progressLJ open range at 9 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · folded to the Lojack · chip EV
How LJ opens at 9 BB
When the action folds to the Lojack with 9 big blinds (8-max MTT with ante), the book plays 24% of hands: a raise to 2 BB with 2.5% and all-in with 21%. The other 76% fold.
Always all-in: AKo, AQo, AJs, AJo, ATs, ATo, A9s, A9o, A8o, A7o, A5s, A4s, A2s, KQs, KQo, KJs, KTs, K9s and 16 more.
Mixed hands (the book splits them between actions): AA, AKs, AQs, A8s, A7s, A6s, A5o, A3s, KK, KJo, KTo, K8s, QQ, QJo and 5 more.
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 9 BB: UTG+1 20%, HJ 29%. 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): K8s 44%, T8s 40%, 87s 40%, A5o 34%. These are the hands worth drilling, because a small change in the opponents or the stack flips them.
What changes around 9 BB
The book opens 24% of hands here, 26% at 8 BB and 23% at 10 BB. These leave it: A6o, A5o, K8s, QTo. With the extra chips some former all-ins become small raises: AKs, AQs, A8s, A7s, A3s, QJo.
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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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