K6o Push/Fold: When to Shove King-Six offsuit
K6o is a Nash shove from the Button up to 6bb in 6-max and 9-max, and from the Small Blind up to 15bb.
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 15bb.
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 6bb, and the Small Blind up to 15bb.
Ranks #92 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 59 of 225 solved spots · 12 combos
Verdict by seat and stack
How K6o compares
Suitedness is worth 35 extra shove spots here: K6s is a shove in 94 of the 225 solved spots, K6o in 59. From the 6-max Button K6s shoves up to 11bb and K6o 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.
K6o is an edge hand in 2 published spots, where the Nash solution mixes it: 6-max CO 5bb (10%) and 9-max CO 5bb (10%). In a true Nash mix both options earn about the same against the equilibrium callers, so a consistent default costs little.
K6o push/fold FAQ
Is K6o a shove at 10bb?
At 10bb in 6-max, K6o is a shove from the Small Blind and a fold from Under the Gun, the Cutoff, and the Button. At 10bb in 9-max, K6o 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 K6o shove from the Button?
From the Button, K6o is a Nash shove up to 6bb in 6-max and 9-max.
Up to how many big blinds should K6o shove from the Small Blind?
From the Small Blind, K6o is a Nash shove up to 15bb 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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