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86s Push/Fold: When to Shove Eight-Six suited

86s is a Nash shove from the Button up to 7bb in 6-max and 9-max, and from the Small Blind up to 21bb.

In 6-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 2bb, the Cutoff up to 3bb, the Button up to 7bb, and the Small Blind up to 21bb.

In 9-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 2bb, the Middle Position up to 2bb, the Cutoff up to 3bb, the Button up to 7bb, and the Small Blind up to 21bb.

Ranks #64 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 68 of 225 solved spots · 4 combos

Verdict by seat and stack

86s — 6-Max verdicts (cell links open the spot chart)
SeatMax5bb8bb10bb12bb15bb20bb
UTG≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
CO≤3bb87%71%63%FoldFoldFold
BTN≤7bbShove94%91%87%78%Fold
SB≤21bbShoveShoveShoveShoveShoveShove
86s — 9-Max verdicts (cell links open the spot chart)
SeatMax5bb8bb10bb12bb15bb20bb
UTG≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
MP≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
CO≤3bb87%71%63%FoldFoldFold
BTN≤7bbShove94%91%87%78%Fold
SB≤21bbShoveShoveShoveShoveShoveShove

How 86s compares

Suitedness is worth 34 extra shove spots here: 86s is a shove in 68 of the 225 solved spots, 86o in 34. From the 6-max Button 86s shoves up to 7bb and 86o up to 2bb.

Hand shape: its small gap still leaves straight draws and being suited adds flush equity when it is called.

86s is an edge hand in 14 published spots, where the Nash solution mixes it: 6-max CO 10bb (63%), 9-max CO 10bb (63%), 6-max CO 8bb (71%), 9-max CO 8bb (71%), 6-max BTN 15bb (78%), and 9-max BTN 15bb (78%), plus 8 more. In a true Nash mix both options earn about the same against the equilibrium callers, so a consistent default costs little.

86s push/fold FAQ

Is 86s a shove at 10bb?

At 10bb in 6-max, 86s is a shove from the Small Blind, mixed from the Cutoff (63%) and the Button (91%), and a fold from Under the Gun. At 10bb in 9-max, 86s is a shove from the Small Blind, mixed from the Cutoff (63%) and the Button (91%), and a fold from Under the Gun and the Middle Position.

Up to how many big blinds should 86s shove from the Button?

From the Button, 86s is a Nash shove up to 7bb in 6-max and 9-max.

Up to how many big blinds should 86s shove from the Small Blind?

From the Small Blind, 86s is a Nash shove up to 21bb 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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