Q2o Push/Fold: When to Shove Queen-Deuce offsuit
Q2o is a Nash shove from the Button up to 3bb in 6-max and 9-max, and from the Small Blind up to 6bb.
In 6-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 2bb, the Cutoff up to 2bb, the Button up to 3bb, and the Small Blind up to 6bb.
In 9-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 2bb, the Middle Position up to 2bb, the Cutoff up to 2bb, the Button up to 3bb, and the Small Blind up to 6bb.
Ranks #129 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 28 of 225 solved spots · 12 combos
Verdict by seat and stack
How Q2o compares
Suitedness is worth 18 extra shove spots here: Q2s is a shove in 46 of the 225 solved spots, Q2o in 28. From the 6-max Button Q2s shoves up to 5bb and Q2o up to 3bb.
Hand shape: the weak offsuit kicker is often dominated when called.
Q2o push/fold FAQ
Is Q2o a shove at 10bb?
At 10bb in 6-max, Q2o is a fold from Under the Gun, the Cutoff, the Button, and the Small Blind. At 10bb in 9-max, Q2o is a fold from Under the Gun, the Middle Position, the Cutoff, the Button, and the Small Blind.
Up to how many big blinds should Q2o shove from the Button?
From the Button, Q2o is a Nash shove up to 3bb in 6-max and 9-max.
Up to how many big blinds should Q2o shove from the Small Blind?
From the Small Blind, Q2o is a Nash shove up to 6bb 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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