progressLJ open range at 13 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · folded to the Lojack · chip EV
How LJ opens at 13 BB
When the action folds to the Lojack with 13 big blinds (8-max MTT with ante), the book plays 21% of hands: a raise to 2 BB with 15% and all-in with 6.1%. The other 79% fold.
Always raised: AA, AKs, AQs, AJs, ATs, A9s, A9o, A8s, A8o, A7s, A6s, A4s, A3s, A2s and 11 more.
Always all-in: AKo, QJs, QTs, JTs, T9s, 44.
Mixed hands (the book splits them between actions): AQo, AJo, ATo, A5s, KQo, KTs, QTo, Q9s, J9s, 99, 88, 66, 55.
At this depth the open is a small raise, with some hands going all-in directly.
Next to it at 13 BB: UTG+1 18%, HJ 24%. Seats closer to the button open more here, because fewer players are left to wake up with a big hand.
Borderline hands: none. At this stack every hand is either clearly in or clearly out, so the chart is easy to memorise.
What changes around 13 BB
The book opens 21% of hands here, 21% at 12 BB and 21% at 14 BB. Going from 12 BB to 13 BB, no hand crosses the 50% line; only the frequencies shift. With the extra chips some former all-ins become small raises: AJo, A9o, A5s, KJs, K9s, Q9s and 3 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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