Cutoff Push/Fold Range at 15 BB with BB Ante (6-Max)
With a big blind ante, the Cutoff shoves 29% of hands at 15BB in 6-max — 10 percentage points wider than the 19% no-ante range.
Marginal hands on the threshold — K6s — 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 (128 of 1,326 combos) into the shoving range, including A6s, A4s, A3s, A2s, K6s, Q8s, QJo, QTo.
15BB means 15 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. Cutoff 15BB 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
| Cutoff, 15BB (6-Max) | Dead money | Hands shoved |
|---|---|---|
| BB ante | 2.5bb | 29% |
| No ante | 1.5bb | 19% |
Hands the ante adds — open one for its no-ante verdicts
Nearby stacks with BB ante
Other positions at 15BB with BB ante (6-Max)
Cutoff 15BB with BB ante — FAQ
What percentage of hands should the Cutoff push at 15BB (6-Max) with a BB ante?
The Cutoff pushes 29% of hands at 15BB (6-Max) with a big blind ante. The most marginal hands at this frequency are K6s.
How much wider does the Cutoff shove at 15BB with a big blind ante?
10 percentage points: 29% of hands with the ante against 19% without it. The ante brings 18 more hands (128 of 1,326 combos) into the shoving range, including A6s, A4s, A3s, A2s, K6s, Q8s, QJo, QTo.
Is K6s a shove from the Cutoff at 15BB with a BB ante?
It is a mix: with a big blind ante the Nash solution shoves K6s 55% of the time from the Cutoff at 15BB 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. 15BB means 15 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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