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Cutoff Push/Fold Range at 5 BB with BB Ante (6-Max)

Push 50% of hands

With a big blind ante, the Cutoff shoves 50% of hands at 5BB in 6-max — 17 percentage points wider than the 33% no-ante range.

Marginal hands on the threshold — J5s — can go either way; the Nash solution mixes them, so a consistent default (push or fold) is fine in practice.

The ante brings 27 more hands (220 of 1,326 combos) into the shoving range, including K4s, K3s, K2s, Q7s, Q6s, Q5s, Q4s, Q3s.

5BB means every player starts the hand with 5 big blinds, before the blinds and the ante; the Big Blind pays the ante out of its own stack. 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 5BB chart with no ante

BB-ante ranges solved 2026-10-12 · data version 0.2.0 · How the ranges are computed

Hand Chart with BB Ante

Range legendPush alwaysMixedFold

169-hand push/fold range grid
AKQJT98765432
AAAAKsAQsAJsATsA9sA8sA7sA6sA5sA4sA3sA2s
KAKoKKKQsKJsKTsK9sK8sK7sK6sK5sK4sK3sK2s
QAQoKQoQQQJsQTsQ9sQ8sQ7sQ6sQ5sQ4sQ3sQ2s
JAJoKJoQJoJJJTsJ9sJ8sJ7sJ6sJ5sJ4sJ3sJ2s
TAToKToQToJToTTT9sT8sT7sT6sT5sT4sT3sT2s
9A9oK9oQ9oJ9oT9o9998s97s96s95s94s93s92s
8A8oK8oQ8oJ8oT8o98o8887s86s85s84s83s82s
7A7oK7oQ7oJ7oT7o97o87o7776s75s74s73s72s
6A6oK6oQ6oJ6oT6o96o86o76o6665s64s63s62s
5A5oK5oQ5oJ5oT5o95o85o75o65o5554s53s52s
4A4oK4oQ4oJ4oT4o94o84o74o64o54o4443s42s
3A3oK3oQ3oJ3oT3o93o83o73o63o53o43o3332s
2A2oK2oQ2oJ2oT2o92o82o72o62o52o42o32o22

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, 5BB (6-Max)Dead moneyHands shoved
BB ante2.5bb50%
No ante1.5bb33%

Hands the ante adds — open one for its no-ante verdicts

K4sK3sK2sQ7sQ6sQ5sQ4sQ3sQ2sJ7sJ6sT7sAll 169 hands

Nearby stacks with BB ante

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Other positions at 5BB with BB ante (6-Max)

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Cutoff 5BB with BB ante — FAQ

What percentage of hands should the Cutoff push at 5BB (6-Max) with a BB ante?

The Cutoff pushes 50% of hands at 5BB (6-Max) with a big blind ante. The most marginal hands at this frequency are J5s.

How much wider does the Cutoff shove at 5BB with a big blind ante?

17 percentage points: 50% of hands with the ante against 33% without it. The ante brings 27 more hands (220 of 1,326 combos) into the shoving range, including K4s, K3s, K2s, Q7s, Q6s, Q5s, Q4s, Q3s.

Is J5s a shove from the Cutoff at 5BB with a BB ante?

It is a mix: with a big blind ante the Nash solution shoves J5s 41% of the time from the Cutoff at 5BB 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. 5BB means every player starts the hand with 5 big blinds, before the blinds and the ante; the Big Blind pays the ante out of its own stack. 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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