T8s Push/Fold: When to Shove Ten-Eight suited

T8s is a Nash shove from the Button up to 11bb 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 3bb, the Cutoff up to 5bb, the Button up to 11bb, 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 3bb, the Cutoff up to 5bb, the Button up to 11bb, and the Small Blind at every stack up to 25bb.

Ranks #46 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 91 of 225 solved spots · 4 combos

Verdict by seat and stack

T8s — 6-Max verdicts (cell links open the spot chart)
SeatMax5bb8bb10bb12bb15bb20bb
UTG≤3bb53%7%FoldFoldFoldFold
CO≤5bbShove88%82%76%56%Fold
BTN≤11bbShoveShoveShove93%89%76%
SB25bb+ShoveShoveShoveShoveShoveShove
T8s — 9-Max verdicts (cell links open the spot chart)
SeatMax5bb8bb10bb12bb15bb20bb
UTG≤3bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
MP≤3bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
CO≤5bbShove88%82%76%56%Fold
BTN≤11bbShoveShoveShove93%89%76%
SB25bb+ShoveShoveShoveShoveShoveShove

How T8s compares

Suitedness is worth 41 extra shove spots here: T8s is a shove in 91 of the 225 solved spots, T8o in 50. From the 6-max Button T8s shoves up to 11bb and T8o up to 4bb.

Hand shape: its small gap still leaves straight draws and being suited adds flush equity when it is called.

T8s is an edge hand in 16 published spots, where the Nash solution mixes it: 6-max UTG 5bb (53%), 6-max CO 15bb (56%), 9-max CO 15bb (56%), 6-max CO 12bb (76%), 6-max BTN 20bb (76%), and 9-max CO 12bb (76%), plus 10 more. In a true Nash mix both options earn about the same against the equilibrium callers, so a consistent default costs little.

T8s push/fold FAQ

Is T8s a shove at 10bb?

At 10bb in 6-max, T8s is a shove from the Button and the Small Blind, mixed from the Cutoff (82%), and a fold from Under the Gun. At 10bb in 9-max, T8s is a shove from the Button and the Small Blind, mixed from the Cutoff (82%), and a fold from Under the Gun and the Middle Position.

Up to how many big blinds should T8s shove from the Button?

From the Button, T8s is a Nash shove up to 11bb in 6-max and 9-max.

Up to how many big blinds should T8s shove from the Small Blind?

From the Small Blind, T8s 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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