J5o Push/Fold: When to Shove Jack-Five offsuit

J5o 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 #130 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 24 of 225 solved spots · 12 combos

Verdict by seat and stack

J5o — 6-Max verdicts (cell links open the spot chart)
SeatMax5bb8bb10bb12bb15bb20bb
UTG≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
CO≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
BTN≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
SB≤5bbShoveFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
J5o — 9-Max verdicts (cell links open the spot chart)
SeatMax5bb8bb10bb12bb15bb20bb
UTG≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
MP≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
CO≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
BTN≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
SB≤5bbShoveFoldFoldFoldFoldFold

How J5o compares

Suitedness is worth 18 extra shove spots here: J5s is a shove in 42 of the 225 solved spots, J5o in 24. From the 6-max Button J5s shoves up to 3bb and J5o up to 2bb.

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

J5o push/fold FAQ

Is J5o a shove at 10bb?

At 10bb in 6-max, J5o is a fold from Under the Gun, the Cutoff, the Button, and the Small Blind. At 10bb in 9-max, J5o 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 J5o shove from the Button?

From the Button, J5o is a Nash shove up to 2bb in 6-max and 9-max.

Up to how many big blinds should J5o shove from the Small Blind?

From the Small Blind, J5o is a Nash shove up to 5bb 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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