Q6o Push/Fold: When to Shove Queen-Six offsuit
Q6o is a Nash shove from the Button up to 4bb in 6-max and 9-max, and from the Small Blind up to 9bb.
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 9bb.
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 9bb.
Ranks #115 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 38 of 225 solved spots · 12 combos
Q6o has the same verdict as Q7o in every solved spot.
Verdict by seat and stack
How Q6o compares
Suitedness is worth 36 extra shove spots here: Q6s is a shove in 74 of the 225 solved spots, Q6o in 38. From the 6-max Button Q6s shoves up to 8bb and Q6o up to 4bb.
Hand shape: the weak offsuit kicker is often dominated when called.
Q6o is an edge hand in 2 published spots, where the Nash solution mixes it: 6-max SB 10bb (20%) and 9-max SB 10bb (20%). In a true Nash mix both options earn about the same against the equilibrium callers, so a consistent default costs little.
Q6o push/fold FAQ
Is Q6o a shove at 10bb?
At 10bb in 6-max, Q6o is mixed from the Small Blind (20%) and a fold from Under the Gun, the Cutoff, and the Button. At 10bb in 9-max, Q6o is mixed from the Small Blind (20%) and a fold from Under the Gun, the Middle Position, the Cutoff, and the Button.
Up to how many big blinds should Q6o shove from the Button?
From the Button, Q6o is a Nash shove up to 4bb in 6-max and 9-max.
Up to how many big blinds should Q6o shove from the Small Blind?
From the Small Blind, Q6o is a Nash shove up to 9bb 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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