progressHJ open range at 80 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · folded to the Hijack · chip EV
How HJ opens at 80 BB
When the action folds to the Hijack with 80 big blinds (8-max MTT with ante), the book plays 27% of hands: a raise to 2.1 BB with 27%. The other 73% fold.
Always raised: AA, AKs, AKo, AQs, AQo, AJs, AJo, ATs, ATo, A9s, A8s, A7s, A6s, A5s and 40 more.
Mixed hands (the book splits them between actions): A9o, A8o, A7o, K3s, K2s, Q7s, Q6s, Q5s, J9o, J7s, T9o, T7s, 86s, 76s and 1 more.
At this depth everything opens with a small raise; all-ins appear only later, against 3-bets.
Next to it at 80 BB: LJ 22%, CO 34%. 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): J9o 50%, J7s 48%, Q6s 46%, A8o 56%, K3s 60%, T9o 40%, plus 5 more mixed hands. These are the hands worth drilling, because a small change in the opponents or the stack flips them.
What changes around 80 BB
The book opens 27% of hands here, 27% at 70 BB and 28% at 100 BB. Going from 70 BB to 80 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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