A5o Push/Fold: When to Shove Ace-Five offsuit
A5o is a Nash shove from the Button up to 14bb 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 9bb, the Button up to 14bb, 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 4bb, the Cutoff up to 9bb, the Button up to 14bb, and the Small Blind at every stack up to 25bb.
Ranks #58 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 109 of 225 solved spots · 12 combos
Verdict by seat and stack
How A5o compares
Suitedness is worth 28 extra shove spots here: A5s is a shove in 137 of the 225 solved spots, A5o in 109. From the 6-max Button A5s shoves up to 21bb and A5o up to 14bb.
Hand shape: the ace is a blocker — it removes some of the aces and big pairs a caller needs and the weak offsuit kicker is often dominated when called.
A5o is an edge hand in 7 published spots, where the Nash solution mixes it: 9-max MP 5bb (46%), 6-max BTN 15bb (43%), 9-max BTN 15bb (43%), 9-max UTG 5bb (21%), 6-max CO 10bb (11%), and 9-max CO 10bb (11%), plus 1 more. In a true Nash mix both options earn about the same against the equilibrium callers, so a consistent default costs little.
A5o push/fold FAQ
Is A5o a shove at 10bb?
At 10bb in 6-max, A5o is a shove from the Button and the Small Blind, mixed from the Cutoff (11%), and a fold from Under the Gun. At 10bb in 9-max, A5o is a shove from the Button and the Small Blind, mixed from the Cutoff (11%), and a fold from Under the Gun and the Middle Position.
Up to how many big blinds should A5o shove from the Button?
From the Button, A5o is a Nash shove up to 14bb in 6-max and 9-max.
Up to how many big blinds should A5o shove from the Small Blind?
From the Small Blind, A5o 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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