54o Push/Fold: When to Shove Five-Four offsuit
54o is a Nash shove from the Button up to 1bb in 6-max and 9-max, and from the Small Blind up to 2bb.
In 6-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 1bb, the Cutoff up to 1bb, the Button up to 1bb, and the Small Blind up to 2bb.
In 9-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 1bb, the Middle Position up to 1bb, the Cutoff up to 1bb, the Button up to 1bb, and the Small Blind up to 2bb.
Ranks #149 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 11 of 225 solved spots · 12 combos
Verdict by seat and stack
How 54o compares
Suitedness is worth 39 extra shove spots here: 54s is a shove in 50 of the 225 solved spots, 54o in 11. From the 6-max Button 54s shoves up to 2bb and 54o up to 1bb.
Hand shape: as a connector it can make straights in both directions and the weak offsuit kicker is often dominated when called.
54o push/fold FAQ
Is 54o a shove at 10bb?
At 10bb in 6-max, 54o is a fold from Under the Gun, the Cutoff, the Button, and the Small Blind. At 10bb in 9-max, 54o is a fold from Under the Gun, the Middle Position, the Cutoff, the Button, and the Small Blind.
Up to how many big blinds should 54o shove from the Button?
From the Button, 54o is a Nash shove up to 1bb in 6-max and 9-max.
Up to how many big blinds should 54o shove from the Small Blind?
From the Small Blind, 54o is a Nash shove up to 2bb in 6-max and 9-max.
What stack size do these verdicts assume?
Stacks are total big blinds before posting blinds, chip-EV, no antes, solved from 1 to 25bb. Shove means the Nash solution pushes the hand at least 95% of the time, fold at most 5%, and anything between is a mix.
How these numbers are computed: methodology and open dataset.
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