progressLJ open range at 55 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · folded to the Lojack · chip EV
How LJ opens at 55 BB
When the action folds to the Lojack with 55 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, A8s, A7s, A6s, A5s and 33 more.
Mixed hands (the book splits them between actions): A9o, K6s, Q8s, 87s, 44.
At this depth everything opens with a small raise; all-ins appear only later, against 3-bets.
Next to it at 55 BB: UTG+1 19%, HJ 28%. 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): 87s 48%, A9o 40%, 44 68%, Q8s 74%. These are the hands worth drilling, because a small change in the opponents or the stack flips them.
What changes around 55 BB
The book opens 23% of hands here, 23% at 50 BB and 23% at 60 BB. Going from 50 BB to 55 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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