K5s Push/Fold: When to Shove King-Five suited
K5s is a Nash shove from the Button up to 7bb in 6-max and 9-max, and from the Small Blind up to 23bb.
In 6-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 3bb, the Cutoff up to 4bb, the Button up to 7bb, and the Small Blind up to 23bb.
In 9-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 3bb, the Middle Position up to 3bb, the Cutoff up to 4bb, the Button up to 7bb, and the Small Blind up to 23bb.
Ranks #64 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 77 of 225 solved spots · 4 combos
Verdict by seat and stack
How K5s compares
Suitedness is worth 31 extra shove spots here: K5s is a shove in 77 of the 225 solved spots, K5o in 46. From the 6-max Button K5s shoves up to 7bb and K5o up to 4bb.
Hand shape: the king blocks some of the kings and big aces callers continue with and being suited adds flush equity when it is called.
K5s is an edge hand in 4 published spots, where the Nash solution mixes it: 6-max CO 5bb (66%), 9-max CO 5bb (66%), 6-max BTN 8bb (94%), and 9-max BTN 8bb (94%). In a true Nash mix both options earn about the same against the equilibrium callers, so a consistent default costs little.
K5s push/fold FAQ
Is K5s a shove at 10bb?
At 10bb in 6-max, K5s is a shove from the Small Blind and a fold from Under the Gun, the Cutoff, and the Button. At 10bb in 9-max, K5s 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 K5s shove from the Button?
From the Button, K5s is a Nash shove up to 7bb in 6-max and 9-max.
Up to how many big blinds should K5s shove from the Small Blind?
From the Small Blind, K5s is a Nash shove up to 23bb 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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