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title: "Push or fold with 74s heads-up"
url: "https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/hand/74s.md"
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last_updated: "2026-10-23"
type: "reference"
summary: "74s shoves from the small blind at every stack up to 13.5bb and calls from the big blind up to 4bb heads-up. Exact EV at each stack."
related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/hand/76o.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/hand/t2o.md"]
---

# Push or fold with 74s heads-up

74s shoves from the small blind at every stack up to 13.5bb and calls from the big blind up to 4bb heads-up. Exact EV at each stack.

The solved heads-up answer for 74s: out of the small blind it shoves at every stack up to 13.5bb and folds deeper, and out of the big blind it calls at every stack up to 4bb and folds deeper. No ante, no prize pool.

- Shoves every time up to: 13.5bb
- Calls every time up to: 4bb
- Rank of 169: 134
- Combos: 4

## How deep can the small blind shove 74s?

74s shoves every time as the small blind up to 13.5bb. At 13.5bb its shove is worth -0.4917 big blinds against -0.5000 for folding. Past 13.5bb the chart folds it.

74s as the small blind, by stack:

| Stack | Shove frequency | Shove EV | Fold EV | Equity when called |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1bb | 100% | -0.163 | -0.500 | 41.8% |
| 2bb | 100% | -0.326 | -0.500 | 41.8% |
| 3bb | 100% | -0.453 | -0.500 | 40.4% |
| 4bb | 100% | -0.467 | -0.500 | 38.1% |
| 5bb | 100% | -0.445 | -0.500 | 37.2% |
| 6bb | 100% | -0.443 | -0.500 | 36.8% |
| 7bb | 100% | -0.425 | -0.500 | 36.9% |
| 8bb | 100% | -0.452 | -0.500 | 36.7% |
| 9bb | 100% | -0.449 | -0.500 | 36.4% |
| 10bb | 100% | -0.444 | -0.500 | 36.4% |
| 11bb | 100% | -0.470 | -0.500 | 36.2% |
| 12bb | 100% | -0.493 | -0.500 | 36.0% |
| 13bb | 100% | -0.491 | -0.500 | 36.1% |
| 14bb | 0% | -0.500 | -0.500 | 36.0% |
| 15bb | 0% | -0.550 | -0.500 | 35.9% |
| 16bb | 0% | -0.560 | -0.500 | 35.4% |
| 17bb | 0% | -0.575 | -0.500 | 34.9% |
| 18bb | 0% | -0.591 | -0.500 | 34.8% |
| 19bb | 0% | -0.589 | -0.500 | 34.9% |
| 20bb | 0% | -0.603 | -0.500 | 34.8% |

## When should the big blind call with 74s?

74s calls every time as the big blind up to 4bb. At 4bb its call is worth -0.9590 big blinds against -1.0000 for folding. At 4bb a call breaks even at 37.5% equity, because the big blind has already posted a full blind that folding gives up. Past 4bb the chart folds it.

74s as the big blind, by stack:

| Stack | Call frequency | Call EV | Fold EV | Equity vs shoves |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1bb | 100% | -0.163 | -1.000 | 41.8% |
| 2bb | 100% | -0.411 | -1.000 | 39.7% |
| 3bb | 100% | -0.708 | -1.000 | 38.2% |
| 4bb | 100% | -0.959 | -1.000 | 38.0% |
| 5bb | 0% | -1.203 | -1.000 | 38.0% |
| 6bb | 0% | -1.455 | -1.000 | 37.9% |
| 7bb | 0% | -1.703 | -1.000 | 37.8% |
| 8bb | 0% | -2.020 | -1.000 | 37.4% |
| 9bb | 0% | -2.258 | -1.000 | 37.5% |
| 10bb | 0% | -2.520 | -1.000 | 37.4% |
| 11bb | 0% | -2.772 | -1.000 | 37.4% |
| 12bb | 0% | -3.068 | -1.000 | 37.2% |
| 13bb | 0% | -3.410 | -1.000 | 36.9% |
| 14bb | 0% | -3.687 | -1.000 | 36.8% |
| 15bb | 0% | -3.976 | -1.000 | 36.7% |
| 16bb | 0% | -4.276 | -1.000 | 36.6% |
| 17bb | 0% | -4.557 | -1.000 | 36.6% |
| 18bb | 0% | -4.828 | -1.000 | 36.6% |
| 19bb | 0% | -5.129 | -1.000 | 36.5% |
| 20bb | 0% | -5.443 | -1.000 | 36.4% |

## What makes 74s different from similar hands?

74s is 4 combos out of the 1,326 two-card hands and ranks number 134 of the 169 starting-hand classes by equity against a random hand. From the small blind, 74s shoves cleanly 11.5bb deeper than 74o (13.5bb against 2bb). From the big blind, 74s calls cleanly 1bb deeper than 74o (4bb against 3bb). Suited hands win more often because of flushes, which is why the suited version is the more playable of the pair.

## Where can I check other hands like 74s?

The stack pages show the full shove and call charts at each depth, and the hands closest to 74s in strength, along with 74o, have pages of their own. The combos page counts the specific hands that make up 74s 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 13bb](https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/13-bb.md)
- [Push or fold chart at 4bb](https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/4-bb.md)
- [Push or fold with 74o](https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/hand/74o.md)
- [Push or fold with 76o](https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/hand/76o.md)
- [Push or fold with T2o](https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/hand/t2o.md)
- [74s combos and rank](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/74s.md)
- [Push or fold calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/push-fold-calculator.md)

## How were the numbers for 74s 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 74s a shove at 10bb heads-up?**

Yes. At 10bb the small blind shoves 74s: shoving is worth -0.444 big blinds and folding -0.500.

**Should the big blind call a shove with 74s at 15bb?**

No. At 15bb calling with 74s is worth -3.976 big blinds against -1.000 for folding, so the chart folds.

**Why does 74s 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. 74s shoves every time only up to 13.5bb.

## Related

- [Heads-Up Push or Fold Charts, 1 to 20bb](https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold.md)
- [Push or fold with 76o heads-up](https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/hand/76o.md)
- [Push or fold with T2o heads-up](https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/hand/t2o.md)