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Button push/fold chart - 5bb, 9-max
Button shoves 47% of hands here at 5bb effective (78 of 169 starting hands go in at full frequency). Only the blinds remain behind the button, so its open-shove range is wider than early-position ranges. This chart does not model postflop play.
This chart compares only shove and fold in a short-stack model. Smaller raises or limps can still matter in the full game; they are not evaluated here.
Model: chip-EV; 0.125bb ante per player, not a big-blind ante. Stacks are measured before posting blinds and antes. Solver 0.2.1. The pot is unopened; this is an open-shove-or-fold decision.
Exact mixed frequencies (21)
Q3s 97% shove / 3% fold,Q2s 75% shove / 25% fold,J6s 93% shove / 7% fold,J5s 33% shove / 67% fold,J4s 2% shove / 98% fold,T7s 99% shove / 1% fold,T6s 19% shove / 81% fold,97s 98% shove / 2% fold,96s 7% shove / 93% fold,J8o 83% shove / 17% fold,T8o 13% shove / 87% fold,98o 3% shove / 97% fold,87s 99% shove / 1% fold,86s 8% shove / 92% fold,Q7o 68% shove / 32% fold,76s 48% shove / 52% fold,Q6o 6% shove / 94% fold,65s 1% shove / 99% fold,K4o 99% shove / 1% fold,K3o 95% shove / 5% fold,K2o 37% shove / 63% fold
Button shove range at 5bb, hand by hand
Always shove — 78 of the 169 starting hands: 22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q4s+, J7s+, T8s+, 98s, A2o+, K5o+, Q8o+, J9o+, T9o
Less than always — 21 hands the solver shoves only some of the time: T7s (99%), 87s (99%), K4o (99%), 97s (98%), Q3s (97%), K3o (95%), J6s (93%), J8o (83%), Q2s (75%), Q7o (68%), 76s (48%), K2o (37%), J5s (33%), T6s (19%), T8o (13%), 86s (8%), 96s (7%), Q6o (6%), 98o (3%), J4s (2%), 65s (1%).
Across every hand dealt, that is 47% of hands played, weighted by how often each one is dealt.
Compared to 8bb
Button shoves 8 hands at 5bb that it folds at 8bb: Q3s, Q2s, J6s, Q8o, J8o, Q7o, K4o, K3o.
Going the other way, Button folds 6 hands at 5bb that it shoves at 8bb: 96s, 86s, 76s, 75s, 65s, 54s.
Hands right on the edge
These aren't clean shove-or-fold decisions - the solver mixes its strategy on each one: Q2s (75% shove), J5s (33% shove), Q7o (68% shove), 76s (48% shove), K2o (37% shove).
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Common questions
- What percentage of hands does Button open-shove at 5bb?
- Button shoves 47% of hands at 5bb effective, 9-max. The chart compares only the listed all-in and fold decisions.
- Is this a baseline or an exploit range?
- This is a chip-EV baseline for a restricted shove/fold model. It does not compare limps, smaller raises or postflop play, and it is not a guarantee of unexploitable multiplayer play. Separate exploit solves target specified opponent tendencies.
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