progressBTN open range at 16 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · folded to the Button · chip EV
How BTN opens at 16 BB
When the action folds to the Button with 16 big blinds (8-max MTT with ante), the book plays 40% of hands: a raise to 2 BB with 20% and all-in with 20%. The other 60% fold.
Always raised: AA, AKs, AKo, AQs, AJs, ATs, A9s, A8s, A7s, KK, KJs, KTs, K9s, K9o and 30 more.
Always all-in: AJo, ATo, A9o, A8o, A7o, A6s, A6o, A5s, A5o, A4s, A4o, A3s, A3o, A2s, A2o, KQo, KJo, QJo and 11 more.
Mixed hands (the book splits them between actions): AQo, KQs, KTo, JTs, JTo, 76s, 66.
At this depth the open is a small raise, with some hands going all-in directly.
Next to it at 16 BB: CO 30%, SB 85%. Seats closer to the button open more here, because fewer players are left to wake up with a big hand.
Borderline hands: none. At this stack every hand is either clearly in or clearly out, so the chart is easy to memorise.
What changes around 16 BB
The book opens 40% of hands here, 39% at 15 BB and 41% at 17 BB. Compared with 15 BB, these hands come into the range: Q3s, J6s. With the extra chips some former all-ins become small raises: A9s, A7s, KTo, T7s, 66.
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Numbers come from the progressGTO solution book (v14, chip EV, 8-max, ante 12.5 %): our own equilibrium computation with a modelled postflop. It is an approximation, not an exact solution, and it keeps improving. Hover or tap a hand to see its exact frequencies.
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