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Button push/fold chart - 8bb, 6-max
Button shoves 43% of hands here at 8bb effective (69 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 (33)
Q7s 98% shove / 2% fold,Q6s 97% shove / 3% fold,Q5s 89% shove / 11% fold,Q4s 37% shove / 63% fold,Q3s 6% shove / 94% fold,J7s 97% shove / 3% fold,J6s 8% shove / 92% fold,J5s 5% shove / 95% fold,J4s 1% shove / 99% fold,T7s 98% shove / 2% fold,T6s 14% shove / 86% fold,Q9o 97% shove / 3% fold,J9o 89% shove / 11% fold,T9o 96% shove / 4% fold,96s 89% shove / 11% fold,95s 2% shove / 98% fold,Q8o 3% shove / 97% fold,J8o 1% shove / 99% fold,T8o 2% shove / 98% fold,98o 3% shove / 97% fold,86s 98% shove / 2% fold,85s 11% shove / 89% fold,K7o 99% shove / 1% fold,87o 1% shove / 99% fold,75s 85% shove / 15% fold,74s 1% shove / 99% fold,K6o 95% shove / 5% fold,65s 98% shove / 2% fold,64s 4% shove / 96% fold,K5o 20% shove / 80% fold,54s 85% shove / 15% fold,53s 1% shove / 99% fold,K4o 3% shove / 97% fold
Button shove range at 8bb, hand by hand
Always shove — 69 of the 169 starting hands: 22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q8s+, J8s+, T8s+, 97s+, 87s, 76s, A2o+, K8o+, QTo+, JTo
Less than always — 33 hands the solver shoves only some of the time: K7o (99%), Q7s (98%), T7s (98%), 86s (98%), 65s (98%), Q6s (97%), J7s (97%), Q9o (97%), T9o (96%), K6o (95%), Q5s (89%), J9o (89%), 96s (89%), 75s (85%), 54s (85%), Q4s (37%), K5o (20%), T6s (14%), 85s (11%), J6s (8%), Q3s (6%), J5s (5%), 64s (4%), Q8o (3%), 98o (3%), K4o (3%), 95s (2%), T8o (2%), J4s (1%), J8o (1%), 87o (1%), 74s (1%), 53s (1%).
Across every hand dealt, that is 43% of hands played, weighted by how often each one is dealt.
Compared to 10bb
Button shoves 3 hands at 8bb that it folds at 10bb: J9o, K7o, K6o.
Hands right on the edge
These aren't clean shove-or-fold decisions - the solver mixes its strategy on each one: Q4s (37% shove), K5o (20% shove).
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Common questions
- What percentage of hands does Button open-shove at 8bb?
- Button shoves 43% of hands at 8bb effective, 6-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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