QTs Push/Fold: When to Shove Queen-Ten suited
QTs is a Nash shove from the Button up to 19bb 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 6bb, the Cutoff up to 11bb, the Button up to 19bb, and the Small Blind at every stack up to 25bb.
In 9-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 4bb, the Middle Position up to 5bb, the Cutoff up to 11bb, the Button up to 19bb, and the Small Blind at every stack up to 25bb.
Ranks #29 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 125 of 225 solved spots · 4 combos
Verdict by seat and stack
How QTs compares
Suitedness is worth 34 extra shove spots here: QTs is a shove in 125 of the 225 solved spots, QTo in 91. From the 6-max Button QTs shoves up to 19bb and QTo up to 10bb.
Hand shape: being suited adds flush equity when it is called.
QTs is an edge hand in 13 published spots, where the Nash solution mixes it: 6-max UTG 10bb (55%), 6-max CO 20bb (63%), 9-max CO 20bb (63%), 9-max MP 8bb (33%), 6-max UTG 8bb (69%), and 6-max UTG 12bb (27%), plus 7 more. In a true Nash mix both options earn about the same against the equilibrium callers, so a consistent default costs little.
QTs push/fold FAQ
Is QTs a shove at 10bb?
At 10bb in 6-max, QTs is a shove from the Cutoff, the Button, and the Small Blind and mixed from Under the Gun (55%). At 10bb in 9-max, QTs is a shove from the Cutoff, the Button, and the Small Blind and a fold from Under the Gun and the Middle Position.
Up to how many big blinds should QTs shove from the Button?
From the Button, QTs is a Nash shove up to 19bb in 6-max and 9-max.
Up to how many big blinds should QTs shove from the Small Blind?
From the Small Blind, QTs 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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