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Q9s Push/Fold: When to Shove Queen-Nine suited

Q9s is a Nash shove from the Button up to 15bb in 6-max and 9-max, and from the Small Blind at every stack up to 25bb.

In 6-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 5bb, the Cutoff up to 9bb, the Button up to 15bb, and the Small Blind at every stack up to 25bb.

In 9-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 3bb, the Middle Position up to 4bb, the Cutoff up to 9bb, the Button up to 15bb, and the Small Blind at every stack up to 25bb.

Ranks #37 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 110 of 225 solved spots · 4 combos

Verdict by seat and stack

Q9s — 6-Max verdicts (cell links open the spot chart)
SeatMax5bb8bb10bb12bb15bb20bb
UTG≤5bbShove48%10%FoldFoldFold
CO≤9bbShoveShove92%85%75%Fold
BTN≤15bbShoveShoveShoveShoveShove87%
SB25bb+ShoveShoveShoveShoveShoveShove
Q9s — 9-Max verdicts (cell links open the spot chart)
SeatMax5bb8bb10bb12bb15bb20bb
UTG≤3bb6%FoldFoldFoldFoldFold
MP≤4bb30%FoldFoldFoldFoldFold
CO≤9bbShoveShove92%85%75%Fold
BTN≤15bbShoveShoveShoveShoveShove87%
SB25bb+ShoveShoveShoveShoveShoveShove

How Q9s compares

Suitedness is worth 49 extra shove spots here: Q9s is a shove in 110 of the 225 solved spots, Q9o in 61. From the 6-max Button Q9s shoves up to 15bb and Q9o up to 6bb.

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

Q9s is an edge hand in 12 published spots, where the Nash solution mixes it: 6-max UTG 8bb (48%), 9-max MP 5bb (30%), 6-max CO 15bb (75%), 9-max CO 15bb (75%), 6-max CO 12bb (85%), and 9-max CO 12bb (85%), plus 6 more. In a true Nash mix both options earn about the same against the equilibrium callers, so a consistent default costs little.

Q9s push/fold FAQ

Is Q9s a shove at 10bb?

At 10bb in 6-max, Q9s is a shove from the Button and the Small Blind and mixed from Under the Gun (10%) and the Cutoff (92%). At 10bb in 9-max, Q9s is a shove from the Button and the Small Blind, mixed from the Cutoff (92%), and a fold from Under the Gun and the Middle Position.

Up to how many big blinds should Q9s shove from the Button?

From the Button, Q9s is a Nash shove up to 15bb in 6-max and 9-max.

Up to how many big blinds should Q9s shove from the Small Blind?

From the Small Blind, Q9s is a Nash shove at every stack up to 25bb 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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