Poker Push
What are the correct ranges to move all-in with from late position in a poker tournament? What hands are good enough to defend against an all-in? This pushbot trainer helps to understand ranges in push-or-fold poker situations and visualizes the Sklansky Chubukov rankings and equilibrium rankings for tournament situations.
Push Bot Equilibrium Trainer
- Aug 24, 2020 The most important exception to basic push/fold poker is when you’re on the bubble of a tournament or sit and go. Because of the massive equity difference between bubbling and making the money you need a much bigger edge to justify risking elimination with an all-in.
- It is the latter that interests us with push or fold tables. While poker as a whole cannot be analysed mathematically solely through game theory and its applications, they can nevertheless prove very useful in certain specific situations John Nash and game theory.
The charts below show the Nash Equilibrium strategies for two player push-or-fold NLHE. This is a simplified game where the SB is only allowed to go all-in. A player in poker that either announces their actions or physically plays before their turn (checks, folds etc). Sometimes players act out of turn intentionally to get a read out of other players. When done intentionally, this is often referred to as 'angle shooting.'
Poker Push Pull Chart
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O f f s u i t C a r d s | AA | AKs | AQs | AJs | ATs | A9s | A8s | A7s | A6s | A5s | A4s | A3s | A2s |
AKo | KK | KQs | KJs | KTs | K9s | K8s | K7s | K6s | K5s | K4s | K3s | K2s | |
AQo | KQo | QJs | QTs | Q9s | Q8s | Q7s | Q6s | Q5s | Q4s | Q3s | Q2s | ||
AJo | KJo | QJo | JJ | JTs | J9s | J8s | J7s | J6s | J5s | J4s | J3s | J2s | |
ATo | KTo | QTo | JTo | TT | T9s | T8s | T7s | T6s | T5s | T4s | T3s | T2s | |
A9o | K9o | Q9o | J9o | T9o | 99 | 98s | 97s | 96s | 95s | 94s | 93s | 92s | |
A8o | K8o | Q8o | J8o | T8o | 98o | 88 | 87s | 86s | 85s | 84s | 83s | 82s | |
A7o | K7o | Q7o | J7o | T7o | 97o | 87o | 77 | 76s | 75s | 74s | 73s | 72s | |
A6o | K6o | Q6o | J6o | T6o | 96o | 86o | 76o | 66 | 65s | 64s | 63s | 62s | |
A5o | K5o | Q5o | J5o | T5o | 95o | 85o | 75o | 65o | 55 | 54s | 53s | 52s | |
A4o | K4o | Q4o | J4o | T4o | 94o | 84o | 74o | 64o | 54o | 44 | 43s | 42s | |
A3o | K3o | Q3o | J3o | T3o | 93o | 83o | 73o | 63o | 53o | 43o | 33 | 32s | |
A2o | K2o | Q2o | J2o | T2o | 92o | 82o | 72o | 62o | 52o | 42o | 32o | 22 |
Op Poker Push Fold Charts
Legend
Push / Call decidedly profitable |
Push / Call just about profitable |
Push / Call just about unprofitable |
Push / Call decidedly unprofitable |
How does the Pushbot Trainer work?
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- Select a modus
- Equilibrium Push Bot: Optimal pushing ranges in accord with equilibrium strategies.
- Equilibrium Call Bot: Optimal calling ranges in accord with equilibrium strategies.
- Sklansky-Chubukov Push Bot: Optimal pushing ranges in accord with the Sklansky Chubukov rankings.
- Select a position
- Push from the Small Blind: You’re in the small blind and it has been folded to you.
- Push from the Button: You’re on the button and it has been folded to you. (Ranges are only approximations.)
- Call in the Big Blind against the Small Blind: You’re in the big blind defending against the small blind.
- Call in the Big Blind against the Button: You’re in the big blind defending against the button. (Ranges are only approximations.)
- Select a stack size
- Stack sizes can be between 0 and 50 big blinds (or up to 25 big blinds if you’re on the button / defending against the button).
- The trainer indicates which hands you can profitably move all-in with or call an all-in width.
More information
- What are Sklansky Chubukov rankings?
- What are equilibrium pushbot strategies?