progressHJ open range at 10 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · folded to the Hijack · chip EV
How HJ opens at 10 BB
When the action folds to the Hijack with 10 big blinds (8-max MTT with ante), the book plays 28% of hands: a raise to 2 BB with 2.5% and all-in with 26%. The other 72% fold.
Always all-in: AKo, AQo, AJs, AJo, ATs, ATo, A9s, A9o, A8o, A7o, A6o, A5s, A5o, A4s, A4o, A2s, KQs, KQo and 25 more.
Mixed hands (the book splits them between actions): AA, AKs, AQs, A8s, A7s, A6s, A3s, KK, KTo, QQ, QJo, JJ, JTo, J8s.
At this depth most of the game is push or fold — a small raise is kept only for a few hands that want a call.
Next to it at 10 BB: LJ 23%, CO 33%. 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): JTo 54%. These are the hands worth drilling, because a small change in the opponents or the stack flips them.
What changes around 10 BB
The book opens 28% of hands here, 29% at 9 BB and 26% at 11 BB. These leave it: K6s. With the extra chips some former all-ins become small raises: A8s, A7s, A3s, QJo.
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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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