KQo Push/Fold: When to Shove King-Queen offsuit
KQo is a Nash shove from the Button at every stack up to 25bb; from UTG it shoves up to 10bb in 6-max and up to 6bb in 9-max.
In 6-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 10bb, the Cutoff up to 18bb, 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 6bb, the Middle Position up to 8bb, the Cutoff up to 18bb, the Button at every stack up to 25bb, and the Small Blind at every stack up to 25bb.
Ranks #27 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 160 of 225 solved spots · 12 combos
Verdict by seat and stack
How KQo compares
Suitedness is worth 26 extra shove spots here: KQs is a shove in 186 of the 225 solved spots, KQo in 160. From the 6-max Button both shove at every stack up to 25bb.
Hand shape: the king blocks some of the kings and big aces callers continue with and as a connector it can make straights in both directions.
KQo is an edge hand in 10 published spots, where the Nash solution mixes it: 9-max UTG 8bb (17%), 9-max MP 10bb (14%), 6-max UTG 12bb (13%), 6-max CO 20bb (11%), 9-max CO 20bb (11%), and 9-max UTG 10bb (9%), plus 4 more. In a true Nash mix both options earn about the same against the equilibrium callers, so a consistent default costs little.
KQo push/fold FAQ
Is KQo a shove at 10bb?
At 10bb in 6-max, KQo is a shove from Under the Gun, the Cutoff, the Button, and the Small Blind. At 10bb in 9-max, KQo is a shove from the Cutoff, the Button, and the Small Blind and mixed from Under the Gun (9%) and the Middle Position (14%).
Up to how many big blinds should KQo shove from the Button?
From the Button, KQo is a Nash shove at every stack up to 25bb in 6-max and 9-max.
Up to how many big blinds should KQo shove from the Small Blind?
From the Small Blind, KQo 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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