// push/fold charts · 9-max · 19 bb

9-max push/fold at 19 bb

At 19 big blinds with a 1 bb big-blind ante, the equilibrium open-shoves 8.5% of hands from UTG, widening to 56.9% 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 8.5% first in

99+, 66, ATs+, A5s-A4s, KTs+, QTs+, AQo+

UTG+1

shoves 9.6% first in

55+, ATs+, A5s, KTs+, QTs+, JTs, AQo+

UTG+2

shoves 12.1% first in

55+, A9s+, K9s+, QTs+, JTs, AJo+, KQo

LJ

shoves 14.0% first in

33+, A8s+, K9s+, Q9s+, J9s+, T9s, AJo+, KQo

HJ

shoves 17.9% first in

22+, A7s+, A5s-A4s, K9s+, Q9s+, J9s+, T9s, 98s, ATo+, KJo+, QJo

CO

shoves 23.8% first in

22+, A2s+, K8s+, Q8s+, J8s+, T8s+, 98s, 87s, A7o+, KJo+, QJo, JTo

BTN

shoves 33.3% first in

22+, A2s+, K6s+, Q8s+, J8s+, T7s+, 97s+, 86s+, 76s, A2o+, KTo+, QTo+, JTo, T9o

SB

shoves 56.9% first in

22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q2s+, J3s+, T4s+, 95s+, 85s+, 74s+, 64s+, 53s+, A2o+, K2o+, Q8o+, J8o+, T8o+, 97o+, 87o, 76o
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 21.6% against a BTN shove of 33.3%

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

Call vs fold, closest hands

BB facing BTN: the hands nearest indifference

HandCall freqCall vs fold (bb)
A5o90%+0.001
220%−0.018
KTo100%+0.073
K9s100%+0.110
A6o100%+0.168
JTs0%−0.210
QJo0%−0.215
QTs100%+0.232
A2s100%+0.308
A4o0%−0.361
33+, A2s+, K9s+, QTs+, A5o+, KTo+

Every calling range at 19 bb

SpotCallsRange
UTG+1 vs UTG4.0%TT+, AQs+, AKo
UTG+2 vs UTG4.0%TT+, AQs+, AKo
LJ vs UTG4.0%TT+, AQs+, AKo
HJ vs UTG4.0%TT+, AQs+, AKo
CO vs UTG4.0%TT+, AQs+, AKo
BTN vs UTG4.0%TT+, AQs+, AKo
SB vs UTG5.1%99+, AQs+, AQo+
BB vs UTG5.1%99+, AQs+, AQo+
UTG+2 vs UTG+14.9%99+, AQs+, AQo+
LJ vs UTG+14.9%99+, AQs+, AQo+
HJ vs UTG+14.9%99+, AQs+, AQo+
CO vs UTG+14.9%99+, AQs+, AQo+
BTN vs UTG+14.9%99+, AQs+, AQo+
SB vs UTG+15.6%88+, AQs+, AQo+
BB vs UTG+15.7%88+, AQs+, AQo+
LJ vs UTG+25.9%88+, AJs+, AQo+
HJ vs UTG+25.9%88+, AJs+, AQo+
CO vs UTG+25.9%88+, AJs+, AQo+
BTN vs UTG+25.9%88+, AJs+, AQo+
SB vs UTG+25.9%88+, AJs+, AQo+
BB vs UTG+26.8%77+, AJs+, AQo+
HJ vs LJ7.1%77+, AJs+, AJo+
CO vs LJ7.1%77+, AJs+, AJo+
BTN vs LJ7.1%77+, AJs+, AJo+
SB vs LJ8.0%77+, ATs+, KQs, AJo+
BB vs LJ8.3%66+, ATs+, KQs, AJo+
CO vs HJ9.3%66+, ATs+, KQs, ATo+
BTN vs HJ9.3%66+, ATs+, KQs, ATo+
SB vs HJ10.0%55+, A9s+, KQs, ATo+
BB vs HJ10.9%55+, A9s+, KQs, ATo+, KQo
BTN vs CO12.4%55+, A8s+, KJs+, A9o+, KQo
SB vs CO12.8%44+, A8s+, KJs+, A9o+, KQo
BB vs CO14.5%44+, A7s+, KTs+, A8o+, KQo
SB vs BTN18.1%33+, A3s+, KTs+, QJs, A7o+, KJo+
BB vs BTN21.6%33+, A2s+, K9s+, QTs+, A5o+, KTo+
BB vs SB35.4%22+, A2s+, K3s+, Q8s+, J9s+, T9s, A2o+, K6o+, Q9o+, JTo
All 169 hands at 19 bb: shove EV by seat
HandUTGUTG+1UTG+2LJHJCOBTNSB
AA+5.307+5.439+5.495+5.604+5.803+5.911+5.953+6.028
KK+3.943+4.225+4.417+4.629+4.876+4.984+5.052+5.249
QQ+2.721+3.056+3.376+3.749+4.116+4.300+4.530+4.753
JJ+1.777+2.179+2.530+2.911+3.391+3.682+4.021+4.349
TT+0.918+1.439+1.863+2.270+2.715+3.145+3.556+3.957
99+0.192+0.593+1.124+1.614+2.074+2.517+3.057+3.486
88+0.003+0.130+0.495+1.088+1.633+2.054+2.665+3.130
77−0.003+0.002+0.112+0.530+1.180+1.665+2.284+2.822
66+0.006+0.011+0.060+0.203+0.739+1.311+1.941+2.524
55−0.009+0.001+0.055+0.135+0.396+0.959+1.617+2.267
44−0.059−0.0520.000+0.076+0.207+0.621+1.267+1.979
33−0.135−0.127−0.076+0.001+0.136+0.443+0.931+1.687
22−0.210−0.204−0.150−0.072+0.059+0.363+0.703+1.400
AKs+1.953+2.153+2.344+2.585+2.912+3.255+3.603+3.941
AQs+0.839+0.989+1.258+1.679+2.189+2.683+3.145+3.617
AJs+0.376+0.403+0.548+0.859+1.431+2.052+2.736+3.365
ATs+0.214+0.257+0.302+0.409+0.771+1.522+2.312+3.139
A9s−0.0320.000+0.067+0.143+0.277+0.910+1.773+2.726
A8s−0.058−0.082−0.030+0.063+0.187+0.593+1.430+2.457
A7s−0.042−0.110−0.123−0.044+0.103+0.454+1.138+2.233
A6s−0.063−0.124−0.155−0.143−0.004+0.360+0.912+2.031
A5s+0.074+0.019−0.006−0.009+0.077+0.439+0.929+1.979
A4s+0.035−0.024−0.049−0.0500.000+0.343+0.818+1.869
A3s+0.001−0.059−0.085−0.086−0.038+0.274+0.730+1.793
A2s−0.046−0.107−0.134−0.139−0.092+0.225+0.645+1.706
KQs+0.368+0.392+0.472+0.597+0.721+0.987+1.365+2.422
KJs+0.266+0.366+0.424+0.424+0.469+0.615+0.995+2.188
KTs+0.101+0.226+0.337+0.396+0.334+0.449+0.692+1.975
K9s−0.204−0.089+0.041+0.129+0.147+0.152+0.338+1.571
K8s−0.326−0.281−0.175−0.074−0.036+0.001+0.133+1.208
K7s−0.288−0.281−0.236−0.150−0.090−0.009+0.087+1.043
K6s−0.280−0.268−0.241−0.219−0.160−0.055+0.059+0.910
K5s−0.290−0.280−0.252−0.247−0.246−0.136−0.016+0.802
K4s−0.342−0.334−0.303−0.296−0.330−0.241−0.102+0.716
K3s−0.381−0.371−0.341−0.336−0.371−0.313−0.197+0.639
K2s−0.427−0.419−0.389−0.387−0.425−0.363−0.274+0.559
QJs+0.184+0.243+0.306+0.354+0.436+0.530+0.690+1.483
QTs+0.023+0.109+0.226+0.337+0.321+0.449+0.599+1.294
Q9s−0.263−0.196−0.065+0.073+0.136+0.167+0.338+0.885
Q8s−0.404−0.394−0.280−0.133−0.057+0.003+0.134+0.606
Q7s−0.515−0.543−0.494−0.369−0.271−0.167−0.071+0.415
Q6s−0.476−0.502−0.471−0.409−0.318−0.187−0.072+0.391
Q5s−0.492−0.520−0.486−0.440−0.402−0.268−0.147+0.346
Q4s−0.533−0.562−0.528−0.482−0.482−0.370−0.233+0.266
Q3s−0.578−0.607−0.575−0.529−0.529−0.446−0.332+0.183
Q2s−0.623−0.653−0.618−0.573−0.574−0.489−0.403+0.112
JTs+0.001+0.143+0.257+0.315+0.332+0.503+0.633+1.080
J9s−0.290−0.164−0.036+0.046+0.141+0.217+0.391+0.743
J8s−0.443−0.385−0.270−0.161−0.048+0.055+0.184+0.546
J7s−0.557−0.538−0.489−0.406−0.279−0.132−0.027+0.365
J6s−0.673−0.650−0.616−0.598−0.489−0.319−0.196+0.188
J5s−0.647−0.625−0.592−0.597−0.544−0.369−0.242+0.171
J4s−0.687−0.665−0.632−0.635−0.613−0.461−0.323+0.092
J3s−0.730−0.710−0.680−0.686−0.666−0.537−0.415+0.016
J2s−0.775−0.756−0.725−0.731−0.715−0.588−0.494−0.065
T9s−0.326−0.173−0.008+0.119+0.157+0.268+0.466+0.778
T8s−0.494−0.406−0.259−0.110−0.038+0.106+0.264+0.600
T7s−0.590−0.546−0.468−0.349−0.265−0.081+0.050+0.417
T6s−0.705−0.660−0.599−0.549−0.482−0.272−0.121+0.235
T5s−0.854−0.805−0.743−0.710−0.705−0.500−0.345+0.056
T4s−0.859−0.817−0.754−0.722−0.754−0.566−0.393+0.011
T3s−0.903−0.862−0.802−0.767−0.798−0.637−0.492−0.070
T2s−0.956−0.916−0.855−0.823−0.855−0.693−0.571−0.148
98s−0.594−0.480−0.300−0.117+0.020+0.115+0.313+0.639
97s−0.644−0.585−0.485−0.328−0.184−0.053+0.117+0.477
96s−0.744−0.682−0.600−0.520−0.396−0.243−0.058+0.297
95s−0.886−0.826−0.741−0.683−0.624−0.471−0.287+0.107
94s−1.065−1.005−0.919−0.862−0.841−0.709−0.515−0.105
93s−1.076−1.015−0.929−0.868−0.847−0.746−0.567−0.153
92s−1.115−1.055−0.970−0.913−0.894−0.793−0.642−0.229
87s−0.588−0.600−0.482−0.301−0.129+0.027+0.196+0.567
86s−0.676−0.686−0.594−0.493−0.335−0.153+0.024+0.388
85s−0.807−0.816−0.724−0.645−0.557−0.378−0.195+0.204
84s−0.994−1.000−0.906−0.826−0.779−0.623−0.425−0.016
83s−1.180−1.190−1.093−1.013−0.971−0.843−0.668−0.240
82s−1.188−1.197−1.099−1.018−0.978−0.849−0.707−0.280
76s−0.516−0.582−0.588−0.469−0.285−0.076+0.088+0.472
75s−0.647−0.710−0.712−0.618−0.507−0.296−0.124+0.295
74s−0.836−0.898−0.896−0.800−0.729−0.545−0.363+0.071
73s−1.025−1.089−1.081−0.989−0.920−0.766−0.607−0.151
72s−1.207−1.274−1.265−1.170−1.105−0.952−0.828−0.370
65s−0.479−0.533−0.560−0.571−0.438−0.201−0.017+0.383
64s−0.653−0.705−0.725−0.732−0.645−0.436−0.242+0.172
63s−0.856−0.912−0.928−0.933−0.845−0.668−0.496−0.055
62s−1.046−1.105−1.123−1.123−1.040−0.859−0.723−0.278
54s−0.493−0.538−0.553−0.587−0.572−0.348−0.145+0.286
53s−0.688−0.737−0.748−0.774−0.757−0.562−0.383+0.071
52s−0.878−0.929−0.937−0.962−0.948−0.755−0.611−0.152
43s−0.739−0.786−0.796−0.821−0.865−0.693−0.488−0.021
42s−0.920−0.974−0.983−1.003−1.048−0.876−0.713−0.241
32s−0.975−1.027−1.039−1.063−1.105−0.979−0.824−0.333
AKo+1.687+1.887+2.082+2.328+2.662+3.025+3.391+3.755
AQo+0.493+0.648+0.930+1.369+1.899+2.416+2.900+3.396
AJo−0.0160.000+0.153+0.483+1.077+1.732+2.457+3.119
ATo−0.184−0.151−0.110−0.004+0.373+1.164+2.001+2.877
A9o−0.443−0.415−0.352−0.285−0.161+0.510+1.422+2.439
A8o−0.490−0.525−0.471−0.383−0.270+0.162+1.051+2.137
A7o−0.480−0.562−0.580−0.501−0.365+0.001+0.730+1.893
A6o−0.494−0.572−0.612−0.610−0.476−0.097+0.491+1.680
A5o−0.339−0.410−0.441−0.454−0.381−0.005+0.509+1.623
A4o−0.381−0.455−0.486−0.498−0.466−0.113+0.389+1.503
A3o−0.424−0.498−0.532−0.547−0.512−0.190+0.294+1.421
A2o−0.472−0.547−0.583−0.601−0.569−0.241+0.201+1.330
KQo−0.029−0.015+0.064+0.184+0.295+0.575+0.970+2.115
KJo−0.140−0.0540.000−0.006+0.013+0.163+0.567+1.858
KTo−0.317−0.203−0.093−0.046−0.122−0.008+0.248+1.635
K9o−0.642−0.534−0.407−0.328−0.329−0.321−0.132+1.194
K8o−0.771−0.738−0.632−0.544−0.530−0.492−0.356+0.810
K7o−0.736−0.746−0.706−0.622−0.579−0.500−0.401+0.631
K6o−0.725−0.732−0.710−0.701−0.656−0.552−0.435+0.485
K5o−0.752−0.757−0.730−0.738−0.756−0.644−0.523+0.364
K4o−0.790−0.797−0.772−0.780−0.840−0.750−0.611+0.275
K3o−0.832−0.841−0.819−0.830−0.893−0.838−0.718+0.187
K2o−0.879−0.889−0.866−0.880−0.941−0.884−0.794+0.109
QJo−0.221−0.168−0.108−0.0640.000+0.091+0.255+1.108
QTo−0.395−0.317−0.199−0.101−0.131−0.001+0.147+0.897
Q9o−0.718−0.654−0.521−0.392−0.347−0.311−0.143+0.459
Q8o−0.871−0.867−0.747−0.607−0.550−0.488−0.356+0.155
Q7o−0.991−1.031−0.981−0.856−0.776−0.673−0.583−0.059
Q6o−0.943−0.981−0.950−0.895−0.816−0.687−0.575−0.076
Q5o−0.957−0.998−0.967−0.933−0.916−0.778−0.658−0.131
Q4o−1.004−1.047−1.015−0.980−1.002−0.884−0.749−0.215
Q3o−1.046−1.089−1.060−1.029−1.053−0.968−0.854−0.301
Q2o−1.097−1.141−1.111−1.081−1.105−1.018−0.936−0.380
JTo−0.423−0.290−0.177−0.120−0.114+0.055+0.185+0.672
J9o−0.741−0.619−0.492−0.412−0.336−0.258−0.082+0.308
J8o−0.906−0.856−0.734−0.626−0.532−0.433−0.295+0.094
J7o−1.020−1.015−0.968−0.879−0.768−0.626−0.521−0.101
J6o−1.142−1.138−1.109−1.095−0.997−0.831−0.708−0.289
J5o−1.119−1.113−1.086−1.096−1.056−0.883−0.753−0.308
J4o−1.165−1.160−1.132−1.143−1.142−0.988−0.842−0.390
J3o−1.214−1.209−1.184−1.195−1.195−1.073−0.948−0.481
J2o−1.266−1.265−1.238−1.249−1.250−1.130−1.036−0.568
T9o−0.781−0.633−0.465−0.343−0.320−0.2000.000+0.349
T8o−0.945−0.867−0.713−0.574−0.511−0.365−0.202+0.158
T7o−1.056−1.027−0.951−0.827−0.751−0.568−0.433−0.036
T6o−1.171−1.142−1.089−1.048−0.987−0.781−0.626−0.230
T5o−1.323−1.291−1.235−1.220−1.228−1.020−0.868−0.428
T4o−1.333−1.305−1.248−1.231−1.279−1.088−0.918−0.479
T3o−1.382−1.354−1.298−1.279−1.328−1.169−1.021−0.567
T2o−1.437−1.408−1.351−1.332−1.383−1.222−1.103−0.649
98o−1.053−0.941−0.754−0.579−0.460−0.359−0.156+0.195
97o−1.108−1.055−0.955−0.801−0.673−0.539−0.370+0.019
96o−1.213−1.160−1.080−1.007−0.894−0.738−0.551−0.168
95o−1.372−1.321−1.237−1.186−1.143−0.986−0.801−0.374
94o−1.567−1.514−1.427−1.378−1.383−1.246−1.048−0.606
93o−1.564−1.510−1.427−1.379−1.384−1.283−1.106−0.655
92o−1.618−1.565−1.481−1.436−1.439−1.334−1.188−0.739
87o−1.055−1.080−0.957−0.776−0.623−0.467−0.292+0.109
86o−1.149−1.172−1.074−0.981−0.835−0.651−0.467−0.074
85o−1.294−1.315−1.218−1.150−1.077−0.891−0.701−0.275
84o−1.496−1.512−1.412−1.341−1.316−1.154−0.951−0.510
83o−1.695−1.718−1.616−1.542−1.521−1.395−1.215−0.748
82o−1.695−1.718−1.619−1.550−1.528−1.402−1.255−0.794
76o−0.979−1.064−1.073−0.954−0.778−0.566−0.400+0.013
75o−1.124−1.205−1.210−1.123−1.026−0.811−0.637−0.180
74o−1.323−1.400−1.400−1.311−1.262−1.070−0.882−0.415
73o−1.526−1.607−1.602−1.512−1.467−1.314−1.150−0.657
72o−1.724−1.810−1.804−1.713−1.668−1.515−1.389−0.892
65o−0.947−1.018−1.048−1.067−0.943−0.704−0.516−0.086
64o−1.132−1.204−1.231−1.246−1.172−0.959−0.760−0.310
63o−1.337−1.411−1.432−1.444−1.375−1.198−1.023−0.550
62o−1.544−1.621−1.644−1.655−1.587−1.409−1.270−0.789
54o−0.965−1.027−1.046−1.089−1.089−0.856−0.646−0.185
53o−1.154−1.219−1.235−1.274−1.279−1.086−0.905−0.419
52o−1.363−1.433−1.447−1.483−1.488−1.291−1.148−0.654
43o−1.204−1.272−1.288−1.325−1.392−1.221−1.016−0.514
42o−1.414−1.483−1.494−1.529−1.597−1.424−1.259−0.748
32o−1.464−1.532−1.549−1.585−1.651−1.527−1.372−0.844

Reading the chart is the easy half. The trainer deals you real hands at 19 bb in a seat you choose and prices every wrong shove or call in big blinds.

Drill 9-max at 19 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 0.083 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.