Tournament spot
10BB BTN A5S First In
Analyze A5S at 10BB from the button with the action folds to hero. See the shove recommendation, confidence score, ICM notes, and related tournament spots.
- Hand
- A5S
- Position
- BTN
- Stack
- 10BB
- Players
- 9
- Stage
- middle
- Ante
- Yes
Recommended action
78%
Confidence
A5S has enough speculative hand value plus fold equity to move all in for 10BB from BTN, even after accounting for middle pressure.
Key factors
Stack depth
Short stack: push-fold pressure dominates the decision.
Position
Late-position leverage improves stealing and reshove value.
Fold equity
Fold equity is high because action has folded to hero.
ICM pressure
ICM pressure is modest, allowing more chip-EV aggression.
Hand strength
A5S is classified as a speculative tournament hand.
Simple explanation
Why this recommendation appears
This middle spot reviews A5S from the button with 10 big blinds, 9 players, antes in play, and the action folds to hero. The MVP engine classifies the hand as speculative, then adjusts for stack pressure, position, fold equity, and ICM before recommending shove.
- 10BB keeps the decision focused on preflop leverage instead of deep postflop play.
- button position adds steal pressure and improves fold equity.
- middle stage pressure keeps chip-EV aggression relatively important.
- the action folds to hero makes the recommended shove line more sensitive to hand class and blockers.
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