66 Push/Fold: When to Shove Pocket Sixes
66 is a Nash shove from the Button at every stack up to 25bb; from UTG it shoves up to 17bb in 6-max and up to 10bb in 9-max.
In 6-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 17bb, the Cutoff at every stack up to 25bb, the Button at every stack up to 25bb, and the Small Blind at every stack up to 25bb.
In 9-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 10bb, the Middle Position up to 14bb, the Cutoff at every stack up to 25bb, the Button at every stack up to 25bb, and the Small Blind at every stack up to 25bb.
Ranks #14 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 191 of 225 solved spots · 6 combos
Verdict by seat and stack
How 66 compares
66 is a shove in 191 of the 225 solved spots, 77 in 197, and 55 in 185. A pocket pair is rarely dominated — against two overcards it is a coin-flip or better — which is why pairs keep shoving deeper than unpaired hands with similar high cards.
Small and middle pairs win mostly by holding up unimproved or flopping a set; once called they are usually racing two overcards.
66 is an edge hand in 6 published spots, where the Nash solution mixes it: 9-max MP 15bb (48%), 9-max UTG 12bb (40%), 6-max UTG 20bb (23%), 9-max UTG 15bb (19%), 9-max MP 20bb (14%), and 9-max UTG 20bb (11%). In a true Nash mix both options earn about the same against the equilibrium callers, so a consistent default costs little.
66 push/fold FAQ
Is 66 a shove at 10bb?
At 10bb in 6-max, 66 is a shove from Under the Gun, the Cutoff, the Button, and the Small Blind. At 10bb in 9-max, 66 is a shove from Under the Gun, the Middle Position, the Cutoff, the Button, and the Small Blind.
Up to how many big blinds should 66 shove from the Button?
From the Button, 66 is a Nash shove at every stack up to 25bb in 6-max and 9-max.
Up to how many big blinds should 66 shove from the Small Blind?
From the Small Blind, 66 is a Nash shove at every stack up to 25bb in 6-max and 9-max.
What stack size do these verdicts assume?
Stacks are measured in big blinds behind the posted 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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