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Hijack push/fold chart - 5bb, 9-max
Hijack shoves 34% of hands here at 5bb effective (58 of 169 starting hands go in at full frequency). The hijack acts before the cutoff, button and both blinds; those four remaining players shape its open-shove range.
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)
K4s 97% shove / 3% fold,K3s 85% shove / 15% fold,K2s 20% shove / 80% fold,Q7s 60% shove / 40% fold,Q6s 28% shove / 72% fold,Q5s 4% shove / 96% fold,Q4s 1% shove / 99% fold,J8s 98% shove / 2% fold,J7s 6% shove / 94% fold,T8s 98% shove / 2% fold,T7s 7% shove / 93% fold,Q9o 15% shove / 85% fold,J9o 3% shove / 97% fold,T9o 3% shove / 97% fold,98s 98% shove / 2% fold,97s 12% shove / 88% fold,K8o 36% shove / 64% fold,87s 67% shove / 33% fold,86s 2% shove / 98% fold,K7o 3% shove / 97% fold,76s 4% shove / 96% fold,K6o 1% shove / 99% fold,65s 1% shove / 99% fold,22 99% shove / 1% fold
Hijack shove range at 5bb, hand by hand
Always shove — 58 of the 169 starting hands: 33+, A2s+, K5s+, Q8s+, J9s+, T9s, A2o+, K9o+, QTo+, JTo
Less than always — 24 hands the solver shoves only some of the time: 22 (99%), J8s (98%), T8s (98%), 98s (98%), K4s (97%), K3s (85%), 87s (67%), Q7s (60%), K8o (36%), Q6s (28%), K2s (20%), Q9o (15%), 97s (12%), T7s (7%), J7s (6%), Q5s (4%), 76s (4%), J9o (3%), T9o (3%), K7o (3%), 86s (2%), Q4s (1%), K6o (1%), 65s (1%).
Across every hand dealt, that is 34% of hands played, weighted by how often each one is dealt.
Compared to 8bb
Hijack shoves 5 hands at 5bb that it folds at 8bb: K5s, K4s, K3s, Q7s, K9o.
Hands right on the edge
These aren't clean shove-or-fold decisions - the solver mixes its strategy on each one: Q7s (60% shove), Q6s (28% shove), K8o (36% shove), 87s (67% shove).
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Common questions
- What percentage of hands does Hijack open-shove at 5bb?
- Hijack shoves 34% 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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