QJs Push/Fold: When to Shove Queen-Jack suited
QJs is a Nash shove from the Button at every stack up to 25bb; from UTG it shoves up to 9bb in 6-max and up to 5bb in 9-max.
In 6-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 9bb, the Cutoff up to 17bb, the Button at every stack up to 25bb, and the Small Blind at every stack up to 25bb.
In 9-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 5bb, the Middle Position up to 7bb, the Cutoff up to 17bb, the Button at every stack up to 25bb, and the Small Blind at every stack up to 25bb.
Ranks #22 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 155 of 225 solved spots · 4 combos
Verdict by seat and stack
How QJs compares
Suitedness is worth 45 extra shove spots here: QJs is a shove in 155 of the 225 solved spots, QJo in 110. From the 6-max Button QJs shoves at every stack up to 25bb and QJo up to 15bb.
Hand shape: as a connector it can make straights in both directions and being suited adds flush equity when it is called.
QJs is an edge hand in 8 published spots, where the Nash solution mixes it: 9-max MP 10bb (49%), 6-max UTG 12bb (61%), 6-max UTG 15bb (21%), 6-max CO 20bb (80%), 9-max CO 20bb (80%), and 9-max MP 8bb (92%), plus 2 more. In a true Nash mix both options earn about the same against the equilibrium callers, so a consistent default costs little.
QJs push/fold FAQ
Is QJs a shove at 10bb?
At 10bb in 6-max, QJs is a shove from the Cutoff, the Button, and the Small Blind and mixed from Under the Gun (93%). At 10bb in 9-max, QJs is a shove from the Cutoff, the Button, and the Small Blind, mixed from the Middle Position (49%), and a fold from Under the Gun.
Up to how many big blinds should QJs shove from the Button?
From the Button, QJs is a Nash shove at every stack up to 25bb in 6-max and 9-max.
Up to how many big blinds should QJs shove from the Small Blind?
From the Small Blind, QJs 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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