progressLJ open range at 16 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · folded to the Lojack · chip EV
How LJ opens at 16 BB
When the action folds to the Lojack with 16 big blinds (8-max MTT with ante), the book plays 21% of hands: a raise to 2 BB with 21%. The other 79% fold.
Always raised: AA, AKs, AKo, AQs, AQo, AJs, AJo, ATs, ATo, A9s, A9o, A8s, A7s, A6s and 29 more.
Mixed hands (the book splits them between actions): A8o, K7s, QTo.
At this depth the open is a small raise, with some hands going all-in directly.
Next to it at 16 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): A8o 54%, K7s 68%, QTo 74%. These are the hands worth drilling, because a small change in the opponents or the stack flips them.
What changes around 16 BB
The book opens 21% of hands here, 21% at 15 BB and 21% at 17 BB. Compared with 15 BB, these hands come into the range: K7s, QTo. With the extra chips some former all-ins become small raises: JTs.
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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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