K5s Push/Fold: When to Shove King-Five suited
K5s is a Nash shove from the Button up to 10bb in 6-max and 9-max, and from the Small Blind up to 24bb.
In 6-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 3bb, the Cutoff up to 6bb, the Button up to 10bb, and the Small Blind up to 24bb.
In 9-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 3bb, the Middle Position up to 3bb, the Cutoff up to 6bb, the Button up to 10bb, and the Small Blind up to 24bb.
Ranks #68 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 89 of 225 solved spots · 4 combos
Verdict by seat and stack
How K5s 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 being suited adds flush equity when it is called.
K5s is an edge hand in 5 published spots, where the Nash solution mixes it: 6-max BTN 15bb (34%), 9-max BTN 15bb (34%), 6-max BTN 12bb (88%), 9-max BTN 12bb (88%), and 6-max UTG 5bb (6%). 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 Button and the Small Blind and a fold from Under the Gun and the Cutoff. At 10bb in 9-max, K5s is a shove from the Button and the Small Blind and a fold from Under the Gun, the Middle Position, and the Cutoff.
Up to how many big blinds should K5s shove from the Button?
From the Button, K5s is a Nash shove up to 10bb 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 24bb 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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