Opening suited aces by position

Suited aces are among the easiest hands to open, except from the earliest seats.

Updated 2026-10-02 · numbers from the progressGTO solution book v13

Suited aces keep their value because they make the nut flush and the ace blocks strong hands. This is how often our solution book opens each of them when everyone folds to the seat (8-max, with ante), at 30 BB:

And the same at 20 BB:

What the tables show

• The lowest suited aces are the ones that depend on the seat. A2s opens 68% from UTG at 30 BB, 98% from UTG+1 and 100% from the hijack.
• Higher suited aces are open almost everywhere. A4s opens 100% from UTG at 30 BB and A9s 100%.
• From the hijack on, every suited ace from A2s to A9s opens at 100% or more at 30 BB.

UTG across stacks

The earliest seat is where the stack matters. This is the UTG open share of the low suited aces:

At 12 BB A2s opens 0% from UTG and A4s 94%. At 100 BB A2s is 18%.

Why they open

A suited ace can make the nut flush, and holding the ace means opponents have fewer strong ace hands. That is why these hands are opened more readily than offsuit hands of similar rank. The tables above tell you how far to push it from each seat.

What to take away

• From the hijack, cutoff and button open every suited ace at these stacks.
• From UTG, decide A2s and A3s by the stack, not by habit.
• See the grid in the UTG chart at 30 BB and the seat widths in opening ranges by position.

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