Q5o Push/Fold: When to Shove Queen-Five offsuit
Q5o is a Nash shove from the Button up to 4bb in 6-max and 9-max, and from the Small Blind up to 8bb.
In 6-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 2bb, the Cutoff up to 2bb, the Button up to 4bb, and the Small Blind up to 8bb.
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 4bb, and the Small Blind up to 8bb.
Ranks #117 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 34 of 225 solved spots · 12 combos
Verdict by seat and stack
How Q5o compares
Suitedness is worth 35 extra shove spots here: Q5s is a shove in 69 of the 225 solved spots, Q5o in 34. From the 6-max Button Q5s shoves up to 7bb and Q5o up to 4bb.
Hand shape: the weak offsuit kicker is often dominated when called.
Q5o push/fold FAQ
Is Q5o a shove at 10bb?
At 10bb in 6-max, Q5o is a fold from Under the Gun, the Cutoff, the Button, and the Small Blind. At 10bb in 9-max, Q5o 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 Q5o shove from the Button?
From the Button, Q5o is a Nash shove up to 4bb in 6-max and 9-max.
Up to how many big blinds should Q5o shove from the Small Blind?
From the Small Blind, Q5o is a Nash shove up to 8bb 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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