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Small Blind push/fold chart - 10bb, 6-max
Small Blind shoves 66% of hands here at 10bb effective (111 of 169 starting hands go in at full frequency). The small blind opens into just the big blind, a heads-up spot where a wide, aggressive range is usually correct.
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.
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Exact mixed frequencies (24)
J2s 98% shove / 2% fold,T4s 98% shove / 2% fold,T3s 95% shove / 5% fold,T2s 9% shove / 91% fold,94s 17% shove / 83% fold,93s 7% shove / 93% fold,84s 97% shove / 3% fold,J7o 98% shove / 2% fold,T7o 95% shove / 5% fold,97o 99% shove / 1% fold,73s 3% shove / 97% fold,J6o 2% shove / 98% fold,96o 4% shove / 96% fold,86o 70% shove / 30% fold,76o 98% shove / 2% fold,63s 90% shove / 10% fold,J5o 2% shove / 98% fold,75o 2% shove / 98% fold,65o 23% shove / 77% fold,52s 3% shove / 97% fold,54o 2% shove / 98% fold,43s 97% shove / 3% fold,Q3o 94% shove / 6% fold,Q2o 13% shove / 87% fold
Small Blind shove range at 10bb, hand by hand
Always shove — 111 of the 169 starting hands: 22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q2s+, J3s+, T5s+, 95s+, 85s+, 74s+, 64s+, 53s+, A2o+, K2o+, Q4o+, J8o+, T8o+, 98o, 87o
Less than always — 24 hands the solver shoves only some of the time: 97o (99%), J2s (98%), T4s (98%), J7o (98%), 76o (98%), 84s (97%), 43s (97%), T3s (95%), T7o (95%), Q3o (94%), 63s (90%), 86o (70%), 65o (23%), 94s (17%), Q2o (13%), T2s (9%), 93s (7%), 96o (4%), 73s (3%), 52s (3%), J6o (2%), J5o (2%), 75o (2%), 54o (2%).
Across every hand dealt, that is 66% of hands played, weighted by how often each one is dealt.
Compared to 12bb
Small Blind shoves 3 hands at 10bb that it folds at 12bb: 86o, Q4o, Q3o.
Hands right on the edge
These aren't clean shove-or-fold decisions - the solver mixes its strategy on each one: 86o (70% shove), 65o (23% shove).
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Common questions
- What percentage of hands does Small Blind open-shove at 10bb?
- Small Blind shoves 66% of hands at 10bb 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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