progressHJ open range at 12 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · folded to the Hijack · chip EV
How HJ opens at 12 BB
When the action folds to the Hijack with 12 big blinds (8-max MTT with ante), the book plays 25% of hands: a raise to 2 BB with 11% and all-in with 14%. The other 75% fold.
Always raised: AA, AKs, AQs, AJs, ATs, A9s, A8s, A7s, A3s, A2s, KK, KTo, K8s, QQ and 2 more.
Always all-in: AKo, AQo, AJo, A9o, A5s, A4s, KQs, KQo, QJs, QTs, Q9s, JTs, J9s, T9s, 98s, 88, 44, 33 and 1 more.
Mixed hands (the book splits them between actions): ATo, A8o, A7o, A6s, A6o, A5o, KJs, KJo, KTs, K9s, K7s, QJo, QTo, JTo 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 12 BB: LJ 21%, CO 32%. 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): A6o 46%, T8s 60%, 87s 36%, QTo 76%. These are the hands worth drilling, because a small change in the opponents or the stack flips them.
What changes around 12 BB
The book opens 25% of hands here, 26% at 11 BB and 24% at 13 BB. Compared with 11 BB, these hands come into the range: QTo. These leave it: A6o, A5o, JTo, 87s. With the extra chips some former all-ins become small raises: AQs, AJs, ATs, A7o, A6s, A2s and 5 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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