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J6s Push/Fold: When to Shove Jack-Six suited

J6s is a Nash shove from the Button up to 5bb in 6-max and 9-max, and from the Small Blind up to 16bb.

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 16bb.

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 16bb.

Ranks #88 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 54 of 225 solved spots · 4 combos

Verdict by seat and stack

J6s — 6-Max verdicts (cell links open the spot chart)
SeatMax5bb8bb10bb12bb15bb20bb
UTG≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
CO≤3bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
BTN≤5bbShove19%FoldFoldFoldFold
SB≤16bbShoveShoveShoveShoveShove58%
J6s — 9-Max verdicts (cell links open the spot chart)
SeatMax5bb8bb10bb12bb15bb20bb
UTG≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
MP≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
CO≤3bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
BTN≤5bbShove19%FoldFoldFoldFold
SB≤16bbShoveShoveShoveShoveShove58%

How J6s compares

Suitedness is worth 26 extra shove spots here: J6s is a shove in 54 of the 225 solved spots, J6o in 28. From the 6-max Button J6s shoves up to 5bb and J6o up to 3bb.

Hand shape: being suited adds flush equity when it is called.

J6s is an edge hand in 4 published spots, where the Nash solution mixes it: 6-max SB 20bb (58%), 9-max SB 20bb (58%), 6-max BTN 8bb (19%), and 9-max BTN 8bb (19%). In a true Nash mix both options earn about the same against the equilibrium callers, so a consistent default costs little.

J6s push/fold FAQ

Is J6s a shove at 10bb?

At 10bb in 6-max, J6s is a shove from the Small Blind and a fold from Under the Gun, the Cutoff, and the Button. At 10bb in 9-max, J6s 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 J6s shove from the Button?

From the Button, J6s is a Nash shove up to 5bb in 6-max and 9-max.

Up to how many big blinds should J6s shove from the Small Blind?

From the Small Blind, J6s is a Nash shove up to 16bb 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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