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UTG+2 push/fold chart - 8bb, 9-max
UTG+2 shoves 23% of hands here at 8bb effective (38 of 169 starting hands go in at full frequency). Two seats after under the gun, the last of the truly early positions at a 9-max table - still tight, but a step looser than UTG and UTG+1.
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 (29)
K9s 97% shove / 3% fold,K8s 21% shove / 79% fold,K7s 18% shove / 82% fold,K6s 6% shove / 94% fold,K5s 3% shove / 97% fold,Q9s 97% shove / 3% fold,Q8s 6% shove / 94% fold,KJo 99% shove / 1% fold,QJo 78% shove / 22% fold,J9s 98% shove / 2% fold,J8s 55% shove / 45% fold,KTo 38% shove / 62% fold,QTo 5% shove / 95% fold,JTo 11% shove / 89% fold,T8s 91% shove / 9% fold,T7s 4% shove / 96% fold,98s 95% shove / 5% fold,97s 7% shove / 93% fold,A8o 99% shove / 1% fold,87s 77% shove / 23% fold,86s 3% shove / 97% fold,A7o 73% shove / 27% fold,76s 10% shove / 90% fold,A6o 5% shove / 95% fold,65s 4% shove / 96% fold,A5o 35% shove / 65% fold,54s 1% shove / 99% fold,A4o 3% shove / 97% fold,A3o 1% shove / 99% fold
UTG+2 shove range at 8bb, hand by hand
Always shove — 38 of the 169 starting hands: 22+, A2s+, KTs+, QTs+, JTs, T9s, A9o+, KQo
Less than always — 29 hands the solver shoves only some of the time: KJo (99%), A8o (99%), J9s (98%), K9s (97%), Q9s (97%), 98s (95%), T8s (91%), QJo (78%), 87s (77%), A7o (73%), J8s (55%), KTo (38%), A5o (35%), K8s (21%), K7s (18%), JTo (11%), 76s (10%), 97s (7%), K6s (6%), Q8s (6%), QTo (5%), A6o (5%), T7s (4%), 65s (4%), K5s (3%), 86s (3%), A4o (3%), 54s (1%), A3o (1%).
Across every hand dealt, that is 23% of hands played, weighted by how often each one is dealt.
Compared to 10bb
UTG+2 shoves 3 hands at 8bb that it folds at 10bb: A8o, 87s, A7o.
Hands right on the edge
These aren't clean shove-or-fold decisions - the solver mixes its strategy on each one: K8s (21% shove), QJo (78% shove), J8s (55% shove), KTo (38% shove), 87s (77% shove), A7o (73% shove).
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Common questions
- What percentage of hands does UTG+2 open-shove at 8bb?
- UTG+2 shoves 23% 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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