Q3o Push/Fold: When to Shove Queen-Three offsuit
Q3o is a Nash shove from the Button up to 2bb in 6-max and 9-max, and from the Small Blind up to 7bb.
In 6-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 2bb, the Cutoff up to 2bb, the Button up to 2bb, and the Small Blind up to 7bb.
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 2bb, and the Small Blind up to 7bb.
Ranks #120 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 28 of 225 solved spots · 12 combos
Verdict by seat and stack
How Q3o compares
Suitedness is worth 16 extra shove spots here: Q3s is a shove in 44 of the 225 solved spots, Q3o in 28. From the 6-max Button Q3s shoves up to 3bb and Q3o up to 2bb.
Hand shape: the weak offsuit kicker is often dominated when called.
Q3o push/fold FAQ
Is Q3o a shove at 10bb?
At 10bb in 6-max, Q3o is a fold from Under the Gun, the Cutoff, the Button, and the Small Blind. At 10bb in 9-max, Q3o 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 Q3o shove from the Button?
From the Button, Q3o is a Nash shove up to 2bb in 6-max and 9-max.
Up to how many big blinds should Q3o shove from the Small Blind?
From the Small Blind, Q3o is a Nash shove up to 7bb in 6-max and 9-max.
What stack size do these verdicts assume?
Stacks are total big blinds before posting 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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