progressLJ open range at 20 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · folded to the Lojack · chip EV
How LJ opens at 20 BB
When the action folds to the Lojack with 20 big blinds (8-max MTT with ante), the book plays 23% of hands: a raise to 2 BB with 23%. The other 77% fold.
Always raised: AA, AKs, AKo, AQs, AQo, AJs, AJo, ATs, ATo, A9s, A9o, A8s, A7s, A6s and 32 more.
Mixed hands (the book splits them between actions): A8o, K7s, JTo, J8s.
At this depth the open is a small raise, with some hands going all-in directly.
Next to it at 20 BB: UTG+1 19%, 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): JTo 42%, A8o 36%. These are the hands worth drilling, because a small change in the opponents or the stack flips them.
What changes around 20 BB
The book opens 23% of hands here, 22% at 19 BB and 23% at 21 BB. Going from 19 BB to 20 BB, no hand crosses the 50% line; only the frequencies shift.
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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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