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Small Blind push/fold chart - 8bb, 6-max
Small Blind shoves 71% of hands here at 8bb effective (120 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 (19)
T2s 96% shove / 4% fold,94s 89% shove / 11% fold,93s 69% shove / 31% fold,92s 3% shove / 97% fold,73s 4% shove / 96% fold,J6o 98% shove / 2% fold,T6o 59% shove / 41% fold,96o 34% shove / 66% fold,86o 94% shove / 6% fold,76o 99% shove / 1% fold,63s 95% shove / 5% fold,62s 2% shove / 98% fold,J5o 95% shove / 5% fold,75o 3% shove / 97% fold,65o 77% shove / 23% fold,52s 4% shove / 96% fold,J4o 10% shove / 90% fold,54o 2% shove / 98% fold,43s 99% shove / 1% fold
Small Blind shove range at 8bb, hand by hand
Always shove — 120 of the 169 starting hands: 22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q2s+, J2s+, T3s+, 95s+, 84s+, 74s+, 64s+, 53s+, A2o+, K2o+, Q2o+, J7o+, T7o+, 97o+, 87o
Less than always — 19 hands the solver shoves only some of the time: 76o (99%), 43s (99%), J6o (98%), T2s (96%), 63s (95%), J5o (95%), 86o (94%), 94s (89%), 65o (77%), 93s (69%), T6o (59%), 96o (34%), J4o (10%), 73s (4%), 52s (4%), 92s (3%), 75o (3%), 62s (2%), 54o (2%).
Across every hand dealt, that is 71% of hands played, weighted by how often each one is dealt.
Compared to 10bb
Small Blind shoves 8 hands at 8bb that it folds at 10bb: T2s, 94s, 93s, J6o, T6o, J5o, 65o, Q2o.
Hands right on the edge
These aren't clean shove-or-fold decisions - the solver mixes its strategy on each one: 93s (69% shove), T6o (59% shove), 96o (34% shove), 65o (77% shove).
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Common questions
- What percentage of hands does Small Blind open-shove at 8bb?
- Small Blind shoves 71% of hands at 8bb 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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