progressHJ open range at 45 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · folded to the Hijack · chip EV
How HJ opens at 45 BB
When the action folds to the Hijack with 45 big blinds (8-max MTT with ante), the book plays 28% of hands: a raise to 2 BB with 28%. The other 72% fold.
Always raised: AA, AKs, AKo, AQs, AQo, AJs, AJo, ATs, ATo, A9s, A9o, A8s, A8o, A7s and 43 more.
Mixed hands (the book splits them between actions): A7o, K3s, Q7s, J9o, T7s.
At this depth everything opens with a small raise; all-ins appear only later, against 3-bets.
Next to it at 45 BB: LJ 23%, CO 35%. 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): Q7s 50%, A7o 54%, T7s 58%, K3s 64%, J9o 34%. These are the hands worth drilling, because a small change in the opponents or the stack flips them.
What changes around 45 BB
The book opens 28% of hands here, 28% at 40 BB and 27% at 50 BB. Going from 40 BB to 45 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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