
KK+4.303+4.478+4.539+4.693+4.815+4.937+4.836+5.003
QQ+3.383+3.662+3.799+4.013+4.192+4.398+4.347+4.518
JJ+2.583+2.856+3.082+3.379+3.617+3.879+3.921+4.138
TT+1.970+2.222+2.466+2.818+3.125+3.420+3.518+3.810
99+1.312+1.596+1.872+2.223+2.564+2.937+3.074+3.405
88+0.764+1.117+1.445+1.795+2.141+2.563+2.753+3.048
77+0.239+0.610+0.999+1.400+1.761+2.193+2.467+2.739
66+0.008+0.277+0.570+1.027+1.422+1.853+2.194+2.471
55+0.004+0.158+0.291+0.654+1.099+1.547+1.934+2.242
44−0.049+0.073+0.154+0.357+0.733+1.201+1.624+1.980
33−0.119+0.001+0.072+0.209+0.460+0.865+1.306+1.712
22−0.188−0.070+0.002+0.108+0.296+0.593+0.989+1.444
AKs+2.291+2.558+2.664+2.904+3.140+3.446+3.571+3.716
AQs+1.335+1.728+1.946+2.297+2.626+3.011+3.236+3.457
AJs+0.626+0.903+1.208+1.635+2.074+2.611+2.934+3.252
ATs+0.324+0.387+0.644+1.081+1.587+2.175+2.625+3.084
A9s+0.088+0.079+0.252+0.558+1.016+1.643+2.165+2.770
A8s+0.002−0.001+0.165+0.353+0.706+1.310+1.864+2.585
A7s−0.104−0.098+0.076+0.237+0.517+1.019+1.606+2.394
A6s−0.187−0.192−0.029+0.134+0.380+0.787+1.375+2.214
A5s−0.040−0.071+0.052+0.202+0.448+0.802+1.337+2.197
A4s−0.080−0.120−0.008+0.108+0.346+0.692+1.210+2.106
A3s−0.114−0.156−0.048+0.051+0.262+0.600+1.127+2.036
A2s−0.163−0.207−0.099−0.008+0.193+0.510+1.033+1.961
KQs+0.487+0.525+0.659+0.755+0.952+1.220+1.603+2.694
KJs+0.393+0.312+0.421+0.460+0.602+0.865+1.348+2.503
KTs+0.333+0.285+0.333+0.328+0.421+0.582+1.081+2.331
K9s+0.061+0.043+0.134+0.102+0.131+0.251+0.695+2.022
K8s−0.139−0.149−0.046−0.068−0.027+0.050+0.439+1.724
K7s−0.214−0.214−0.100−0.095−0.053+0.006+0.382+1.550
K6s−0.268−0.277−0.172−0.152−0.088−0.030+0.330+1.396
K5s−0.277−0.314−0.244−0.237−0.162−0.090+0.248+1.273
K4s−0.325−0.371−0.311−0.335−0.267−0.190+0.159+1.174
K3s−0.361−0.409−0.354−0.393−0.351−0.277+0.072+1.101
K2s−0.409−0.459−0.404−0.452−0.418−0.358−0.017+1.023
QJs+0.305+0.257+0.378+0.417+0.491+0.592+0.919+1.811
QTs+0.252+0.243+0.312+0.327+0.405+0.485+0.729+1.661
Q9s−0.015+0.002+0.114+0.109+0.132+0.217+0.427+1.351
Q8s−0.217−0.194−0.074−0.072−0.036+0.016+0.233+1.070
Q7s−0.442−0.415−0.278−0.252−0.219−0.184+0.067+0.803
Q6s−0.468−0.450−0.326−0.286−0.227−0.192+0.050+0.718
Q5s−0.480−0.489−0.398−0.371−0.301−0.252−0.025+0.644
Q4s−0.520−0.539−0.461−0.464−0.404−0.352−0.114+0.566
Q3s−0.565−0.585−0.509−0.527−0.491−0.443−0.206+0.491
Q2s−0.606−0.627−0.551−0.578−0.552−0.518−0.293+0.423
JTs+0.266+0.216+0.312+0.366+0.452+0.507+0.682+1.339
J9s−0.004−0.030+0.109+0.143+0.186+0.260+0.435+1.030
J8s−0.216−0.222−0.076−0.033+0.020+0.057+0.260+0.754
J7s−0.447−0.456−0.294−0.230−0.176−0.150+0.083+0.531
J6s−0.614−0.641−0.493−0.423−0.346−0.323−0.087+0.368
J5s−0.592−0.650−0.537−0.479−0.391−0.355−0.132+0.342
J4s−0.629−0.694−0.590−0.561−0.486−0.450−0.220+0.270
J3s−0.676−0.744−0.644−0.628−0.571−0.534−0.305+0.201
J2s−0.719−0.790−0.689−0.683−0.639−0.618−0.399+0.127
T9s+0.041+0.046+0.150+0.180+0.244+0.341+0.501+0.915
T8s−0.188−0.165−0.0450.000+0.078+0.143+0.336+0.685
T7s−0.411−0.392−0.259−0.194−0.118−0.069+0.159+0.500
T6s−0.584−0.585−0.464−0.391−0.292−0.245−0.016+0.341
T5s−0.718−0.750−0.664−0.614−0.509−0.452−0.225+0.172
T4s−0.728−0.771−0.696−0.674−0.575−0.513−0.281+0.132
T3s−0.772−0.814−0.742−0.734−0.659−0.603−0.371+0.058
T2s−0.826−0.868−0.794−0.796−0.731−0.687−0.463−0.015
98s−0.215−0.156−0.007+0.038+0.098+0.194+0.394+0.681
97s−0.412−0.356−0.196−0.136−0.0800.000+0.231+0.529
96s−0.576−0.543−0.397−0.329−0.254−0.180+0.053+0.379
95s−0.709−0.711−0.600−0.553−0.472−0.392−0.162+0.204
94s−0.876−0.893−0.790−0.776−0.708−0.631−0.383+0.014
93s−0.885−0.899−0.800−0.801−0.756−0.677−0.434−0.029
92s−0.926−0.943−0.844−0.854−0.819−0.755−0.524−0.101
87s−0.400−0.322−0.154−0.078−0.001+0.079+0.325+0.589
86s−0.563−0.506−0.349−0.262−0.166−0.096+0.152+0.446
85s−0.686−0.666−0.547−0.483−0.380−0.300−0.058+0.275
84s−0.856−0.850−0.740−0.712−0.621−0.540−0.280+0.078
83s−1.032−1.031−0.921−0.912−0.847−0.774−0.508−0.122
82s−1.038−1.036−0.927−0.927−0.872−0.816−0.563−0.162
76s−0.550−0.474−0.307−0.200−0.100−0.032+0.229+0.519
75s−0.668−0.632−0.505−0.417−0.308−0.228+0.029+0.353
74s−0.841−0.816−0.698−0.649−0.553−0.476−0.201+0.152
73s−1.017−1.000−0.880−0.850−0.782−0.711−0.425−0.047
72s−1.190−1.174−1.051−1.035−0.981−0.935−0.656−0.249
65s−0.609−0.576−0.446−0.340−0.211−0.126+0.119+0.437
64s−0.762−0.742−0.624−0.559−0.443−0.360−0.097+0.246
63s−0.951−0.936−0.817−0.769−0.682−0.606−0.330+0.042
62s−1.132−1.119−0.996−0.961−0.886−0.833−0.563−0.160
54s−0.596−0.615−0.555−0.483−0.353−0.256−0.006+0.349
53s−0.776−0.794−0.733−0.678−0.577−0.483−0.225+0.156
52s−0.953−0.976−0.909−0.869−0.783−0.714−0.461−0.046
43s−0.820−0.853−0.809−0.806−0.698−0.595−0.324+0.076
42s−0.993−1.028−0.979−0.988−0.896−0.821−0.557−0.123
32s−1.048−1.085−1.040−1.068−1.010−0.927−0.657−0.205
AKo+2.039+2.310+2.425+2.670+2.912+3.229+3.377+3.541
AQo+1.027+1.433+1.665+2.026+2.368+2.766+3.020+3.258
AJo+0.254+0.542+0.867+1.308+1.769+2.333+2.692+3.031
ATo−0.070−0.017+0.262+0.718+1.246+1.864+2.356+2.849
A9o−0.316−0.343−0.159+0.156+0.636+1.292+1.866+2.518
A8o−0.421−0.441−0.262−0.072+0.297+0.931+1.535+2.310
A7o−0.538−0.548−0.364−0.205+0.084+0.612+1.254+2.100
A6o−0.628−0.649−0.473−0.310−0.058+0.366+1.009+1.909
A5o−0.460−0.508−0.378−0.231+0.019+0.383+0.968+1.890
A4o−0.503−0.561−0.443−0.336−0.093+0.263+0.832+1.791
A3o−0.548−0.608−0.493−0.401−0.185+0.164+0.741+1.716
A2o−0.598−0.662−0.546−0.463−0.259+0.069+0.645+1.634
KQo+0.096+0.119+0.262+0.352+0.554+0.826+1.255+2.450
KJo−0.013−0.1130.000+0.027+0.167+0.439+0.972+2.235
KTo−0.082−0.149−0.093−0.108−0.020+0.140+0.693+2.052
K9o−0.369−0.406−0.308−0.351−0.328−0.216+0.271+1.719
K8o−0.579−0.610−0.504−0.539−0.503−0.4340.000+1.403
K7o−0.661−0.677−0.554−0.561−0.529−0.476−0.058+1.215
K6o−0.721−0.748−0.633−0.624−0.568−0.518−0.119+1.043
K5o−0.737−0.794−0.719−0.721−0.653−0.592−0.214+0.908
K4o−0.777−0.844−0.782−0.820−0.758−0.692−0.305+0.805
K3o−0.824−0.894−0.837−0.892−0.858−0.793−0.402+0.724
K2o−0.870−0.942−0.882−0.947−0.922−0.871−0.489+0.643
QJo−0.092−0.154−0.028−0.001+0.069+0.164+0.529+1.502
QTo−0.157−0.188−0.109−0.104−0.030+0.038+0.316+1.334
Q9o−0.453−0.454−0.334−0.350−0.331−0.258−0.011+1.000
Q8o−0.663−0.659−0.531−0.542−0.511−0.469−0.220+0.698
Q7o−0.904−0.891−0.746−0.733−0.709−0.691−0.408+0.407
Q6o−0.928−0.923−0.789−0.761−0.710−0.689−0.416+0.318
Q5o−0.942−0.971−0.874−0.858−0.793−0.758−0.499+0.236
Q4o−0.987−1.026−0.942−0.956−0.899−0.861−0.592+0.152
Q3o−1.032−1.074−0.994−1.026−0.995−0.960−0.690+0.076
Q2o−1.081−1.125−1.043−1.085−1.064−1.043−0.786−0.002
JTo−0.146−0.209−0.104−0.060+0.020+0.065+0.271+0.993
J9o−0.437−0.477−0.332−0.310−0.272−0.2080.000+0.659
J8o−0.656−0.677−0.524−0.496−0.449−0.417−0.186+0.364
J7o−0.897−0.916−0.747−0.697−0.653−0.639−0.377+0.123
J6o−1.085−1.123−0.965−0.907−0.840−0.829−0.559−0.055
J5o−1.063−1.134−1.013−0.965−0.886−0.861−0.605−0.082
J4o−1.107−1.189−1.079−1.063−0.991−0.962−0.697−0.157
J3o−1.156−1.239−1.134−1.133−1.086−1.061−0.797−0.239
J2o−1.207−1.292−1.185−1.196−1.161−1.151−0.899−0.318
T9o−0.392−0.404−0.292−0.271−0.207−0.119+0.071+0.537
T8o−0.622−0.618−0.486−0.450−0.374−0.319−0.096+0.295
T7o−0.864−0.856−0.710−0.656−0.587−0.547−0.289+0.094
T6o−1.054−1.068−0.935−0.872−0.780−0.743−0.479−0.078
T5o−1.192−1.247−1.150−1.109−1.010−0.969−0.707−0.261
T4o−1.202−1.266−1.183−1.172−1.079−1.031−0.765−0.306
T3o−1.249−1.312−1.233−1.238−1.171−1.128−0.860−0.387
T2o−1.300−1.364−1.284−1.300−1.241−1.213−0.958−0.464
98o−0.648−0.607−0.450−0.416−0.357−0.269−0.043+0.290
97o−0.857−0.818−0.649−0.598−0.549−0.481−0.221+0.121
96o−1.035−1.014−0.858−0.801−0.730−0.666−0.403−0.037
95o−1.181−1.198−1.080−1.043−0.968−0.899−0.636−0.225
94o−1.361−1.395−1.288−1.287−1.223−1.156−0.876−0.432
93o−1.362−1.397−1.294−1.310−1.273−1.208−0.931−0.477
92o−1.414−1.451−1.345−1.370−1.342−1.292−1.028−0.554
87o−0.847−0.784−0.610−0.547−0.474−0.402−0.124+0.181
86o−1.022−0.979−0.812−0.737−0.643−0.580−0.301+0.031
85o−1.157−1.155−1.028−0.972−0.870−0.799−0.526−0.151
84o−1.339−1.350−1.234−1.219−1.128−1.058−0.767−0.362
83o−1.530−1.545−1.429−1.436−1.376−1.314−1.011−0.577
82o−1.535−1.553−1.436−1.452−1.402−1.355−1.068−0.621
76o−1.008−0.944−0.765−0.666−0.572−0.513−0.223+0.106
75o−1.140−1.121−0.986−0.907−0.804−0.734−0.440−0.073
74o−1.319−1.313−1.189−1.150−1.055−0.986−0.676−0.283
73o−1.509−1.507−1.384−1.367−1.306−1.245−0.923−0.501
72o−1.699−1.701−1.572−1.568−1.521−1.485−1.171−0.715
65o−1.077−1.054−0.915−0.817−0.693−0.618−0.340+0.017
64o−1.246−1.237−1.110−1.056−0.943−0.870−0.571−0.185
63o−1.432−1.429−1.304−1.271−1.189−1.125−0.817−0.403
62o−1.631−1.632−1.501−1.482−1.413−1.371−1.066−0.619
54o−1.066−1.099−1.033−0.967−0.839−0.749−0.465−0.071
53o−1.241−1.278−1.214−1.172−1.079−0.998−0.707−0.281
52o−1.440−1.479−1.408−1.379−1.298−1.241−0.953−0.494
43o−1.291−1.341−1.294−1.304−1.202−1.115−0.808−0.365
42o−1.483−1.537−1.484−1.509−1.421−1.357−1.056−0.579
32o−1.536−1.590−1.542−1.585−1.535−1.467−1.161−0.663

Reading the chart is the easy half. The trainer deals you real hands at 13 bb in a seat you choose and prices every wrong shove or call in big blinds.

Drill 9-max at 13 bb →
// what was solved, and what was assumed
  • 9-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 0.082 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: 9max.json (summary) and one file per depth, e.g. 9max/10.json.