All-in or Fold Strategy: Push/Fold Fundamentals
The core skill in this format is a push/fold range built around your exact stack size — get that right and you’re most of the way to a solid game.
Push/fold charts · stack-based ranges
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Why stack size decides everything
In this format, your entire decision comes down to one number: how many big blinds you have. A hand that’s an easy push at 8 big blinds can be a clear fold at 20. Learning to adjust your range as your stack shrinks or grows is the single highest-leverage skill here.
Building a basic push range
Short stacks (under 10bb)
Push wide — any reasonable ace, most pairs, and strong broadway hands are profitable shoves from most positions.
Medium stacks (10–20bb)
Tighten up and pay more attention to position — a hand worth shoving from the button often isn’t worth it from early position.
Deeper stacks (20bb+)
Push/fold gets less mechanical here — hand strength and fold equity both matter more than a fixed chart.
All-in or Fold Strategy: adjusting for opponent type
A fixed push/fold chart assumes a standard opponent, but real tables aren’t standard. Against a player who folds too often, you can profitably widen your shoving range well past what a chart suggests, since your fold equity alone makes marginal hands worth it. Against a calling station, tighten back up — you’ll actually get called, so hand strength matters more than chart theory.
Tracking your own All-in or Fold Strategy results
Because every hand ends in a push or a fold, it’s unusually easy to review a session afterward and spot leaks — a string of losing shoves from early position, say, or folds that were clearly ahead. PokerCraft’s hand history makes that review quick, and the format’s simplicity means the patterns show up fast.
Starting push/fold chart by stack size
| Stack (BB) | Push with |
|---|---|
| 20+ | Premium pairs, AK, AQ |
| 12–20 | Add mid pairs, suited aces, strong broadways |
| 7–12 | Add suited connectors, weaker aces, any pair |
| <7 | Most two-card hands with any live value |
Print that table out, stick it next to your monitor, whatever — just don’t try to memorize it perfectly on day one. Play a session, look back at a few close spots afterward, and the ranges start to feel natural a lot faster than you’d expect.
Common questions
Do I need to memorize a chart?
Not word for word, but understanding the general shape — wider ranges short-stacked, tighter as you get deeper — will take you most of the way there.
What’s the biggest beginner mistake?
Pushing the same range regardless of stack size. The right shove at 8bb is often a clear fold at 18bb.
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