J5s Push/Fold: When to Shove Jack-Five suited
J5s is a Nash shove from the Button up to 5bb in 6-max and 9-max, and from the Small Blind up to 15bb.
In 6-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 2bb, the Cutoff up to 3bb, the Button up to 5bb, and the Small Blind up to 15bb.
In 9-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 2bb, the Middle Position up to 2bb, the Cutoff up to 3bb, the Button up to 5bb, and the Small Blind up to 15bb.
Ranks #91 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 52 of 225 solved spots · 4 combos
Verdict by seat and stack
How J5s compares
Suitedness is worth 24 extra shove spots here: J5s is a shove in 52 of the 225 solved spots, J5o in 28. From the 6-max Button J5s shoves up to 5bb and J5o up to 3bb.
Hand shape: being suited adds flush equity when it is called.
J5s is an edge hand in 2 published spots, where the Nash solution mixes it: 6-max SB 20bb (68%) and 9-max SB 20bb (68%). In a true Nash mix both options earn about the same against the equilibrium callers, so a consistent default costs little.
J5s push/fold FAQ
Is J5s a shove at 10bb?
At 10bb in 6-max, J5s is a shove from the Small Blind and a fold from Under the Gun, the Cutoff, and the Button. At 10bb in 9-max, J5s is a shove from the Small Blind and a fold from Under the Gun, the Middle Position, the Cutoff, and the Button.
Up to how many big blinds should J5s shove from the Button?
From the Button, J5s is a Nash shove up to 5bb in 6-max and 9-max.
Up to how many big blinds should J5s shove from the Small Blind?
From the Small Blind, J5s is a Nash shove up to 15bb 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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