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Button push/fold chart - 9bb, 6-max
Button shoves 41% of hands here at 9bb effective (66 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 (32)
K3s 99% shove / 1% fold,K2s 98% shove / 2% fold,Q7s 97% shove / 3% fold,Q6s 95% shove / 5% fold,Q5s 71% shove / 29% fold,Q4s 8% shove / 92% fold,Q3s 3% shove / 97% fold,J7s 96% shove / 4% fold,J6s 6% shove / 94% fold,J5s 3% shove / 97% fold,J4s 1% shove / 99% fold,T7s 98% shove / 2% fold,T6s 13% shove / 87% fold,Q9o 85% shove / 15% fold,J9o 39% shove / 61% fold,T9o 90% shove / 10% fold,96s 87% shove / 13% fold,95s 1% shove / 99% fold,K8o 98% shove / 2% fold,Q8o 1% shove / 99% fold,T8o 1% shove / 99% fold,98o 3% shove / 97% fold,86s 98% shove / 2% fold,85s 9% shove / 91% fold,K7o 84% shove / 16% fold,87o 1% shove / 99% fold,75s 86% shove / 14% fold,K6o 17% shove / 83% fold,65s 97% shove / 3% fold,64s 4% shove / 96% fold,K5o 3% shove / 97% fold,54s 79% shove / 21% fold
Button shove range at 9bb, hand by hand
Always shove — 66 of the 169 starting hands: 22+, A2s+, K4s+, Q8s+, J8s+, T8s+, 97s+, 87s, 76s, A2o+, K9o+, QTo+, JTo
Less than always — 32 hands the solver shoves only some of the time: K3s (99%), K2s (98%), T7s (98%), K8o (98%), 86s (98%), Q7s (97%), 65s (97%), J7s (96%), Q6s (95%), T9o (90%), 96s (87%), 75s (86%), Q9o (85%), K7o (84%), 54s (79%), Q5s (71%), J9o (39%), K6o (17%), T6s (13%), 85s (9%), Q4s (8%), J6s (6%), 64s (4%), Q3s (3%), J5s (3%), 98o (3%), K5o (3%), J4s (1%), 95s (1%), Q8o (1%), T8o (1%), 87o (1%).
Across every hand dealt, that is 41% of hands played, weighted by how often each one is dealt.
Hands right on the edge
These aren't clean shove-or-fold decisions - the solver mixes its strategy on each one: Q5s (71% shove), J9o (39% shove), 54s (79% shove).
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- What percentage of hands does Button open-shove at 9bb?
- Button shoves 41% of hands at 9bb 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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