Tournament spot
6BB CO T9S limp
Analyze T9S at 6BB from the cutoff with facing a limp. See the shove recommendation, confidence score, ICM notes, and related tournament spots.
- Hand
- T9S
- Position
- CO
- Stack
- 6BB
- Players
- 9
- Stage
- middle
- Ante
- No
Recommended action
72%
Confidence
T9S has enough speculative hand value plus fold equity to move all in for 6BB from CO, 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 low after heavy prior aggression.
ICM pressure
ICM pressure is modest, allowing more chip-EV aggression.
Hand strength
T9S is classified as a speculative tournament hand.
Simple explanation
Why this recommendation appears
This middle spot reviews T9S from the cutoff with 6 big blinds, 9 players, no ante, and facing a limp. The MVP engine classifies the hand as speculative, then adjusts for stack pressure, position, fold equity, and ICM before recommending shove.
- 6BB keeps the decision focused on preflop leverage instead of deep postflop play.
- cutoff position adds steal pressure and improves fold equity.
- middle stage pressure keeps chip-EV aggression relatively important.
- facing a limp makes the recommended shove line more sensitive to hand class and blockers.
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