progressCO open range at 38 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · folded to the Cutoff · chip EV
How CO opens at 38 BB
When the action folds to the Cutoff with 38 big blinds (8-max MTT with ante), the book plays 35% of hands: a raise to 2.1 BB with 35%. The other 65% fold.
Always raised: AA, AKs, AKo, AQs, AQo, AJs, AJo, ATs, ATo, A9s, A9o, A8s, A8o, A7s and 57 more.
Mixed hands (the book splits them between actions): A6o, A5o, K9o, Q3s, J6s, 96s, 65s.
At this depth everything opens with a small raise; all-ins appear only later, against 3-bets.
Next to it at 38 BB: HJ 28%, BTN 48%. Seats closer to the button open more here, because fewer players are left to wake up with a big hand.
Closest decisions (the book opens them only part of the time): J6s 50%, A5o 48%, 96s 42%, 65s 42%, K9o 72%. These are the hands worth drilling, because a small change in the opponents or the stack flips them.
What changes around 38 BB
The book opens 35% of hands here, 35% at 36 BB and 35% at 40 BB. Compared with 36 BB, these hands come into the range: J6s. These leave it: A5o.
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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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