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Push or fold with T6s heads-up

By GeorgeLiPokerUpdated

As the small blind in heads-up play, T6s shoves at every stack up to 20bb, while as the big blind it calls at every stack up to 6bb and folds deeper. The game is chips only, blinds 0.5 and 1.

  • 20bbShoves every time up to
  • 6bbCalls every time up to
  • 96Rank of 169
  • 4Combos

How deep can the small blind shove T6s?

T6s shoves at every stack from 1 to 20 big blinds as the small blind. Its shove EV stays above the -0.5000 big blinds it earns by folding at each of them.

T6s as the small blind, by stack
StackShove frequencyShove EVFold EVEquity when called
1bb100%-0.021-0.50048.9%
2bb100%-0.042-0.50048.9%
3bb100%-0.069-0.50047.3%
4bb100%-0.160-0.50042.9%
5bb100%-0.251-0.50040.0%
6bb100%-0.288-0.50038.9%
7bb100%-0.317-0.50038.1%
8bb100%-0.335-0.50038.0%
9bb100%-0.341-0.50037.5%
10bb100%-0.346-0.50037.2%
11bb100%-0.366-0.50037.1%
12bb100%-0.379-0.50037.0%
13bb100%-0.377-0.50037.0%
14bb100%-0.389-0.50036.9%
15bb100%-0.428-0.50037.0%
16bb100%-0.429-0.50036.6%
17bb100%-0.442-0.50036.1%
18bb100%-0.457-0.50036.0%
19bb100%-0.478-0.50035.7%
20bb100%-0.477-0.50035.7%

When should the big blind call with T6s?

T6s calls every time as the big blind up to 6bb. At 6bb its call is worth -0.9516 big blinds against -1.0000 for folding. At 6bb a call breaks even at 41.7% equity, because the big blind has already posted a full blind that folding gives up. Past 6bb the chart folds it.

T6s as the big blind, by stack
StackCall frequencyCall EVFold EVEquity vs shoves
1bb100%-0.021-1.00048.9%
2bb100%-0.133-1.00046.7%
3bb100%-0.369-1.00043.8%
4bb100%-0.578-1.00042.8%
5bb100%-0.763-1.00042.4%
6bb100%-0.952-1.00042.1%
7bb0%-1.104-1.00042.1%
8bb0%-1.388-1.00041.3%
9bb0%-1.549-1.00041.4%
10bb0%-1.675-1.00041.6%
11bb0%-2.055-1.00040.7%
12bb0%-2.288-1.00040.5%
13bb0%-2.542-1.00040.2%
14bb0%-2.807-1.00040.0%
15bb0%-3.213-1.00039.3%
16bb0%-3.383-1.00039.4%
17bb0%-3.659-1.00039.2%
18bb0%-3.862-1.00039.3%
19bb0%-4.144-1.00039.1%
20bb0%-4.386-1.00039.0%

What makes T6s different from similar hands?

T6s is 4 combos out of the 1,326 two-card hands and ranks number 96 of the 169 starting-hand classes by equity against a random hand. From the small blind, T6s shoves at every stack from 1 to 20bb, while T6o shoves every time only up to 5bb. From the big blind, T6s calls cleanly 1.5bb deeper than T6o (6bb against 4.5bb). 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 T6s?

The stack pages show the full shove and call charts at each depth, and the hands closest to T6s in strength, along with T6o, have pages of their own. The combos page counts the specific hands that make up T6s and how card removal changes them.

How were the numbers for T6s computed?

Both players hold one of the 169 starting-hand classes, weighted by the pairs of specific hands that share no card, so blockers count. Blinds are 0.5 and 1 with no ante and equal stacks. Each pair of classes is scored with its exact equity over every five-card board, and the solver repeats best responses against the other side's running average until the hands on the edge are made exactly indifferent.

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

Questions

Is T6s a shove at 10bb heads-up?
Yes. At 10bb the small blind shoves T6s: shoving is worth -0.346 big blinds and folding -0.500.
Should the big blind call a shove with T6s at 15bb?
No. At 15bb calling with T6s is worth -3.213 big blinds against -1.000 for folding, so the chart folds.
Does T6s ever fold heads-up at 20bb or less?
Not from the small blind: T6s shoves at every stack from 1 to 20bb. As the big blind it calls cleanly up to 6bb and folds or mixes deeper.