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Small Blind push/fold chart - 6bb, 6-max
Small Blind shoves 76% of hands here at 6bb effective (131 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.
Exact mixed frequencies (15)
93s 99% shove / 1% fold,92s 78% shove / 22% fold,83s 1% shove / 99% fold,82s 1% shove / 99% fold,73s 10% shove / 90% fold,63s 97% shove / 3% fold,T5o 56% shove / 44% fold,95o 2% shove / 98% fold,85o 3% shove / 97% fold,75o 10% shove / 90% fold,65o 93% shove / 7% fold,52s 2% shove / 98% fold,T4o 2% shove / 98% fold,54o 2% shove / 98% fold,43s 98% shove / 2% fold
Small Blind shove range at 6bb, hand by hand
Always shove — 131 of the 169 starting hands: 22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q2s+, J2s+, T2s+, 94s+, 84s+, 74s+, 64s+, 53s+, A2o+, K2o+, Q2o+, J2o+, T6o+, 96o+, 86o+, 76o
Less than always — 15 hands the solver shoves only some of the time: 93s (99%), 43s (98%), 63s (97%), 65o (93%), 92s (78%), T5o (56%), 73s (10%), 75o (10%), 85o (3%), 95o (2%), 52s (2%), T4o (2%), 54o (2%), 83s (1%), 82s (1%).
Across every hand dealt, that is 76% 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: 92s (78% shove), T5o (56% shove).
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- What percentage of hands does Small Blind open-shove at 6bb?
- Small Blind shoves 76% of hands at 6bb 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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