progressLJ open range at 11 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · folded to the Lojack · chip EV
How LJ opens at 11 BB
When the action folds to the Lojack with 11 big blinds (8-max MTT with ante), the book plays 21% of hands: a raise to 2 BB with 9.9% and all-in with 11%. The other 79% fold.
Always raised: AA, AJs, ATs, A9s, A8s, A8o, A7s, A3s, A2s, KK, QQ, QJo, JJ.
Always all-in: AKo, AQo, AJo, A5s, KQo, KTs, K9s, QJs, QTs, Q9s, JTs, J9s, T9s, 99, 88, 66, 44, 33.
Mixed hands (the book splits them between actions): AKs, AQs, ATo, A9o, A7o, A6s, A4s, KQs, KJs, KJo, KTo, TT, 77, 55.
At this depth most of the game is push or fold — a small raise is kept only for a few hands that want a call.
Next to it at 11 BB: UTG+1 18%, HJ 26%. 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): A7o 54%, KTo 64%. These are the hands worth drilling, because a small change in the opponents or the stack flips them.
What changes around 11 BB
The book opens 21% of hands here, 23% at 10 BB and 21% at 12 BB. These leave it: K7s, 98s, 22. With the extra chips some former all-ins become small raises: AJs, ATs, A9s, A8o, A7o, A2s and 5 more.
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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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