A3s Push/Fold: When to Shove Ace-Three suited
A3s is a Nash shove from the Button up to 17bb 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 5bb, the Cutoff up to 10bb, the Button up to 17bb, and the Small Blind at every stack up to 25bb.
In 9-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 4bb, the Middle Position up to 5bb, the Cutoff up to 10bb, the Button up to 17bb, and the Small Blind at every stack up to 25bb.
Ranks #41 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 118 of 225 solved spots · 4 combos
Verdict by seat and stack
How A3s compares
Suitedness is worth 25 extra shove spots here: A3s is a shove in 118 of the 225 solved spots, A3o in 93. From the 6-max Button A3s shoves up to 17bb and A3o up to 10bb.
Hand shape: the ace is a blocker — it removes some of the aces and big pairs a caller needs and being suited adds flush equity when it is called.
A3s is an edge hand in 6 published spots, where the Nash solution mixes it: 9-max UTG 5bb (34%), 6-max CO 12bb (21%), 9-max CO 12bb (21%), 6-max UTG 8bb (8%), 9-max UTG 8bb (6%), and 9-max MP 8bb (6%). In a true Nash mix both options earn about the same against the equilibrium callers, so a consistent default costs little.
A3s push/fold FAQ
Is A3s a shove at 10bb?
At 10bb in 6-max, A3s is a shove from the Cutoff, the Button, and the Small Blind and a fold from Under the Gun. At 10bb in 9-max, A3s is a shove from the Cutoff, the Button, and the Small Blind and a fold from Under the Gun and the Middle Position.
Up to how many big blinds should A3s shove from the Button?
From the Button, A3s is a Nash shove up to 17bb in 6-max and 9-max.
Up to how many big blinds should A3s shove from the Small Blind?
From the Small Blind, A3s 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 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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