progressLojack opening range in tournaments
Five players behind you, and a range that barely moves with the stack until the edge hands.
The lojack is the third seat of an 8-max table, with five players still to act behind it. These are the shares of hands our solution book opens when everyone folds to the seat (raise plus all-in, with ante), next to UTG+1 and the hijack:
| Stack | UTG+1 | Lojack | Hijack | Lojack all-in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 BB | 19% | 22% | 28% | 16% |
| 12 BB | 19% | 22% | 25% | 5% |
| 15 BB | 19% | 22% | 25% | 0% |
| 20 BB | 19% | 22% | 27% | 0% |
| 25 BB | 21% | 24% | 28% | 0% |
| 30 BB | 21% | 24% | 29% | 0% |
| 40 BB | 20% | 24% | 29% | 0% |
| 50 BB | 20% | 24% | 28% | 0% |
| 100 BB | 20% | 23% | 28% | 0% |
What the table shows
- From 15 to 100 BB the lojack opens between 22% and 24% of hands. At 30 BB it is 24%.
- It sits between its neighbours. At 30 BB UTG+1 opens 21% and the hijack 29%.
- Shallow, part of the range is a shove. At 10 BB 16% of all hands go all-in from the lojack, at 12 BB 5% and from 15 BB it is 0%.
The marginal hands
Strong hands open at every stack. These hands sit near the edge, with the share of the time the book opens them from the lojack:
| Hand | 10 BB | 12 BB | 15 BB | 20 BB | 25 BB | 30 BB | 40 BB | 50 BB | 100 BB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A8o | 100% | 100% | 100% | 34% | 34% | 44% | 10% | 6% | 2% |
| A7o | 0% | 72% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| KTo | 52% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| QTo | 0% | 8% | 44% | 60% | 98% | 98% | 98% | 98% | 90% |
| JTo | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 62% | 96% | 94% | 78% | 74% |
| K7s | 98% | 0% | 98% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 98% | 98% | 92% |
| 98s | 100% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 98% |
| 87s | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 100% | 98% | 100% | 100% |
For example A8o opens 100% at 15 BB, 34% at 20 BB and 2% at 100 BB. JTo opens 0% at 20 BB but 62% at 25 BB, and 87s goes from 0% at 20 BB to 100% at 25 BB. 98s is 0% at 15 BB and 100% at 20 BB.
What to take away
- Learn the lojack as a range that stays close to a quarter of hands from 15 BB up, and check the edge hands in the table at your usual stack.
- Do not copy the range from one stack to another: the offsuit broadways, the weak aces and the low suited connectors move the most.
- See the full grid in the lojack chart at 30 BB and compare with the hijack and UTG guides.
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Questions
How many hands should I open from the lojack in a tournament?
In our book 24% at 30 BB, 22% at 20 BB and 22% at 15 BB (8-max, with ante).
Is the lojack much wider than UTG+1?
At 30 BB the lojack opens 24% against 21% from UTG+1.
Is JTo an open from the lojack?
It depends on the stack: 0% at 20 BB, 62% at 25 BB and 74% at 100 BB.
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progressGTO guides use our own solution book (v17d, 8-max tournaments with a 12.5% ante from each player, chip EV): an approximation of equilibrium with a modelled postflop, not an exact solution. Numbers are computed from the book and from the exact ICM model.