KJs Push/Fold: When to Shove King-Jack suited
KJs is a Nash shove from the Button at every stack up to 25bb; from UTG it shoves up to 12bb in 6-max and up to 7bb in 9-max.
In 6-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 12bb, the Cutoff up to 22bb, the Button at every stack up to 25bb, and the Small Blind at every stack up to 25bb.
In 9-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 7bb, the Middle Position up to 10bb, the Cutoff up to 22bb, the Button at every stack up to 25bb, and the Small Blind at every stack up to 25bb.
Ranks #19 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 173 of 225 solved spots · 4 combos
Verdict by seat and stack
How KJs compares
Suitedness is worth 34 extra shove spots here: KJs is a shove in 173 of the 225 solved spots, KJo in 139. From the 6-max Button KJs shoves at every stack up to 25bb and KJo up to 22bb.
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.
KJs is an edge hand in 6 published spots, where the Nash solution mixes it: 9-max MP 12bb (50%), 6-max UTG 15bb (56%), 9-max UTG 8bb (41%), 9-max UTG 10bb (11%), 9-max UTG 12bb (7%), and 9-max MP 15bb (6%). In a true Nash mix both options earn about the same against the equilibrium callers, so a consistent default costs little.
KJs push/fold FAQ
Is KJs a shove at 10bb?
At 10bb in 6-max, KJs is a shove from Under the Gun, the Cutoff, the Button, and the Small Blind. At 10bb in 9-max, KJs is a shove from the Middle Position, the Cutoff, the Button, and the Small Blind and mixed from Under the Gun (11%).
Up to how many big blinds should KJs shove from the Button?
From the Button, KJs is a Nash shove at every stack up to 25bb in 6-max and 9-max.
Up to how many big blinds should KJs shove from the Small Blind?
From the Small Blind, KJs 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 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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