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84s Push/Fold: When to Shove Eight-Four suited

84s is a Nash shove from the Button up to 2bb in 6-max and 9-max, and from the Small Blind up to 4bb.

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 4bb.

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 4bb.

Ranks #111 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 30 of 225 solved spots · 4 combos

Verdict by seat and stack

84s — 6-Max verdicts (cell links open the spot chart)
SeatMax5bb8bb10bb12bb15bb20bb
UTG≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
CO≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
BTN≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
SB≤4bb94%ShoveShove20%FoldFold
84s — 9-Max verdicts (cell links open the spot chart)
SeatMax5bb8bb10bb12bb15bb20bb
UTG≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
MP≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
CO≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
BTN≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
SB≤4bb94%ShoveShove20%FoldFold

How 84s compares

Suitedness is worth 19 extra shove spots here: 84s is a shove in 30 of the 225 solved spots, 84o in 11. From the 6-max Button 84s shoves up to 2bb and 84o up to 1bb.

Hand shape: being suited adds flush equity when it is called.

84s is an edge hand in 4 published spots, where the Nash solution mixes it: 6-max SB 12bb (20%), 9-max SB 12bb (20%), 6-max SB 5bb (94%), and 9-max SB 5bb (94%). In a true Nash mix both options earn about the same against the equilibrium callers, so a consistent default costs little.

84s push/fold FAQ

Is 84s a shove at 10bb?

At 10bb in 6-max, 84s is a shove from the Small Blind and a fold from Under the Gun, the Cutoff, and the Button. At 10bb in 9-max, 84s is a shove from the Small Blind and a fold from Under the Gun, the Middle Position, the Cutoff, and the Button.

Up to how many big blinds should 84s shove from the Button?

From the Button, 84s is a Nash shove up to 2bb in 6-max and 9-max.

Up to how many big blinds should 84s shove from the Small Blind?

From the Small Blind, 84s is a Nash shove up to 4bb 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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