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Under the Gun push/fold chart - 12bb, 6-max

Under the Gun shoves 20% of hands here at 12bb effective (29 of 169 starting hands go in at full frequency). Under the gun opens first with the whole table still left to act behind it, so this is the tightest opening range at the table.

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 (32)

A6s 97% shove / 3% fold,A5s 99% shove / 1% fold,A4s 96% shove / 4% fold,A3s 79% shove / 21% fold,A2s 47% shove / 53% fold,K9s 99% shove / 1% fold,K8s 24% shove / 76% fold,K7s 15% shove / 85% fold,K6s 4% shove / 96% fold,K5s 1% shove / 99% fold,Q9s 98% shove / 2% fold,Q8s 22% shove / 78% fold,KJo 87% shove / 13% fold,QJo 39% shove / 61% fold,J9s 98% shove / 2% fold,J8s 78% shove / 22% fold,J7s 2% shove / 98% fold,KTo 11% shove / 89% fold,QTo 13% shove / 87% fold,JTo 18% shove / 82% fold,T9s 99% shove / 1% fold,T8s 91% shove / 9% fold,T7s 1% shove / 99% fold,A9o 42% shove / 58% fold,98s 94% shove / 6% fold,97s 7% shove / 93% fold,A8o 2% shove / 98% fold,87s 19% shove / 81% fold,86s 2% shove / 98% fold,76s 3% shove / 97% fold,33 97% shove / 3% fold,22 72% shove / 28% fold

ShoveFold

Under the Gun shove range at 12bb, hand by hand

Always shove — 29 of the 169 starting hands: 44+, A7s+, KTs+, QTs+, JTs, ATo+, KQo

Less than always — 32 hands the solver shoves only some of the time: A5s (99%), K9s (99%), T9s (99%), Q9s (98%), J9s (98%), A6s (97%), 33 (97%), A4s (96%), 98s (94%), T8s (91%), KJo (87%), A3s (79%), J8s (78%), 22 (72%), A2s (47%), A9o (42%), QJo (39%), K8s (24%), Q8s (22%), 87s (19%), JTo (18%), K7s (15%), QTo (13%), KTo (11%), 97s (7%), K6s (4%), 76s (3%), J7s (2%), A8o (2%), 86s (2%), K5s (1%), T7s (1%).

Across every hand dealt, that is 20% of hands played, weighted by how often each one is dealt.

Compared to 15bb

Under the Gun shoves 6 hands at 12bb that it folds at 15bb: A6s, A3s, KJo, J8s, T8s, 22.

Hands right on the edge

These aren't clean shove-or-fold decisions - the solver mixes its strategy on each one: A3s (79% shove), A2s (47% shove), K8s (24% shove), Q8s (22% shove), QJo (39% shove), J8s (78% shove).

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Common questions

What percentage of hands does Under the Gun open-shove at 12bb?
Under the Gun shoves 20% of hands at 12bb 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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