progressHJ vs LJ open at 18 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · chip EV
HJ facing a LJ open at 18 BB
The lojack opens to 2 BB and the action reaches the hijack with 18 big blinds. The book folds 87% of hands, calls with 5.4%, 3-bets to 4.5 BB with 1.2% and goes all-in with 6.6%.
Always all-in: AKs, AKo, AQo, A5s, KTs, QQ, QJs, QTs, JJ, JTs.
Always call: AJs, AJo, ATo, A9s, KQs, KQo.
With players still to act behind, the hijack needs a stronger hand to continue, so it plays fewer hands than the button does and prefers a 3-bet or a fold to a loose call.
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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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