K4o Push/Fold: When to Shove King-Four offsuit
K4o is a Nash shove from the Button up to 5bb in 6-max and 9-max, and from the Small Blind up to 11bb.
In 6-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 3bb, the Cutoff up to 3bb, the Button up to 5bb, and the Small Blind up to 11bb.
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 11bb.
Ranks #101 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 45 of 225 solved spots · 12 combos
Verdict by seat and stack
How K4o compares
Suitedness is worth 38 extra shove spots here: K4s is a shove in 83 of the 225 solved spots, K4o in 45. From the 6-max Button K4s shoves up to 9bb and K4o up to 5bb.
Hand shape: the king blocks some of the kings and big aces callers continue with and the weak offsuit kicker is often dominated when called.
K4o is an edge hand in 2 published spots, where the Nash solution mixes it: 6-max SB 12bb (78%) and 9-max SB 12bb (78%). In a true Nash mix both options earn about the same against the equilibrium callers, so a consistent default costs little.
K4o push/fold FAQ
Is K4o a shove at 10bb?
At 10bb in 6-max, K4o is a shove from the Small Blind and a fold from Under the Gun, the Cutoff, and the Button. At 10bb in 9-max, K4o 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 K4o shove from the Button?
From the Button, K4o is a Nash shove up to 5bb in 6-max and 9-max.
Up to how many big blinds should K4o shove from the Small Blind?
From the Small Blind, K4o is a Nash shove up to 11bb 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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