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Under the Gun push/fold chart - 9bb, 6-max
Under the Gun shoves 24% of hands here at 9bb effective (40 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 (31)
K9s 99% shove / 1% fold,K8s 46% shove / 54% fold,K7s 27% shove / 73% fold,K6s 4% shove / 96% fold,K5s 3% shove / 97% fold,Q9s 98% shove / 2% fold,Q8s 17% shove / 83% fold,Q7s 1% shove / 99% fold,Q6s 1% shove / 99% fold,KJo 99% shove / 1% fold,QJo 78% shove / 22% fold,J8s 81% shove / 19% fold,J7s 2% shove / 98% fold,KTo 55% shove / 45% fold,QTo 13% shove / 87% fold,JTo 31% shove / 69% fold,T8s 95% shove / 5% fold,T7s 3% shove / 97% fold,T9o 1% shove / 99% fold,98s 98% shove / 2% fold,97s 27% shove / 73% fold,96s 2% shove / 98% fold,A8o 98% shove / 2% fold,87s 85% shove / 15% fold,86s 4% shove / 96% fold,A7o 60% shove / 40% fold,76s 14% shove / 86% fold,A6o 2% shove / 98% fold,65s 2% shove / 98% fold,A5o 49% shove / 51% fold,A4o 3% shove / 97% fold
Under the Gun shove range at 9bb, hand by hand
Always shove — 40 of the 169 starting hands: 22+, A2s+, K9s+, QTs+, J9s+, T9s, A9o+, KQo
Less than always — 30 hands the solver shoves only some of the time: KJo (99%), Q9s (98%), 98s (98%), A8o (98%), T8s (95%), 87s (85%), J8s (81%), QJo (78%), A7o (60%), KTo (55%), A5o (49%), K8s (46%), JTo (31%), K7s (27%), 97s (27%), Q8s (17%), 76s (14%), QTo (13%), K6s (4%), 86s (4%), K5s (3%), T7s (3%), A4o (3%), J7s (2%), 96s (2%), A6o (2%), 65s (2%), Q7s (1%), Q6s (1%), T9o (1%).
Across every hand dealt, that is 24% 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: K8s (46% shove), K7s (27% shove), QJo (78% shove), KTo (55% shove), JTo (31% shove), 97s (27% shove).
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- What percentage of hands does Under the Gun open-shove at 9bb?
- Under the Gun shoves 24% of hands at 9bb 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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