K6s Push/Fold: When to Shove King-Six suited
K6s is a Nash shove from the Button up to 8bb in 6-max and 9-max, and from the Small Blind at every stack up to 25bb.
In 6-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 3bb, the Cutoff up to 5bb, the Button up to 8bb, and the Small Blind at every stack up to 25bb.
In 9-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 3bb, the Middle Position up to 3bb, the Cutoff up to 5bb, the Button up to 8bb, and the Small Blind at every stack up to 25bb.
Ranks #61 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 85 of 225 solved spots · 4 combos
Verdict by seat and stack
How K6s compares
Suitedness is worth 34 extra shove spots here: K6s is a shove in 85 of the 225 solved spots, K6o in 51. From the 6-max Button K6s shoves up to 8bb and K6o up to 5bb.
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.
K6s is an edge hand in 8 published spots, where the Nash solution mixes it: 6-max BTN 15bb (41%), 9-max BTN 15bb (41%), 6-max BTN 12bb (66%), 9-max BTN 12bb (66%), 6-max BTN 10bb (85%), and 9-max BTN 10bb (85%), plus 2 more. In a true Nash mix both options earn about the same against the equilibrium callers, so a consistent default costs little.
K6s push/fold FAQ
Is K6s a shove at 10bb?
At 10bb in 6-max, K6s is a shove from the Small Blind, mixed from the Button (85%), and a fold from Under the Gun and the Cutoff. At 10bb in 9-max, K6s is a shove from the Small Blind, mixed from the Button (85%), and a fold from Under the Gun, the Middle Position, and the Cutoff.
Up to how many big blinds should K6s shove from the Button?
From the Button, K6s is a Nash shove up to 8bb in 6-max and 9-max.
Up to how many big blinds should K6s shove from the Small Blind?
From the Small Blind, K6s is a Nash shove at every stack up to 25bb 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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