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title: "Push or fold with 83s heads-up"
url: "https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/hand/83s.md"
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last_updated: "2026-10-23"
type: "reference"
summary: "83s shoves from the small blind at every stack up to 2.5bb 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/64s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/hand/94o.md"]
---

# Push or fold with 83s heads-up

83s shoves from the small blind at every stack up to 2.5bb and calls from the big blind up to 3.5bb heads-up. Exact EV at each stack.

83s shoves at every stack up to 2.5bb 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: 2.5bb
- Calls every time up to: 3.5bb
- Rank of 169: 139
- Combos: 4

## How deep can the small blind shove 83s?

83s shoves every time as the small blind up to 2.5bb. At 2.5bb its shove is worth -0.4563 big blinds against -0.5000 for folding. Past 2.5bb the chart folds it.

83s as the small blind, by stack:

| Stack | Shove frequency | Shove EV | Fold EV | Equity when called |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1bb | 100% | -0.183 | -0.500 | 40.9% |
| 2bb | 100% | -0.365 | -0.500 | 40.9% |
| 3bb | 0% | -0.533 | -0.500 | 39.2% |
| 4bb | 0% | -0.573 | -0.500 | 36.4% |
| 5bb | 0% | -0.577 | -0.500 | 35.2% |
| 6bb | 0% | -0.581 | -0.500 | 34.7% |
| 7bb | 0% | -0.585 | -0.500 | 34.5% |
| 8bb | 0% | -0.623 | -0.500 | 34.3% |
| 9bb | 0% | -0.616 | -0.500 | 34.1% |
| 10bb | 0% | -0.620 | -0.500 | 34.1% |
| 11bb | 0% | -0.655 | -0.500 | 33.8% |
| 12bb | 0% | -0.677 | -0.500 | 33.7% |
| 13bb | 0% | -0.689 | -0.500 | 33.5% |
| 14bb | 0% | -0.699 | -0.500 | 33.6% |
| 15bb | 0% | -0.756 | -0.500 | 33.6% |
| 16bb | 0% | -0.766 | -0.500 | 33.0% |
| 17bb | 0% | -0.756 | -0.500 | 33.0% |
| 18bb | 0% | -0.771 | -0.500 | 33.0% |
| 19bb | 0% | -0.785 | -0.500 | 32.7% |
| 20bb | 0% | -0.800 | -0.500 | 32.6% |

## When should the big blind call with 83s?

83s calls every time as the big blind up to 3.5bb. At 3.5bb its call is worth -0.9527 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.

83s as the big blind, by stack:

| Stack | Call frequency | Call EV | Fold EV | Equity vs shoves |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1bb | 100% | -0.183 | -1.000 | 40.9% |
| 2bb | 100% | -0.461 | -1.000 | 38.5% |
| 3bb | 100% | -0.811 | -1.000 | 36.5% |
| 4bb | 0% | -1.095 | -1.000 | 36.3% |
| 5bb | 0% | -1.365 | -1.000 | 36.3% |
| 6bb | 0% | -1.643 | -1.000 | 36.3% |
| 7bb | 0% | -1.921 | -1.000 | 36.3% |
| 8bb | 0% | -2.256 | -1.000 | 35.9% |
| 9bb | 0% | -2.544 | -1.000 | 35.9% |
| 10bb | 0% | -2.844 | -1.000 | 35.8% |
| 11bb | 0% | -3.249 | -1.000 | 35.2% |
| 12bb | 0% | -3.589 | -1.000 | 35.0% |
| 13bb | 0% | -3.910 | -1.000 | 35.0% |
| 14bb | 0% | -4.234 | -1.000 | 34.9% |
| 15bb | 0% | -4.583 | -1.000 | 34.7% |
| 16bb | 0% | -4.921 | -1.000 | 34.6% |
| 17bb | 0% | -5.311 | -1.000 | 34.4% |
| 18bb | 0% | -5.607 | -1.000 | 34.4% |
| 19bb | 0% | -5.907 | -1.000 | 34.5% |
| 20bb | 0% | -6.226 | -1.000 | 34.4% |

## What makes 83s different from similar hands?

83s is 4 combos out of the 1,326 two-card hands and ranks number 139 of the 169 starting-hand classes by equity against a random hand. From the small blind, 83s shoves cleanly 1bb deeper than 83o (2.5bb against 1.5bb). From the big blind, 83s calls cleanly 1bb deeper than 83o (3.5bb against 2.5bb). 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 83s?

The stack pages show the full shove and call charts at each depth, and the hands closest to 83s in strength, along with 83o, have pages of their own. The combos page counts the specific hands that make up 83s 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 83o](https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/hand/83o.md)
- [Push or fold with 64s](https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/hand/64s.md)
- [Push or fold with 94o](https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/hand/94o.md)
- [83s combos and rank](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/83s.md)
- [Push or fold calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/push-fold-calculator.md)

## How were the numbers for 83s 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 83s a shove at 10bb heads-up?**

No. At 10bb the small blind folds 83s: shoving is worth -0.620 big blinds and folding -0.500.

**Should the big blind call a shove with 83s at 15bb?**

No. At 15bb calling with 83s is worth -4.583 big blinds against -1.000 for folding, so the chart folds.

**Why does 83s 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. 83s shoves every time only up to 2.5bb.

## Related

- [Heads-Up Push or Fold Charts, 1 to 20bb](https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold.md)
- [Push or fold with 64s heads-up](https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/hand/64s.md)
- [Push or fold with 94o heads-up](https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/hand/94o.md)