Button Push/Fold Range at 10 BB with BB Ante (6-Max)
With a big blind ante, the Button shoves 48% of hands at 10BB in 6-max — 10 percentage points wider than the 38% no-ante range.
Marginal hands on the threshold — 87o — can go either way; the Nash solution mixes them, so a consistent default (push or fold) is fine in practice.
The ante brings 18 more hands (120 of 1,326 combos) into the shoving range, including K3s, K2s, Q5s, Q4s, Q3s, J6s, J5s, T6s.
10BB means 10 big blinds behind everything already posted: the blinds and, for the Big Blind, the ante. The ranges are chip-EV Nash equilibria with no ICM, solved from 1 to 25bb against the Nash calling ranges of the players left to act. Button 10BB chart with no ante
BB-ante ranges solved 2026-10-02 · data version 0.1.0 · How the ranges are computed
Hand Chart with BB Ante
Range legendPush alwaysMixedFold
| A | K | Q | J | T | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | AA | AKs | AQs | AJs | ATs | A9s | A8s | A7s | A6s | A5s | A4s | A3s | A2s |
| K | AKo | KK | KQs | KJs | KTs | K9s | K8s | K7s | K6s | K5s | K4s | K3s | K2s |
| Q | AQo | KQo | QJs | QTs | Q9s | Q8s | Q7s | Q6s | Q5s | Q4s | Q3s | Q2s | |
| J | AJo | KJo | QJo | JJ | JTs | J9s | J8s | J7s | J6s | J5s | J4s | J3s | J2s |
| T | ATo | KTo | QTo | JTo | TT | T9s | T8s | T7s | T6s | T5s | T4s | T3s | T2s |
| 9 | A9o | K9o | Q9o | J9o | T9o | 99 | 98s | 97s | 96s | 95s | 94s | 93s | 92s |
| 8 | A8o | K8o | Q8o | J8o | T8o | 98o | 88 | 87s | 86s | 85s | 84s | 83s | 82s |
| 7 | A7o | K7o | Q7o | J7o | T7o | 97o | 87o | 77 | 76s | 75s | 74s | 73s | 72s |
| 6 | A6o | K6o | Q6o | J6o | T6o | 96o | 86o | 76o | 66 | 65s | 64s | 63s | 62s |
| 5 | A5o | K5o | Q5o | J5o | T5o | 95o | 85o | 75o | 65o | 55 | 54s | 53s | 52s |
| 4 | A4o | K4o | Q4o | J4o | T4o | 94o | 84o | 74o | 64o | 54o | 44 | 43s | 42s |
| 3 | A3o | K3o | Q3o | J3o | T3o | 93o | 83o | 73o | 63o | 53o | 43o | 33 | 32s |
| 2 | A2o | K2o | Q2o | J2o | T2o | 92o | 82o | 72o | 62o | 52o | 42o | 32o | 22 |
Top-left = strongest hands (AA), pairs on the diagonal. Upper-right = suited, lower-left = offsuit. Brighter green = always push. Dim = fold.
BB ante vs no ante
| Button, 10BB (6-Max) | Dead money | Hands shoved |
|---|---|---|
| BB ante | 2.5bb | 48% |
| No ante | 1.5bb | 38% |
Hands the ante adds — open one for its no-ante verdicts
Nearby stacks with BB ante
Other positions at 10BB with BB ante (6-Max)
Button 10BB with BB ante — FAQ
What percentage of hands should the Button push at 10BB (6-Max) with a BB ante?
The Button pushes 48% of hands at 10BB (6-Max) with a big blind ante. The most marginal hands at this frequency are 87o.
How much wider does the Button shove at 10BB with a big blind ante?
10 percentage points: 48% of hands with the ante against 38% without it. The ante brings 18 more hands (120 of 1,326 combos) into the shoving range, including K3s, K2s, Q5s, Q4s, Q3s, J6s, J5s, T6s.
Is 87o a shove from the Button at 10BB with a BB ante?
It is a mix: with a big blind ante the Nash solution shoves 87o 48% of the time from the Button at 10BB in 6-max. With no ante the same hand is shoved 1% of the time.
What does this chart assume about the ante and stack size?
With a big blind ante the Big Blind posts 1 extra big blind for the whole table, so 2.5bb is in the pot before anyone acts instead of 1.5bb. 10BB means 10 big blinds behind everything already posted: the blinds and, for the Big Blind, the ante. The ranges are chip-EV Nash equilibria with no ICM, solved from 1 to 25bb against the Nash calling ranges of the players left to act.
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