progressHJ open range at 13 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · folded to the Hijack · chip EV
How HJ opens at 13 BB
When the action folds to the Hijack with 13 big blinds (8-max MTT with ante), the book plays 24% of hands: a raise to 2 BB with 14% and all-in with 11%. The other 76% fold.
Always raised: AA, AKs, AQs, AJs, ATs, A9s, A8s, A7s, A7o, A3s, A2s, KK, KTs, KTo and 7 more.
Always all-in: AKo, AQo, AJo, A9o, KQo, QJs, QTs, Q9s, JTs, J9s, T9s, 88, 44, 33.
Mixed hands (the book splits them between actions): ATo, A8o, A6s, A5s, A4s, KQs, KJs, KJo, K9s, K7s, K6s, JTo, 98s, 77 and 3 more.
At this depth the open is a small raise, with some hands going all-in directly.
Next to it at 13 BB: LJ 21%, CO 31%. 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 60%, 98s 60%, 22 38%, K7s 80%. These are the hands worth drilling, because a small change in the opponents or the stack flips them.
What changes around 13 BB
The book opens 24% of hands here, 25% at 12 BB and 24% at 14 BB. Compared with 12 BB, these hands come into the range: JTo. These leave it: T8s, 22. With the extra chips some former all-ins become small raises: ATo, A8o, A4s, KJo, 99, 77.
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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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