83s Push/Fold: When to Shove Eight-Three suited
83s is a Nash shove from the Button up to 2bb in 6-max and 9-max, and from the Small Blind up to 6bb.
In 6-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 2bb, the Cutoff up to 2bb, the Button up to 2bb, and the Small Blind up to 6bb.
In 9-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 2bb, the Middle Position up to 2bb, the Cutoff up to 2bb, the Button up to 2bb, and the Small Blind up to 6bb.
Ranks #139 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 26 of 225 solved spots · 4 combos
83s has the same verdict as 92s in every solved spot.
Verdict by seat and stack
How 83s compares
Suitedness is worth 15 extra shove spots here: 83s is a shove in 26 of the 225 solved spots, 83o in 11. From the 6-max Button 83s shoves up to 2bb and 83o up to 1bb.
Hand shape: being suited adds flush equity when it is called.
83s is an edge hand in 2 published spots, where the Nash solution mixes it: 6-max SB 8bb (11%) and 9-max SB 8bb (11%). In a true Nash mix both options earn about the same against the equilibrium callers, so a consistent default costs little.
83s push/fold FAQ
Is 83s a shove at 10bb?
At 10bb in 6-max, 83s is a fold from Under the Gun, the Cutoff, the Button, and the Small Blind. At 10bb in 9-max, 83s 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 83s shove from the Button?
From the Button, 83s is a Nash shove up to 2bb in 6-max and 9-max.
Up to how many big blinds should 83s shove from the Small Blind?
From the Small Blind, 83s is a Nash shove up to 6bb 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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