Q6s Push/Fold: When to Shove Queen-Six suited
Q6s is a Nash shove from the Button up to 5bb in 6-max and 9-max, and from the Small Blind up to 20bb.
In 6-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 3bb, the Cutoff up to 3bb, the Button up to 5bb, and the Small Blind up to 20bb.
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 5bb, and the Small Blind up to 20bb.
Ranks #72 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 63 of 225 solved spots · 4 combos
Verdict by seat and stack
How Q6s compares
Suitedness is worth 29 extra shove spots here: Q6s is a shove in 63 of the 225 solved spots, Q6o in 34. From the 6-max Button Q6s shoves up to 5bb and Q6o up to 3bb.
Hand shape: being suited adds flush equity when it is called.
Q6s push/fold FAQ
Is Q6s a shove at 10bb?
At 10bb in 6-max, Q6s is a shove from the Small Blind and a fold from Under the Gun, the Cutoff, and the Button. At 10bb in 9-max, Q6s 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 Q6s shove from the Button?
From the Button, Q6s is a Nash shove up to 5bb 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 20bb 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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