Shoving range from the Nash equilibrium chart · tournament with antes · 9-handed table · folded to you
With antes — the standard in today's tournaments and what the Pokwise app shows for this spot. Without antes, straight from the Nash chart: 48%.
With 5 BB, the button is the most profitable seat at the table: only the two blinds are left to act, and they need to wake up with a hand to stop you. This is the classic push/fold zone: a small raise no longer exists (any bet commits you), and both sources of profit — picking up the blinds uncontested and having equity when you get called — are alive.
The number comes from math, not style: the Nash chart finds the point where shoving stops being profitable against opponents who call correctly. Two sources of profit add up in a shove — picking up the blinds and antes when everyone folds, and getting to showdown with reasonable equity when someone calls. Antes put more chips in the middle, so the shoving range gets wider.
Works for 6-max too: what sets the shoving range is how many players are left to act behind you — and the BTN sits the same distance from the button at a 6-max or a 9-handed table. This chart works the same in both formats.
This is exactly where the money changes hands: everyone plays the obvious hands the same way — what sets a player who studies apart shows up at the edges of the range.
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