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98s Push/Fold: When to Shove Nine-Eight suited

98s is a Nash shove from the Button up to 11bb in 6-max and 9-max, and from the Small Blind at every stack up to 25bb.

In 6-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 3bb, the Cutoff up to 5bb, the Button up to 11bb, and the Small Blind at every stack up to 25bb.

In 9-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 3bb, the Middle Position up to 3bb, the Cutoff up to 5bb, the Button up to 11bb, and the Small Blind at every stack up to 25bb.

Ranks #41 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 91 of 225 solved spots · 4 combos

Verdict by seat and stack

98s — 6-Max verdicts (cell links open the spot chart)
SeatMax5bb8bb10bb12bb15bb20bb
UTG≤3bb69%42%FoldFoldFoldFold
CO≤5bbShove90%84%80%66%Fold
BTN≤11bbShoveShoveShove94%90%82%
SB25bb+ShoveShoveShoveShoveShoveShove
98s — 9-Max verdicts (cell links open the spot chart)
SeatMax5bb8bb10bb12bb15bb20bb
UTG≤3bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
MP≤3bb17%FoldFoldFoldFoldFold
CO≤5bbShove90%84%80%66%Fold
BTN≤11bbShoveShoveShove94%90%82%
SB25bb+ShoveShoveShoveShoveShoveShove

How 98s compares

Suitedness is worth 37 extra shove spots here: 98s is a shove in 91 of the 225 solved spots, 98o in 54. From the 6-max Button 98s shoves up to 11bb and 98o up to 4bb.

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

98s is an edge hand in 17 published spots, where the Nash solution mixes it: 6-max UTG 8bb (42%), 6-max CO 15bb (66%), 9-max CO 15bb (66%), 6-max UTG 5bb (69%), 6-max CO 12bb (80%), and 9-max CO 12bb (80%), plus 11 more. In a true Nash mix both options earn about the same against the equilibrium callers, so a consistent default costs little.

98s push/fold FAQ

Is 98s a shove at 10bb?

At 10bb in 6-max, 98s is a shove from the Button and the Small Blind, mixed from the Cutoff (84%), and a fold from Under the Gun. At 10bb in 9-max, 98s is a shove from the Button and the Small Blind, mixed from the Cutoff (84%), and a fold from Under the Gun and the Middle Position.

Up to how many big blinds should 98s shove from the Button?

From the Button, 98s is a Nash shove up to 11bb in 6-max and 9-max.

Up to how many big blinds should 98s shove from the Small Blind?

From the Small Blind, 98s 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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