progressHJ open range at 14 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · folded to the Hijack · chip EV
How HJ opens at 14 BB
When the action folds to the Hijack with 14 big blinds (8-max MTT with ante), the book plays 24% of hands: a raise to 2 BB with 17% and all-in with 6.8%. The other 76% fold.
Always raised: AA, AKs, AQs, AJs, ATs, ATo, A9s, A8s, A8o, A7s, A7o, A6s, A4s, A3s and 17 more.
Always all-in: KQo, QTs, Q9s, JTs, T9s, 44, 33.
Mixed hands (the book splits them between actions): AKo, AQo, AJo, A9o, A5s, K7s, QJs, JTo, J9s, 88, 66.
At this depth the open is a small raise, with some hands going all-in directly.
Next to it at 14 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): K7s 54%. These are the hands worth drilling, because a small change in the opponents or the stack flips them.
What changes around 14 BB
The book opens 24% of hands here, 24% at 13 BB and 24% at 15 BB. These leave it: 98s. With the extra chips some former all-ins become small raises: AKo, A5s, KQs, K9s, K7s, 55.
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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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