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Under the Gun push/fold chart - 8bb, 9-max
Under the Gun shoves 18% of hands here at 8bb 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 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 (30)
A7s 99% shove / 1% fold,A6s 96% shove / 4% fold,A4s 95% shove / 5% fold,A3s 69% shove / 31% fold,A2s 16% shove / 84% fold,K9s 98% shove / 2% fold,K8s 8% shove / 92% fold,K7s 8% shove / 92% fold,K6s 2% shove / 98% fold,K5s 1% shove / 99% fold,Q9s 95% shove / 5% fold,Q8s 5% shove / 95% fold,KJo 87% shove / 13% fold,QJo 10% shove / 90% fold,J9s 97% shove / 3% fold,J8s 12% shove / 88% fold,KTo 6% shove / 94% fold,QTo 4% shove / 96% fold,JTo 5% shove / 95% fold,T9s 99% shove / 1% fold,T8s 76% shove / 24% fold,T7s 1% shove / 99% fold,A9o 39% shove / 61% fold,98s 89% shove / 11% fold,97s 4% shove / 96% fold,A8o 1% shove / 99% fold,87s 11% shove / 89% fold,76s 2% shove / 98% fold,33 97% shove / 3% fold,22 45% shove / 55% fold
Under the Gun shove range at 8bb, hand by hand
Always shove — 29 of the 169 starting hands: 44+, AKs, AQs, AJs, ATs, A9s, A8s, A5s, KTs+, QTs+, JTs, ATo+, KQo
Less than always — 30 hands the solver shoves only some of the time: A7s (99%), T9s (99%), K9s (98%), J9s (97%), 33 (97%), A6s (96%), A4s (95%), Q9s (95%), 98s (89%), KJo (87%), T8s (76%), A3s (69%), 22 (45%), A9o (39%), A2s (16%), J8s (12%), 87s (11%), QJo (10%), K8s (8%), K7s (8%), KTo (6%), Q8s (5%), JTo (5%), QTo (4%), 97s (4%), K6s (2%), 76s (2%), K5s (1%), T7s (1%), A8o (1%).
Across every hand dealt, that is 18% of hands played, weighted by how often each one is dealt.
Compared to 10bb
Under the Gun shoves 5 hands at 8bb that it folds at 10bb: A6s, A3s, KJo, T8s, 98s.
Hands right on the edge
These aren't clean shove-or-fold decisions - the solver mixes its strategy on each one: A3s (69% shove), T8s (76% shove), A9o (39% shove), 22 (45% shove).
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Common questions
- What percentage of hands does Under the Gun open-shove at 8bb?
- Under the Gun shoves 18% of hands at 8bb 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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