Poker Shark
Heads-Up Push/Fold Chart
Drag the stack depth to see the Nash shove and call ranges for any short stack. Computed at the equilibrium, not copied from a chart.
How push/fold works
When your stack drops to around 20 big blinds or less, you no longer have enough chips to raise and play comfortably after the flop. The strongest simple strategy becomes shove-or-fold: either move all-in before the flop or fold, with nothing in between.
The ranges here are the heads-up Nash equilibrium for chip EV. The small blind shoves the hands where jamming beats folding, and the big blind calls the hands with enough equity against that shoving range. Follow them and a thinking opponent cannot exploit you. We compute the equilibrium directly with our own equity engine rather than copying a static chart.
Push/fold ranges by stack depth
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Frequently asked questions
What is a push/fold chart? +
A push/fold chart tells you which hands to move all-in (push) or fold when your stack is too short to play after the flop. At short stacks, shoving or folding preflop is mathematically the best simple strategy.
What stack depth is push/fold for? +
Roughly 20 big blinds and below. The shorter your stack, the wider you shove. Above about 20bb you usually have enough chips to raise and play after the flop instead of jamming.
What does Nash push/fold mean? +
These ranges are the Nash equilibrium: the shove and call ranges where neither player can do better by changing. If you follow them, an opponent cannot exploit you, no matter how they adjust. This tool computes the heads-up chip-EV equilibrium directly.
Is this for heads-up only? +
Yes. These charts are the heads-up equilibrium (small blind shoves, big blind calls). They apply directly to heads-up play and the final two players of a tournament, and are a strong baseline for short-stack steals from the small blind.
Should I really shove this wide? +
At very short stacks, yes. The blinds you win uncontested are large relative to your stack, so folding marginal hands loses more over time than getting called occasionally. Folding too much is the most common short-stack mistake.