progressLJ open range at 12 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · folded to the Lojack · chip EV
How LJ opens at 12 BB
When the action folds to the Lojack with 12 big blinds (8-max MTT with ante), the book plays 21% of hands: a raise to 2 BB with 12% and all-in with 9.1%. The other 79% fold.
Always raised: AA, AKs, AQs, AJs, ATs, A9s, A8s, A8o, A7s, A4s, A3s, A2s, KK, KQs and 7 more.
Always all-in: AKo, AQo, AJo, A5s, KQo, KTs, QJs, QTs, Q9s, JTs, T9s, 88, 44.
Mixed hands (the book splits them between actions): ATo, A9o, A7o, A6s, KJs, K9s, J9s, 99, 66, 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 12 BB: UTG+1 18%, HJ 25%. 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 28%. These are the hands worth drilling, because a small change in the opponents or the stack flips them.
What changes around 12 BB
The book opens 21% of hands here, 21% at 11 BB and 21% at 13 BB. These leave it: A7o, 33. With the extra chips some former all-ins become small raises: ATo, A4s, KQs.
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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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