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Cutoff push/fold chart - 5bb, 9-max
Cutoff shoves 40% of hands here at 5bb effective (65 of 169 starting hands go in at full frequency). The cutoff is close enough to the button to apply real pressure on the blinds, so the opening range widens noticeably here.
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 (24)
K2s 98% shove / 2% fold,Q7s 98% shove / 2% fold,Q6s 96% shove / 4% fold,Q5s 69% shove / 31% fold,Q4s 6% shove / 94% fold,Q3s 2% shove / 98% fold,J7s 82% shove / 18% fold,J6s 1% shove / 99% fold,T7s 83% shove / 17% fold,T6s 1% shove / 99% fold,Q9o 99% shove / 1% fold,J9o 84% shove / 16% fold,T9o 46% shove / 54% fold,97s 77% shove / 23% fold,96s 1% shove / 99% fold,Q8o 4% shove / 96% fold,87s 93% shove / 7% fold,86s 5% shove / 95% fold,K7o 97% shove / 3% fold,76s 12% shove / 88% fold,K6o 82% shove / 18% fold,65s 1% shove / 99% fold,K5o 5% shove / 95% fold,K4o 1% shove / 99% fold
Cutoff shove range at 5bb, hand by hand
Always shove — 65 of the 169 starting hands: 22+, A2s+, K3s+, Q8s+, J8s+, T8s+, 98s, A2o+, K8o+, QTo+, JTo
Less than always — 24 hands the solver shoves only some of the time: Q9o (99%), K2s (98%), Q7s (98%), K7o (97%), Q6s (96%), 87s (93%), J9o (84%), T7s (83%), J7s (82%), K6o (82%), 97s (77%), Q5s (69%), T9o (46%), 76s (12%), Q4s (6%), 86s (5%), K5o (5%), Q8o (4%), Q3s (2%), J6s (1%), T6s (1%), 96s (1%), 65s (1%), K4o (1%).
Across every hand dealt, that is 40% of hands played, weighted by how often each one is dealt.
Compared to 8bb
Cutoff shoves 9 hands at 5bb that it folds at 8bb: K2s, Q7s, Q5s, J7s, Q9o, J9o, K8o, K7o, K6o.
Going the other way, Cutoff folds 3 hands at 5bb that it shoves at 8bb: 86s, 76s, 65s.
Hands right on the edge
These aren't clean shove-or-fold decisions - the solver mixes its strategy on each one: Q5s (69% shove), T9o (46% shove), 97s (77% shove).
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Common questions
- What percentage of hands does Cutoff open-shove at 5bb?
- Cutoff shoves 40% 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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