A8s Push/Fold: When to Shove Ace-Eight suited
A8s is a Nash shove from the Button at every stack up to 25bb; from UTG it shoves up to 9bb in 6-max and up to 5bb in 9-max.
In 6-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 9bb, the Cutoff up to 16bb, the Button at every stack up to 25bb, and the Small Blind at every stack up to 25bb.
In 9-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 5bb, the Middle Position up to 7bb, the Cutoff up to 16bb, the Button at every stack up to 25bb, and the Small Blind at every stack up to 25bb.
Ranks #29 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 153 of 225 solved spots · 4 combos
Verdict by seat and stack
How A8s compares
Suitedness is worth 36 extra shove spots here: A8s is a shove in 153 of the 225 solved spots, A8o in 117. From the 6-max Button A8s shoves at every stack up to 25bb and A8o up to 16bb.
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.
A8s is an edge hand in 13 published spots, where the Nash solution mixes it: 9-max MP 8bb (54%), 6-max UTG 10bb (29%), 9-max UTG 8bb (21%), 9-max MP 10bb (15%), 6-max UTG 12bb (13%), and 9-max UTG 10bb (11%), plus 7 more. In a true Nash mix both options earn about the same against the equilibrium callers, so a consistent default costs little.
A8s push/fold FAQ
Is A8s a shove at 10bb?
At 10bb in 6-max, A8s is a shove from the Cutoff, the Button, and the Small Blind and mixed from Under the Gun (29%). At 10bb in 9-max, A8s is a shove from the Cutoff, the Button, and the Small Blind and mixed from Under the Gun (11%) and the Middle Position (15%).
Up to how many big blinds should A8s shove from the Button?
From the Button, A8s is a Nash shove at every stack up to 25bb in 6-max and 9-max.
Up to how many big blinds should A8s shove from the Small Blind?
From the Small Blind, A8s 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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