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Cutoff push/fold chart - 8bb, 6-max
Cutoff shoves 35% of hands here at 8bb effective (58 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 (29)
K5s 98% shove / 2% fold,K4s 91% shove / 9% fold,K3s 20% shove / 80% fold,K2s 5% shove / 95% fold,Q8s 99% shove / 1% fold,Q7s 17% shove / 83% fold,Q6s 32% shove / 68% fold,Q5s 3% shove / 97% fold,Q4s 2% shove / 98% fold,J8s 99% shove / 1% fold,J7s 16% shove / 84% fold,J6s 1% shove / 99% fold,JTo 99% shove / 1% fold,T7s 88% shove / 12% fold,T6s 2% shove / 98% fold,K9o 95% shove / 5% fold,Q9o 3% shove / 97% fold,J9o 4% shove / 96% fold,T9o 16% shove / 84% fold,97s 96% shove / 4% fold,96s 11% shove / 89% fold,K8o 2% shove / 98% fold,86s 87% shove / 13% fold,85s 1% shove / 99% fold,76s 98% shove / 2% fold,75s 6% shove / 94% fold,65s 70% shove / 30% fold,64s 2% shove / 98% fold,54s 6% shove / 94% fold
Cutoff shove range at 8bb, hand by hand
Always shove — 58 of the 169 starting hands: 22+, A2s+, K6s+, Q9s+, J9s+, T8s+, 98s, 87s, A2o+, KTo+, QTo+
Less than always — 29 hands the solver shoves only some of the time: Q8s (99%), J8s (99%), JTo (99%), K5s (98%), 76s (98%), 97s (96%), K9o (95%), K4s (91%), T7s (88%), 86s (87%), 65s (70%), Q6s (32%), K3s (20%), Q7s (17%), J7s (16%), T9o (16%), 96s (11%), 75s (6%), 54s (6%), K2s (5%), J9o (4%), Q5s (3%), Q9o (3%), Q4s (2%), T6s (2%), K8o (2%), 64s (2%), J6s (1%), 85s (1%).
Across every hand dealt, that is 35% of hands played, weighted by how often each one is dealt.
Compared to 10bb
Cutoff shoves 3 hands at 8bb that it folds at 10bb: K4s, K9o, 65s.
Hands right on the edge
These aren't clean shove-or-fold decisions - the solver mixes its strategy on each one: Q6s (32% shove), 65s (70% shove).
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Common questions
- What percentage of hands does Cutoff open-shove at 8bb?
- Cutoff shoves 35% 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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