KK Push/Fold: When to Shove Pocket Kings
KK is a Nash shove from every seat at every stack from 1 to 25bb, in both 6-max and 9-max.
In 6-max it shoves from Under the Gun at every stack up to 25bb, the Cutoff at every stack up to 25bb, 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 at every stack up to 25bb, the Middle Position at every stack up to 25bb, the Cutoff at every stack up to 25bb, the Button at every stack up to 25bb, and the Small Blind at every stack up to 25bb.
Ranks #4 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 225 of 225 solved spots · 6 combos
KK has the same verdict as AA in every solved spot.
Verdict by seat and stack
How KK compares
KK is a shove in 225 of the 225 solved spots, AA in 225, and QQ in 225. A pocket pair is rarely dominated — against two overcards it is a coin-flip or better — which is why pairs keep shoving deeper than unpaired hands with similar high cards.
Pocket Kings also block the big pairs and broadways that callers wake up with, so fewer of the hands that beat you are left in the calling range.
KK push/fold FAQ
Is KK a shove at 10bb?
At 10bb in 6-max, KK is a shove from Under the Gun, the Cutoff, the Button, and the Small Blind. At 10bb in 9-max, KK is a shove from Under the Gun, the Middle Position, the Cutoff, the Button, and the Small Blind.
Up to how many big blinds should KK shove from the Button?
From the Button, KK is a Nash shove at every stack up to 25bb in 6-max and 9-max.
Up to how many big blinds should KK shove from the Small Blind?
From the Small Blind, KK 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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