progressCO vs UTG+1 open at 40 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · chip EV
CO facing a UTG+1 open at 40 BB
The utg+1 opens to 2 BB and the action reaches the cutoff with 40 big blinds. The book folds 84% of hands, calls with 9.0%, 3-bets to 6.5 BB with 6.5%.
Always 3-bet: AA, AKs, AKo, A3s, A2s, KK, K9s, QQ.
Always call: AQs, AJs, AJo, ATs, ATo, A9s, KQs, KQo, KJs, QJs, QTs, 99 and 1 more.
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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