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Q6s Push/Fold: When to Shove Queen-Six suited

Q6s is a Nash shove from the Button up to 8bb in 6-max and 9-max, and from the Small Blind up to 21bb.

In 6-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 3bb, the Cutoff up to 4bb, the Button up to 8bb, and the Small Blind up to 21bb.

In 9-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 2bb, the Middle Position up to 3bb, the Cutoff up to 4bb, the Button up to 8bb, and the Small Blind up to 21bb.

Ranks #71 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 74 of 225 solved spots · 4 combos

Verdict by seat and stack

Q6s — 6-Max verdicts (cell links open the spot chart)
SeatMax5bb8bb10bb12bb15bb20bb
UTG≤3bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
CO≤4bb87%FoldFoldFoldFoldFold
BTN≤8bbShoveShove91%84%34%Fold
SB≤21bbShoveShoveShoveShoveShoveShove
Q6s — 9-Max verdicts (cell links open the spot chart)
SeatMax5bb8bb10bb12bb15bb20bb
UTG≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
MP≤3bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
CO≤4bb87%FoldFoldFoldFoldFold
BTN≤8bbShoveShove91%84%34%Fold
SB≤21bbShoveShoveShoveShoveShoveShove

How Q6s 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: being suited adds flush equity when it is called.

Q6s is an edge hand in 8 published spots, where the Nash solution mixes it: 6-max BTN 15bb (34%), 9-max BTN 15bb (34%), 6-max BTN 12bb (84%), 9-max BTN 12bb (84%), 6-max CO 5bb (87%), and 9-max CO 5bb (87%), plus 2 more. In a true Nash mix both options earn about the same against the equilibrium callers, so a consistent default costs little.

Q6s push/fold FAQ

Is Q6s a shove at 10bb?

At 10bb in 6-max, Q6s is a shove from the Small Blind, mixed from the Button (91%), and a fold from Under the Gun and the Cutoff. At 10bb in 9-max, Q6s is a shove from the Small Blind, mixed from the Button (91%), and a fold from Under the Gun, the Middle Position, and the Cutoff.

Up to how many big blinds should Q6s shove from the Button?

From the Button, Q6s is a Nash shove up to 8bb in 6-max and 9-max.

Up to how many big blinds should Q6s shove from the Small Blind?

From the Small Blind, Q6s is a Nash shove up to 21bb 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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