progressHJ open range at 11 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · folded to the Hijack · chip EV
How HJ opens at 11 BB
When the action folds to the Hijack with 11 big blinds (8-max MTT with ante), the book plays 26% of hands: a raise to 2 BB with 6.0% and all-in with 20%. The other 74% fold.
Always raised: A9s, A8s, A7s, KTo, K8s.
Always all-in: AKo, AQo, AJo, ATo, A9o, A8o, A7o, A6s, A5s, A5o, A4s, KQs, KQo, KJs, KJo, K7s, QJo, Q9s and 12 more.
Mixed hands (the book splits them between actions): AA, AKs, AQs, AJs, ATs, A6o, A3s, A2s, KK, KTs, K9s, QQ, QJs, QTs and 6 more.
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 11 BB: LJ 21%, 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 52%, QTo 28%. These are the hands worth drilling, because a small change in the opponents or the stack flips them.
What changes around 11 BB
The book opens 26% of hands here, 28% at 10 BB and 25% at 12 BB. These leave it: A4o, QTo. With the extra chips some former all-ins become small raises: AA, AKs, A9s, A6o, KK, KTo and 2 more.
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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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