T9s Push/Fold: When to Shove Ten-Nine suited
T9s is a Nash shove from the Button up to 14bb 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 4bb, the Cutoff up to 8bb, the Button up to 14bb, 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 8bb, the Button up to 14bb, and the Small Blind at every stack up to 25bb.
Ranks #34 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 105 of 225 solved spots · 4 combos
Verdict by seat and stack
How T9s compares
Suitedness is worth 35 extra shove spots here: T9s is a shove in 105 of the 225 solved spots, T9o in 70. From the 6-max Button T9s shoves up to 14bb and T9o up to 7bb.
Hand shape: as a connector it can make straights in both directions and being suited adds flush equity when it is called.
T9s is an edge hand in 17 published spots, where the Nash solution mixes it: 6-max CO 20bb (47%), 9-max CO 20bb (47%), 6-max UTG 10bb (42%), 6-max UTG 8bb (62%), 9-max MP 5bb (65%), and 9-max MP 8bb (26%), plus 11 more. In a true Nash mix both options earn about the same against the equilibrium callers, so a consistent default costs little.
T9s push/fold FAQ
Is T9s a shove at 10bb?
At 10bb in 6-max, T9s is a shove from the Button and the Small Blind and mixed from Under the Gun (42%) and the Cutoff (91%). At 10bb in 9-max, T9s is a shove from the Button and the Small Blind, mixed from the Cutoff (91%), and a fold from Under the Gun and the Middle Position.
Up to how many big blinds should T9s shove from the Button?
From the Button, T9s is a Nash shove up to 14bb in 6-max and 9-max.
Up to how many big blinds should T9s shove from the Small Blind?
From the Small Blind, T9s 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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