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Q5s Push/Fold: When to Shove Queen-Five suited

Q5s is a Nash shove from the Button up to 4bb in 6-max and 9-max, and from the Small Blind up to 18bb.

In 6-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 2bb, the Cutoff up to 3bb, the Button up to 4bb, and the Small Blind up to 18bb.

In 9-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 2bb, the Middle Position up to 2bb, the Cutoff up to 3bb, the Button up to 4bb, and the Small Blind up to 18bb.

Ranks #78 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 56 of 225 solved spots · 4 combos

Verdict by seat and stack

Q5s — 6-Max verdicts (cell links open the spot chart)
SeatMax5bb8bb10bb12bb15bb20bb
UTG≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
CO≤3bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
BTN≤4bb67%FoldFoldFoldFoldFold
SB≤18bbShoveShoveShoveShoveShove84%
Q5s — 9-Max verdicts (cell links open the spot chart)
SeatMax5bb8bb10bb12bb15bb20bb
UTG≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
MP≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
CO≤3bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
BTN≤4bb67%FoldFoldFoldFoldFold
SB≤18bbShoveShoveShoveShoveShove84%

How Q5s compares

Suitedness is worth 24 extra shove spots here: Q5s is a shove in 56 of the 225 solved spots, Q5o in 32. From the 6-max Button Q5s shoves up to 4bb and Q5o up to 3bb.

Hand shape: being suited adds flush equity when it is called.

Q5s is an edge hand in 4 published spots, where the Nash solution mixes it: 6-max BTN 5bb (67%), 9-max BTN 5bb (67%), 6-max SB 20bb (84%), and 9-max SB 20bb (84%). In a true Nash mix both options earn about the same against the equilibrium callers, so a consistent default costs little.

Q5s push/fold FAQ

Is Q5s a shove at 10bb?

At 10bb in 6-max, Q5s is a shove from the Small Blind and a fold from Under the Gun, the Cutoff, and the Button. At 10bb in 9-max, Q5s is a shove from the Small Blind and a fold from Under the Gun, the Middle Position, the Cutoff, and the Button.

Up to how many big blinds should Q5s shove from the Button?

From the Button, Q5s is a Nash shove up to 4bb in 6-max and 9-max.

Up to how many big blinds should Q5s shove from the Small Blind?

From the Small Blind, Q5s is a Nash shove up to 18bb 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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