KTs Push/Fold: When to Shove King-Ten suited
KTs 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 19bb, 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 19bb, the Button at every stack up to 25bb, and the Small Blind at every stack up to 25bb.
Ranks #21 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 162 of 225 solved spots · 4 combos
Verdict by seat and stack
How KTs compares
Suitedness is worth 47 extra shove spots here: KTs is a shove in 162 of the 225 solved spots, KTo in 115. From the 6-max Button KTs shoves at every stack up to 25bb and KTo up to 16bb.
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.
KTs is an edge hand in 7 published spots, where the Nash solution mixes it: 9-max MP 10bb (66%), 6-max UTG 12bb (76%), 6-max UTG 15bb (18%), 9-max UTG 8bb (10%), 6-max CO 20bb (91%), and 9-max CO 20bb (91%), plus 1 more. In a true Nash mix both options earn about the same against the equilibrium callers, so a consistent default costs little.
KTs push/fold FAQ
Is KTs a shove at 10bb?
At 10bb in 6-max, KTs is a shove from Under the Gun, the Cutoff, the Button, and the Small Blind. At 10bb in 9-max, KTs is a shove from the Cutoff, the Button, and the Small Blind and mixed from Under the Gun (6%) and the Middle Position (66%).
Up to how many big blinds should KTs shove from the Button?
From the Button, KTs is a Nash shove at every stack up to 25bb in 6-max and 9-max.
Up to how many big blinds should KTs shove from the Small Blind?
From the Small Blind, KTs 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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