PREFLOP CHART · ~68% of hands jam
SB push/fold range at 10bb
From the small blind at 10bb effective, with only the big blind left to act, Nash equilibrium says shove ~68% of hands. That's about two-thirds of all starting hands going all-in. The combination of (1) very high fold equity from BB (folds ~55% of the time) and (2) reasonable equity when called makes shoving correct with hands that look unplayable, like Q4o or 53s.
Range — the hands you play
- All pocket pairs and all suited hands
- All Ax (suited and offsuit)
- All Kx (suited and offsuit)
- All Qx down to Q3o
- All Jx down to J5o
- All Tx down to T7o
- Suited connectors and gappers down to 54s, 64s
Key insights
- BB calls your jam with about 45% of hands — including marginal hands like A2o, K9o, JTo, 55+. Wider than calling a BTN jam because BB closes the action.
- Don't shove hands like 82o or 73o — they have <30% equity vs BB's calling range and BB's fold equity isn't enough to overcome the loss.
- Limping disappears at this depth even more decisively from SB than at 100bb. Push or fold is the entire strategy.
Frequently asked
How much wider should SB shove at 8bb?
About 78% — almost any two cards. Past 7bb the chip equity loss of folding even random hands like 72o exceeds the equity-when-called loss.