Ranges / Small Blind 8bb
Small Blind push/fold chart - 8bb, 6-max
Small Blind open-raises 71% of hands here at 8bb effective (123 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.
At this depth, shoving dominates raise-folding for almost every hand worth playing - there's rarely enough stack left behind to fold profitably to a 3-bet, so if a hand is good enough to open, it's usually good enough to get all-in.
Small Blind shove range at 8bb, hand by hand
Always shove — 123 of the 169 starting hands: 22+, A2s+, K2s+, Q2s+, J2s+, T3s+, 95s+, 84s+, 74s+, 64s+, 53s+, 43s, A2o+, K2o+, Q2o+, J6o+, T7o+, 97o+, 87o, 76o
Less than always — 12 hands the solver shoves only some of the time: T2s (99%), 86o (98%), 63s (98%), J5o (98%), 94s (96%), 65o (90%), 93s (79%), T6o (68%), 96o (19%), J4o (5%), 73s (1%), 52s (1%).
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 (79% shove), T6o (68% shove).
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