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Cutoff push/fold chart - 9bb, 6-max
Cutoff shoves 33% of hands here at 9bb effective (55 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)
K6s 97% shove / 3% fold,K5s 93% shove / 7% fold,K4s 31% shove / 69% fold,K3s 4% shove / 96% fold,K2s 2% shove / 98% fold,Q8s 93% shove / 7% fold,Q7s 6% shove / 94% fold,Q6s 4% shove / 96% fold,Q5s 2% shove / 98% fold,Q4s 1% shove / 99% fold,J8s 97% shove / 3% fold,J7s 9% shove / 91% fold,QTo 98% shove / 2% fold,JTo 97% shove / 3% fold,T7s 76% shove / 24% fold,T6s 1% shove / 99% fold,K9o 15% shove / 85% fold,J9o 2% shove / 98% fold,T9o 5% shove / 95% fold,97s 93% shove / 7% fold,96s 6% shove / 94% fold,87s 99% shove / 1% fold,86s 66% shove / 34% fold,85s 1% shove / 99% fold,76s 97% shove / 3% fold,75s 5% shove / 95% fold,65s 51% shove / 49% fold,64s 1% shove / 99% fold,54s 5% shove / 95% fold
Cutoff shove range at 9bb, hand by hand
Always shove — 55 of the 169 starting hands: 22+, A2s+, K7s+, Q9s+, J9s+, T8s+, 98s, A2o+, KTo+, QJo
Less than always — 29 hands the solver shoves only some of the time: 87s (99%), QTo (98%), K6s (97%), J8s (97%), JTo (97%), 76s (97%), K5s (93%), Q8s (93%), 97s (93%), T7s (76%), 86s (66%), 65s (51%), K4s (31%), K9o (15%), J7s (9%), Q7s (6%), 96s (6%), T9o (5%), 75s (5%), 54s (5%), K3s (4%), Q6s (4%), K2s (2%), Q5s (2%), J9o (2%), Q4s (1%), T6s (1%), 85s (1%), 64s (1%).
Across every hand dealt, that is 33% 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: K4s (31% shove), T7s (76% shove), 86s (66% shove), 65s (51% shove).
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Common questions
- What percentage of hands does Cutoff open-shove at 9bb?
- Cutoff shoves 33% 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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