K5o Push/Fold: When to Shove King-Five offsuit
K5o is a Nash shove from the Button up to 6bb in 6-max and 9-max, and from the Small Blind up to 13bb.
In 6-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 3bb, the Cutoff up to 4bb, the Button up to 6bb, and the Small Blind up to 13bb.
In 9-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 2bb, the Middle Position up to 3bb, the Cutoff up to 4bb, the Button up to 6bb, and the Small Blind up to 13bb.
Ranks #97 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 54 of 225 solved spots · 12 combos
Verdict by seat and stack
How K5o compares
Suitedness is worth 35 extra shove spots here: K5s is a shove in 89 of the 225 solved spots, K5o in 54. From the 6-max Button K5s shoves up to 10bb and K5o up to 6bb.
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.
K5o push/fold FAQ
Is K5o a shove at 10bb?
At 10bb in 6-max, K5o is a shove from the Small Blind and a fold from Under the Gun, the Cutoff, and the Button. At 10bb in 9-max, K5o 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 K5o shove from the Button?
From the Button, K5o is a Nash shove up to 6bb in 6-max and 9-max.
Up to how many big blinds should K5o shove from the Small Blind?
From the Small Blind, K5o is a Nash shove up to 13bb 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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