progressHJ open range at 17 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · folded to the Hijack · chip EV
How HJ opens at 17 BB
When the action folds to the Hijack with 17 big blinds (8-max MTT with ante), the book plays 25% of hands: a raise to 2 BB with 25% and all-in with 0.1%. The other 75% fold.
Always raised: AA, AKs, AKo, AQs, AQo, AJs, AJo, ATs, ATo, A9s, A9o, A8s, A8o, A7s and 36 more.
Mixed hands (the book splits them between actions): K5s, J8s, T8s, 98s.
At this depth the open is a small raise, with some hands going all-in directly.
Next to it at 17 BB: LJ 21%, CO 30%. 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): J8s 54%, 98s 54%, K5s 60%, T8s 28%. These are the hands worth drilling, because a small change in the opponents or the stack flips them.
What changes around 17 BB
The book opens 25% of hands here, 25% at 16 BB and 26% at 18 BB. Compared with 16 BB, these hands come into the range: K5s, J8s, 98s. With the extra chips some former all-ins become small raises: JTs.
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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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