QQ vs a 10bb shoving range: Equity & Strategy
Pocket Queens (QQ) has 70.5% equity all-in preflop against a 10bb shoving range — 334 combos, 25.2% of all starting hands. It wins 70.1% of runouts outright, loses 29.1% and chops 0.8%. These are exact figures from full board enumeration against every unblocked combo in the range, not a simulation.
| Side | Win | Chop | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 70.1% | 0.8% | 70.5% | |
| a 10bb shoving range | 29.1% | 0.8% | 29.5% |
The range this is computed against
At ten big blinds there is no postflop game left — the shove either shows a profit outright or it does not — so a jamming range is far wider than an opening range from the same seat. A typical late-position 10bb push is roughly a quarter of all hands: every pair, every suited ace, the good suited kings and connectors, and offsuit aces down to A5o.
10bb shove — 334 combos, 25.2% of all starting hands: AA, KK, QQ, JJ, TT, 99, 88, 77, 66, 55, 44, 33, 22, AKs, AQs, AJs, ATs, A9s, A8s, A7s, A6s, A5s, A4s, A3s, A2s, KQs, KJs, KTs, K9s, K8s, K7s, QJs, QTs, Q9s, JTs, J9s, T9s, 98s, 87s, 76s, 65s, AKo, AQo, AJo, ATo, A9o, A8o, A7o, A6o, A5o, KQo, KJo, KTo
After card removal, 307 of those 334 combos are still available (27 are blocked by the cards QQ holds). QQ is ahead of 294 and behind 13.
Hardest parts of the range for QQ
| Hand | Combos | QQ equity |
|---|---|---|
| KK | 6 | 18.1% |
| AA | 6 | 18.5% |
| 1 | 50.0% | |
| AKs | 4 | 54.0% |
| AKo | 12 | 56.8% |
Easiest parts of the range for QQ
| Hand | Combos | QQ equity |
|---|---|---|
| Q9s | 2 | 85.5% |
| QJs | 2 | 84.2% |
| QTs | 2 | 83.8% |
| JJ | 6 | 82.0% |
| J9s | 4 | 81.9% |
QQ has 70.5% equity all-in preflop against a 10bb shoving range — 334 combos, 25.2% of all hands. Pocket Queens wins the pot outright 70.1% of the time, loses 29.1% and chops 0.8%. Your own two cards remove 27 of those combos before the flop is even dealt — a blocker effect this number already accounts for, because every combo containing one of your exact cards is stripped out of the range first. You are ahead of 294 of the 307 combos you can still be facing (96%), which is what a 70.5% number actually looks like hand by hand.
The range behind this number is not a guess. At ten big blinds there is no postflop game left — the shove either shows a profit outright or it does not — so a jamming range is far wider than an opening range from the same seat. A typical late-position 10bb push is roughly a quarter of all hands: every pair, every suited ace, the good suited kings and connectors, and offsuit aces down to A5o. QQ's worst spots in it are KK (18.1%), AA (18.5%) and QQ (50.0%) — and its best are Q9s (85.5%), QJs (84.2%) and QTs (83.8%). Across the whole range QQ's equity swings from 18.1% at the bottom to 85.5% at the top — the single 70.5% headline is the combo-weighted average of all of it.
Calling a shove is a pure equity question — there is no postflop skill left — so 70.5% is the entire decision. Against a typical pot laying you better than 2-to-1 with blinds and antes in the middle, 70.5% is a call.
QQ vs 10bb shove FAQ
What is QQ's equity against a 10bb shoving range?
QQ has 70.5% equity all-in preflop against a 10bb shoving range — it wins 70.1% of runouts outright, loses 29.1% and chops 0.8%. The range holds 334 combos (25.2% of all hands); QQ blocks 27 of them, leaving 307 live. This is exact full board enumeration, not a simulation.
Which hands in a 10bb shoving range beat QQ?
QQ is behind 13 of the 307 live combos and ahead of the other 294. The worst matchups are KK (18.1%), AA (18.5%) and QQ (50.0%); its best are Q9s (85.5%), QJs (84.2%) and QTs (83.8%). Every figure is exact, computed against that hand's unblocked combos only.
What hands are in a 10bb shoving range?
53 hand classes and 334 combos — 25.2% of the 1,326 possible starting hands. By combo count it is 23% pocket pairs (13 pairs, 78 combos), 34% suited hands (28 classes, 112 combos) and 43% offsuit hands (12 classes, 144 combos). That shape is why QQ runs at 70.5% against it rather than against a random hand.
Does QQ do better against a wider or a tighter range?
Wider, almost always. QQ has 75.2% equity against a loose-passive calling range (50.5% of hands) but 46.0% against a 4-betting range (3.2%). Equity against a range is mostly a question of how many weak hands the range still contains — which is why the same holding can be a monster against a button open and a fold against a 4-bet.
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