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Small Blind push/fold chart - 12bb, 9-max
Small Blind shoves 64% of hands here at 12bb effective (108 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 is a restricted shove/fold solve, not a complete opening strategy. It does not compare a shove with smaller raises, limps or postflop lines at this depth.
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)
J2s 98% shove / 2% fold,T4s 98% shove / 2% fold,T3s 87% shove / 13% fold,T2s 5% shove / 95% fold,94s 8% shove / 92% fold,93s 4% shove / 96% fold,84s 94% shove / 6% fold,J7o 93% shove / 7% fold,T7o 93% shove / 7% fold,97o 98% shove / 2% fold,87o 99% shove / 1% fold,73s 2% shove / 98% fold,96o 3% shove / 97% fold,86o 24% shove / 76% fold,76o 97% shove / 3% fold,63s 57% shove / 43% fold,75o 2% shove / 98% fold,65o 11% shove / 89% fold,53s 99% shove / 1% fold,52s 2% shove / 98% fold,Q4o 95% shove / 5% fold,43s 92% shove / 8% fold,Q3o 11% shove / 89% fold,Q2o 2% shove / 98% fold
Small Blind shove range at 12bb, hand by hand
Always shove — 108 of the 169 starting hands: 22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q2s+, J3s+, T5s+, 95s+, 85s+, 74s+, 64s+, 54s, A2o+, K2o+, Q5o+, J8o+, T8o+, 98o
Less than always — 24 hands the solver shoves only some of the time: 87o (99%), 53s (99%), J2s (98%), T4s (98%), 97o (98%), 76o (97%), Q4o (95%), 84s (94%), J7o (93%), T7o (93%), 43s (92%), T3s (87%), 63s (57%), 86o (24%), 65o (11%), Q3o (11%), 94s (8%), T2s (5%), 93s (4%), 96o (3%), 73s (2%), 75o (2%), 52s (2%), Q2o (2%).
Across every hand dealt, that is 64% of hands played, weighted by how often each one is dealt.
Compared to 15bb
Small Blind shoves 8 hands at 12bb that it folds at 15bb: J2s, T3s, J7o, T7o, Q6o, 63s, Q5o, Q4o.
Hands right on the edge
These aren't clean shove-or-fold decisions - the solver mixes its strategy on each one: 86o (24% shove), 63s (57% shove).
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Common questions
- What percentage of hands does Small Blind open-shove at 12bb?
- Small Blind shoves 64% of hands at 12bb 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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