J4o Push/Fold: When to Shove Jack-Four offsuit

J4o is a Nash shove from the Button up to 2bb in 6-max and 9-max, and from the Small Blind up to 5bb.

In 6-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 2bb, the Cutoff up to 2bb, the Button up to 2bb, and the Small Blind up to 5bb.

In 9-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 2bb, the Middle Position up to 2bb, the Cutoff up to 2bb, the Button up to 2bb, and the Small Blind up to 5bb.

Ranks #138 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 24 of 225 solved spots · 12 combos

Verdict by seat and stack

J4o — 6-Max verdicts (cell links open the spot chart)
SeatMax5bb8bb10bb12bb15bb20bb
UTG≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
CO≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
BTN≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
SB≤5bbShoveFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
J4o — 9-Max verdicts (cell links open the spot chart)
SeatMax5bb8bb10bb12bb15bb20bb
UTG≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
MP≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
CO≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
BTN≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
SB≤5bbShoveFoldFoldFoldFoldFold

How J4o compares

Suitedness is worth 22 extra shove spots here: J4s is a shove in 46 of the 225 solved spots, J4o in 24. From the 6-max Button J4s shoves up to 4bb and J4o up to 2bb.

Hand shape: the weak offsuit kicker is often dominated when called.

J4o push/fold FAQ

Is J4o a shove at 10bb?

At 10bb in 6-max, J4o is a fold from Under the Gun, the Cutoff, the Button, and the Small Blind. At 10bb in 9-max, J4o is a fold from Under the Gun, the Middle Position, the Cutoff, the Button, and the Small Blind.

Up to how many big blinds should J4o shove from the Button?

From the Button, J4o is a Nash shove up to 2bb in 6-max and 9-max.

Up to how many big blinds should J4o shove from the Small Blind?

From the Small Blind, J4o is a Nash shove up to 5bb 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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