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Middle Position Push/Fold Range at 20 BB with BB Ante (9-Max)

Push 10% of hands

With a big blind ante, the Middle Position shoves 10% of hands at 20BB in 9-max — 3 percentage points wider than the 7% no-ante range.

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

The ante brings 7 more hands (42 of 1,326 combos) into the shoving range: AJs, ATs, KQs, AJo, 77, 66, and 55.

20BB means 20 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. Middle Position 20BB 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

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

Middle Position, 20BB (9-Max)Dead moneyHands shoved
BB ante2.5bb10%
No ante1.5bb7%

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

AJsATsKQsAJo776655All 169 hands

Nearby stacks with BB ante

↑ Full 20BB chart with BB ante← 15BB

Other positions at 20BB with BB ante (9-Max)

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Middle Position 20BB with BB ante — FAQ

What percentage of hands should the Middle Position push at 20BB (9-Max) with a BB ante?

The Middle Position pushes 10% of hands at 20BB (9-Max) with a big blind ante. The most marginal hands at this frequency are KJs.

How much wider does the Middle Position shove at 20BB with a big blind ante?

3 percentage points: 10% of hands with the ante against 7% without it. The ante brings 7 more hands (42 of 1,326 combos) into the shoving range: AJs, ATs, KQs, AJo, 77, 66, and 55.

Is KJs a shove from the Middle Position at 20BB with a BB ante?

It is a mix: with a big blind ante the Nash solution shoves KJs 50% of the time from the Middle Position at 20BB in 9-max. With no ante the same hand is shoved 4% 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. 20BB means 20 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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