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 8bb in 6-max and up to 5bb in 9-max.
In 6-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 8bb, the Cutoff up to 15bb, 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 6bb, the Cutoff up to 15bb, the Button at every stack up to 25bb, and the Small Blind at every stack up to 25bb.
Ranks #23 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 149 of 225 solved spots · 4 combos
Verdict by seat and stack
How QJs compares
Suitedness is worth 50 extra shove spots here: QJs is a shove in 149 of the 225 solved spots, QJo in 99. From the 6-max Button QJs shoves at every stack up to 25bb and QJo up to 12bb.
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: 6-max UTG 12bb (47%), 9-max MP 8bb (66%), 9-max MP 10bb (29%), 6-max CO 20bb (73%), 9-max CO 20bb (73%), and 6-max UTG 10bb (74%), 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 (74%). At 10bb in 9-max, QJs is a shove from the Cutoff, the Button, and the Small Blind, mixed from the Middle Position (29%), 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 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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