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title: "Push or fold with 65o heads-up"
url: "https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/hand/65o.md"
canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/hand/65o"
last_updated: "2026-10-23"
type: "reference"
summary: "65o shoves from the small blind at every stack up to 2bb and calls from the big blind up to 3.5bb heads-up. Exact EV at each stack."
related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/hand/93o.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/hand/53s.md"]
---

# Push or fold with 65o heads-up

65o shoves from the small blind at every stack up to 2bb and calls from the big blind up to 3.5bb heads-up. Exact EV at each stack.

65o shoves at every stack up to 2bb and folds deeper from the small blind. From the big blind it calls at every stack up to 3.5bb and folds deeper. Both come from a solved heads-up game with no ante.

- Shoves every time up to: 2bb
- Calls every time up to: 3.5bb
- Rank of 169: 145
- Combos: 12

## How deep can the small blind shove 65o?

65o shoves every time as the small blind up to 2bb. At 2bb its shove is worth -0.4022 big blinds against -0.5000 for folding. Past 2bb the chart folds it.

65o as the small blind, by stack:

| Stack | Shove frequency | Shove EV | Fold EV | Equity when called |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1bb | 100% | -0.201 | -0.500 | 39.9% |
| 2bb | 100% | -0.402 | -0.500 | 39.9% |
| 3bb | 0% | -0.547 | -0.500 | 38.7% |
| 4bb | 0% | -0.554 | -0.500 | 36.5% |
| 5bb | 0% | -0.524 | -0.500 | 36.0% |
| 6bb | 0% | -0.518 | -0.500 | 35.8% |
| 7bb | 0% | -0.507 | -0.500 | 35.8% |
| 8bb | 0% | -0.532 | -0.500 | 35.8% |
| 9bb | 0% | -0.531 | -0.500 | 35.3% |
| 10bb | 0% | -0.540 | -0.500 | 35.1% |
| 11bb | 0% | -0.559 | -0.500 | 35.1% |
| 12bb | 0% | -0.578 | -0.500 | 35.1% |
| 13bb | 0% | -0.582 | -0.500 | 35.0% |
| 14bb | 0% | -0.592 | -0.500 | 34.9% |
| 15bb | 0% | -0.642 | -0.500 | 34.9% |
| 16bb | 0% | -0.651 | -0.500 | 34.4% |
| 17bb | 0% | -0.666 | -0.500 | 33.9% |
| 18bb | 0% | -0.682 | -0.500 | 33.8% |
| 19bb | 0% | -0.706 | -0.500 | 33.4% |
| 20bb | 0% | -0.722 | -0.500 | 33.3% |

## When should the big blind call with 65o?

65o calls every time as the big blind up to 3.5bb. At 3.5bb its call is worth -0.9445 big blinds against -1.0000 for folding. At 3.5bb a call breaks even at 35.7% equity, because the big blind has already posted a full blind that folding gives up. Past 3.5bb the chart folds it.

65o as the big blind, by stack:

| Stack | Call frequency | Call EV | Fold EV | Equity vs shoves |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1bb | 100% | -0.201 | -1.000 | 39.9% |
| 2bb | 100% | -0.479 | -1.000 | 38.0% |
| 3bb | 100% | -0.802 | -1.000 | 36.6% |
| 4bb | 0% | -1.084 | -1.000 | 36.4% |
| 5bb | 0% | -1.343 | -1.000 | 36.6% |
| 6bb | 0% | -1.631 | -1.000 | 36.4% |
| 7bb | 0% | -1.881 | -1.000 | 36.6% |
| 8bb | 0% | -2.238 | -1.000 | 36.0% |
| 9bb | 0% | -2.501 | -1.000 | 36.1% |
| 10bb | 0% | -2.766 | -1.000 | 36.2% |
| 11bb | 0% | -3.082 | -1.000 | 36.0% |
| 12bb | 0% | -3.395 | -1.000 | 35.9% |
| 13bb | 0% | -3.762 | -1.000 | 35.5% |
| 14bb | 0% | -4.148 | -1.000 | 35.2% |
| 15bb | 0% | -4.419 | -1.000 | 35.3% |
| 16bb | 0% | -4.686 | -1.000 | 35.4% |
| 17bb | 0% | -5.045 | -1.000 | 35.2% |
| 18bb | 0% | -5.344 | -1.000 | 35.2% |
| 19bb | 0% | -5.646 | -1.000 | 35.1% |
| 20bb | 0% | -5.988 | -1.000 | 35.0% |

## What makes 65o different from similar hands?

65o is 12 combos out of the 1,326 two-card hands and ranks number 145 of the 169 starting-hand classes by equity against a random hand. From the small blind, 65o shoves every time only up to 2bb, while 65s shoves at every stack from 1 to 20bb. From the big blind, 65o calls cleanly 1bb shallower than 65s (3.5bb against 4.5bb). The offsuit version has three times as many combos but gives up the flush equity of its suited twin.

## Where can I check other hands like 65o?

The stack pages show the full shove and call charts at each depth, and the hands closest to 65o in strength, along with 65s, have pages of their own. The combos page counts the specific hands that make up 65o and how card removal changes them.

Related pages:

- [All hands and stacks heads-up](https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold.md)
- [Push or fold chart at 2bb](https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/2-bb.md)
- [Push or fold chart at 3bb](https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/3-bb.md)
- [Push or fold with 65s](https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/hand/65s.md)
- [Push or fold with 93o](https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/hand/93o.md)
- [Push or fold with 53s](https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/hand/53s.md)
- [65o combos and rank](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/65o.md)
- [Push or fold calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/push-fold-calculator.md)

## How were the numbers for 65o computed?

The game has two players, blinds of 0.5 and 1, no ante and one effective stack. Every one of the 169 starting-hand classes is dealt in proportion to the card-compatible pairs of specific hands, and a showdown is settled with the exact equity from our preflop table. Each side keeps answering the other's average strategy until neither can gain, then the borderline hands are solved exactly.

Source: GeorgeLiPoker's own heads-up solver, run on its exact preflop equity table.

## Questions

**Is 65o a shove at 10bb heads-up?**

No. At 10bb the small blind folds 65o: shoving is worth -0.540 big blinds and folding -0.500.

**Should the big blind call a shove with 65o at 15bb?**

No. At 15bb calling with 65o is worth -4.419 big blinds against -1.000 for folding, so the chart folds.

**Why does 65o change from a shove to a fold as stacks grow?**

Deeper stacks put more chips at risk for the same blinds, and the big blind can afford to call a smaller share of hands. 65o shoves every time only up to 2bb.

## Related

- [Heads-Up Push or Fold Charts, 1 to 20bb](https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold.md)
- [Push or fold with 93o heads-up](https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/hand/93o.md)
- [Push or fold with 53s heads-up](https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/hand/53s.md)