progressCO vs HJ open at 12 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · chip EV
CO facing a HJ open at 12 BB
The hijack opens to 2 BB and the action reaches the cutoff with 12 big blinds. The book folds 84% of hands, calls with 5.2%, 3-bets to 4 BB with 0.1% and goes all-in with 10%.
Always all-in: AA, AKs, AKo, AQo, AJs, AJo, A5s, A4s, KK, QQ, QJs, JJ, TT, 99 and 1 more.
Always call: ATo, A9s, A8s, A7s, KQs, KJs, 88.
With players still to act behind, the cutoff needs a stronger hand to continue, so it plays fewer hands than the button does and prefers a 3-bet or a fold to a loose call.
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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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