AKs Push/Fold: When to Shove Ace-King suited
AKs is a Nash shove from every seat at every stack from 1 to 25bb, in both 6-max and 9-max.
In 6-max it shoves from Under the Gun at every stack up to 25bb, the Cutoff at every stack up to 25bb, 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 at every stack up to 25bb, the Middle Position at every stack up to 25bb, the Cutoff at every stack up to 25bb, the Button at every stack up to 25bb, and the Small Blind at every stack up to 25bb.
Ranks #2 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 225 of 225 solved spots · 4 combos
Verdict by seat and stack
How AKs compares
AKs and AKo are shoves in the same number of spots (225 of 225). From the 6-max Button both shove at every stack up to 25bb.
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.
AKs push/fold FAQ
Is AKs a shove at 10bb?
At 10bb in 6-max, AKs is a shove from Under the Gun, the Cutoff, the Button, and the Small Blind. At 10bb in 9-max, AKs is a shove from Under the Gun, the Middle Position, the Cutoff, the Button, and the Small Blind.
Up to how many big blinds should AKs shove from the Button?
From the Button, AKs is a Nash shove at every stack up to 25bb in 6-max and 9-max.
Up to how many big blinds should AKs shove from the Small Blind?
From the Small Blind, AKs 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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