progressCO vs UTG open at 20 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · chip EV
CO facing a UTG open at 20 BB
The under the gun opens to 2 BB and the action reaches the cutoff with 20 big blinds. The book folds 87% of hands, calls with 7.1%, 3-bets to 4.5 BB with 1.8% and goes all-in with 4.5%.
Always 3-bet: AQs.
Always all-in: AKo, KK, QQ, QJs.
Always call: AJs, AJo, ATs, A7s, KQs, KQo, KJs, 88, 77.
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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