progressHJ open range at 23 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · folded to the Hijack · chip EV
How HJ opens at 23 BB
When the action folds to the Hijack with 23 big blinds (8-max MTT with ante), the book plays 27% of hands: a raise to 2 BB with 27%. The other 73% fold.
Always raised: AA, AKs, AKo, AQs, AQo, AJs, AJo, ATs, ATo, A9s, A9o, A8s, A8o, A7s and 44 more.
At this depth the open is a small raise, with some hands going all-in directly.
Next to it at 23 BB: LJ 23%, CO 32%. Seats closer to the button open more here, because fewer players are left to wake up with a big hand.
Borderline hands: none. At this stack every hand is either clearly in or clearly out, so the chart is easy to memorise.
What changes around 23 BB
The book opens 27% of hands here, 27% at 22 BB and 27% at 24 BB. Going from 22 BB to 23 BB, no hand crosses the 50% line; only the frequencies shift.
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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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