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87s Push/Fold: When to Shove Eight-Seven suited

87s is a Nash shove from the Button up to 3bb in 6-max and 9-max, and from the Small Blind up to 24bb.

In 6-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 2bb, the Cutoff up to 3bb, the Button up to 3bb, and the Small Blind up to 24bb.

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 3bb, and the Small Blind up to 24bb.

Ranks #54 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 66 of 225 solved spots · 4 combos

Verdict by seat and stack

87s — 6-Max verdicts (cell links open the spot chart)
SeatMax5bb8bb10bb12bb15bb20bb
UTG≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
CO≤3bb69%73%73%66%32%Fold
BTN≤3bb83%91%89%86%83%69%
SB≤24bbShoveShoveShoveShoveShoveShove
87s — 9-Max verdicts (cell links open the spot chart)
SeatMax5bb8bb10bb12bb15bb20bb
UTG≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
MP≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
CO≤3bb69%73%73%66%32%Fold
BTN≤3bb83%91%89%86%83%69%
SB≤24bbShoveShoveShoveShoveShoveShove

How 87s compares

Suitedness is worth 30 extra shove spots here: 87s is a shove in 66 of the 225 solved spots, 87o in 36. From the 6-max Button 87s shoves up to 3bb and 87o up to 2bb.

Hand shape: as a connector it can make straights in both directions and being suited adds flush equity when it is called.

87s is an edge hand in 22 published spots, where the Nash solution mixes it: 6-max CO 12bb (66%), 9-max CO 12bb (66%), 6-max CO 15bb (32%), 9-max CO 15bb (32%), 6-max CO 5bb (69%), and 6-max BTN 20bb (69%), plus 16 more. In a true Nash mix both options earn about the same against the equilibrium callers, so a consistent default costs little.

87s push/fold FAQ

Is 87s a shove at 10bb?

At 10bb in 6-max, 87s is a shove from the Small Blind, mixed from the Cutoff (73%) and the Button (89%), and a fold from Under the Gun. At 10bb in 9-max, 87s is a shove from the Small Blind, mixed from the Cutoff (73%) and the Button (89%), and a fold from Under the Gun and the Middle Position.

Up to how many big blinds should 87s shove from the Button?

From the Button, 87s is a Nash shove up to 3bb in 6-max and 9-max.

Up to how many big blinds should 87s shove from the Small Blind?

From the Small Blind, 87s is a Nash shove up to 24bb 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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