progressHJ vs UTG+1 open at 22 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · chip EV
HJ facing a UTG+1 open at 22 BB
The utg+1 opens to 2 BB and the action reaches the hijack with 22 big blinds. The book folds 87% of hands, calls with 6.2%, 3-bets to 4.5 BB with 4.0% and goes all-in with 2.3%.
Always 3-bet: AA, AKs, AQs.
Always all-in: AKo, QJs.
Always call: AJo, KQs, KQo, KJs, 99.
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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