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title: "Push or fold with 95s heads-up"
url: "https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/hand/95s.md"
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last_updated: "2026-10-23"
type: "reference"
summary: "95s shoves from the small blind at every stack up to 14bb and calls from the big blind up to 5bb heads-up. Exact EV at each stack."
related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/hand/t6o.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/hand/t3s.md"]
---

# Push or fold with 95s heads-up

95s shoves from the small blind at every stack up to 14bb and calls from the big blind up to 5bb heads-up. Exact EV at each stack.

As the small blind in heads-up play, 95s shoves at every stack up to 14bb and folds deeper, while as the big blind it calls at every stack up to 5bb and folds deeper. The game is chips only, blinds 0.5 and 1.

- Shoves every time up to: 14bb
- Calls every time up to: 5bb
- Rank of 169: 113
- Combos: 4

## How deep can the small blind shove 95s?

95s shoves every time as the small blind up to 14bb. At 14bb its shove is worth -0.4806 big blinds against -0.5000 for folding. Past 14bb the chart folds it.

95s as the small blind, by stack:

| Stack | Shove frequency | Shove EV | Fold EV | Equity when called |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1bb | 100% | -0.086 | -0.500 | 45.7% |
| 2bb | 100% | -0.171 | -0.500 | 45.7% |
| 3bb | 100% | -0.256 | -0.500 | 43.9% |
| 4bb | 100% | -0.347 | -0.500 | 40.0% |
| 5bb | 100% | -0.388 | -0.500 | 37.9% |
| 6bb | 100% | -0.394 | -0.500 | 37.3% |
| 7bb | 100% | -0.393 | -0.500 | 37.1% |
| 8bb | 100% | -0.421 | -0.500 | 36.8% |
| 9bb | 100% | -0.420 | -0.500 | 36.5% |
| 10bb | 100% | -0.429 | -0.500 | 36.3% |
| 11bb | 100% | -0.446 | -0.500 | 36.2% |
| 12bb | 100% | -0.462 | -0.500 | 36.3% |
| 13bb | 100% | -0.467 | -0.500 | 36.1% |
| 14bb | 100% | -0.481 | -0.500 | 36.0% |
| 15bb | 0% | -0.528 | -0.500 | 36.0% |
| 16bb | 0% | -0.532 | -0.500 | 35.5% |
| 17bb | 0% | -0.541 | -0.500 | 35.1% |
| 18bb | 0% | -0.549 | -0.500 | 35.2% |
| 19bb | 0% | -0.570 | -0.500 | 34.9% |
| 20bb | 0% | -0.577 | -0.500 | 34.8% |

## When should the big blind call with 95s?

95s calls every time as the big blind up to 5bb. At 5bb its call is worth -0.9994 big blinds against -1.0000 for folding. At 5bb a call breaks even at 40.0% equity, because the big blind has already posted a full blind that folding gives up. Past 5bb the chart folds it.

95s as the big blind, by stack:

| Stack | Call frequency | Call EV | Fold EV | Equity vs shoves |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1bb | 100% | -0.086 | -1.000 | 45.7% |
| 2bb | 100% | -0.273 | -1.000 | 43.2% |
| 3bb | 100% | -0.572 | -1.000 | 40.5% |
| 4bb | 100% | -0.808 | -1.000 | 39.9% |
| 5bb | 100% | -0.999 | -1.000 | 40.0% |
| 6bb | 0% | -1.224 | -1.000 | 39.8% |
| 7bb | 0% | -1.414 | -1.000 | 39.9% |
| 8bb | 0% | -1.748 | -1.000 | 39.1% |
| 9bb | 0% | -1.936 | -1.000 | 39.2% |
| 10bb | 0% | -2.139 | -1.000 | 39.3% |
| 11bb | 0% | -2.491 | -1.000 | 38.7% |
| 12bb | 0% | -2.745 | -1.000 | 38.6% |
| 13bb | 0% | -3.047 | -1.000 | 38.3% |
| 14bb | 0% | -3.392 | -1.000 | 37.9% |
| 15bb | 0% | -3.743 | -1.000 | 37.5% |
| 16bb | 0% | -4.017 | -1.000 | 37.4% |
| 17bb | 0% | -4.369 | -1.000 | 37.1% |
| 18bb | 0% | -4.633 | -1.000 | 37.1% |
| 19bb | 0% | -5.002 | -1.000 | 36.8% |
| 20bb | 0% | -5.300 | -1.000 | 36.8% |

## What makes 95s different from similar hands?

95s is 4 combos out of the 1,326 two-card hands and ranks number 113 of the 169 starting-hand classes by equity against a random hand. From the small blind, 95s shoves cleanly 10.5bb deeper than 95o (14bb against 3.5bb). From the big blind, 95s calls cleanly 1.5bb deeper than 95o (5bb against 3.5bb). 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 95s?

The stack pages show the full shove and call charts at each depth, and the hands closest to 95s in strength, along with 95o, have pages of their own. The combos page counts the specific hands that make up 95s 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 14bb](https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/14-bb.md)
- [Push or fold chart at 5bb](https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/5-bb.md)
- [Push or fold with 95o](https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/hand/95o.md)
- [Push or fold with T6o](https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/hand/t6o.md)
- [Push or fold with T3s](https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/hand/t3s.md)
- [95s combos and rank](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/95s.md)
- [Push or fold calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/push-fold-calculator.md)

## How were the numbers for 95s 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 95s a shove at 10bb heads-up?**

Yes. At 10bb the small blind shoves 95s: shoving is worth -0.429 big blinds and folding -0.500.

**Should the big blind call a shove with 95s at 15bb?**

No. At 15bb calling with 95s is worth -3.743 big blinds against -1.000 for folding, so the chart folds.

**Why does 95s 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. 95s shoves every time only up to 14bb.

## Related

- [Heads-Up Push or Fold Charts, 1 to 20bb](https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold.md)
- [Push or fold with T6o heads-up](https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/hand/t6o.md)
- [Push or fold with T3s heads-up](https://georgelipoker.com/push-fold/heads-up/hand/t3s.md)