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Opening ranges by position

8-max MTT · 12.5% ante from each player · chip EV · each position across 10–100 BB

Choose a position and see how its opening range changes with the stack, from 8 to 100 big blinds, together with the big blind defense against that position. Each percentage links to the full hand-by-hand chart.

Ranges widen the later the position: in the book UTG opens 16%–19% of hands depending on stack, the button 39%–50%, and the small blind 79%–90%. The numbers come from our own solution book (v17d), an approximation of equilibrium with a modelled postflop.

Under the Gun opens 16%–19% of hands

StackUTG opensBB defends vs UTG
8 BB19%60%
9 BB18%57%
10 BB18%57%
11 BB17%61%
12 BB17%62%
13 BB17%63%
14 BB16%65%
15 BB16%67%
16 BB17%68%
17 BB17%70%
18 BB17%72%
19 BB17%74%
20 BB17%76%
21 BB18%76%
22 BB18%76%
23 BB18%76%
24 BB18%75%
25 BB18%76%
26 BB18%75%
27 BB18%76%
28 BB18%76%
29 BB18%75%
30 BB18%74%
32 BB18%74%
33 BB18%74%
35 BB18%73%
36 BB18%73%
38 BB18%73%
40 BB18%73%
45 BB18%72%
50 BB18%72%
55 BB18%72%
60 BB18%72%
70 BB18%72%
80 BB18%72%
100 BB17%65%

UTG+1 opens 19%–22% of hands

StackUTG+1 opensBB defends vs UTG+1
8 BB22%60%
9 BB20%60%
10 BB19%60%
11 BB19%62%
12 BB19%66%
13 BB19%66%
14 BB19%68%
15 BB19%69%
16 BB19%70%
17 BB19%72%
18 BB19%75%
19 BB19%77%
20 BB19%80%
21 BB20%81%
22 BB20%81%
23 BB20%80%
24 BB20%81%
25 BB21%81%
26 BB21%81%
27 BB21%80%
28 BB21%80%
29 BB21%79%
30 BB21%79%
32 BB21%79%
33 BB21%79%
35 BB20%77%
36 BB20%77%
38 BB20%77%
40 BB20%77%
45 BB20%77%
50 BB20%75%
55 BB20%78%
60 BB20%77%
70 BB20%74%
80 BB20%74%
100 BB20%71%

Lojack opens 21%–26% of hands

StackLJ opensBB defends vs LJ
8 BB26%61%
9 BB24%60%
10 BB22%62%
11 BB22%61%
12 BB22%67%
13 BB21%67%
14 BB21%69%
15 BB22%72%
16 BB22%74%
17 BB22%77%
18 BB22%79%
19 BB22%82%
20 BB22%84%
21 BB23%84%
22 BB23%85%
23 BB23%85%
24 BB24%85%
25 BB24%85%
26 BB24%85%
27 BB24%85%
28 BB24%85%
29 BB24%85%
30 BB24%85%
32 BB25%85%
33 BB24%85%
35 BB24%84%
36 BB24%84%
38 BB24%84%
40 BB24%83%
45 BB24%81%
50 BB24%81%
55 BB23%80%
60 BB24%82%
70 BB24%74%
80 BB24%74%
100 BB23%74%

Hijack opens 24%–31% of hands

StackHJ opensBB defends vs HJ
8 BB31%60%
9 BB29%60%
10 BB28%57%
11 BB26%61%
12 BB25%66%
13 BB24%67%
14 BB25%72%
15 BB25%75%
16 BB25%78%
17 BB25%81%
18 BB26%84%
19 BB26%86%
20 BB27%87%
21 BB27%87%
22 BB27%87%
23 BB27%87%
24 BB27%87%
25 BB28%87%
26 BB28%87%
27 BB28%87%
28 BB28%87%
29 BB28%87%
30 BB29%87%
32 BB29%87%
33 BB29%87%
35 BB29%87%
36 BB29%87%
38 BB29%86%
40 BB29%86%
45 BB28%85%
50 BB28%86%
55 BB28%78%
60 BB28%78%
70 BB28%77%
80 BB28%77%
100 BB28%78%

Cutoff opens 30%–37% of hands

StackCO opensBB defends vs CO
8 BB34%59%
9 BB33%59%
10 BB33%58%
11 BB32%59%
12 BB31%63%
13 BB31%67%
14 BB30%72%
15 BB30%75%
16 BB30%79%
17 BB30%84%
18 BB31%86%
19 BB31%88%
20 BB32%89%
21 BB32%89%
22 BB32%89%
23 BB33%89%
24 BB33%90%
25 BB34%90%
26 BB34%90%
27 BB35%90%
28 BB35%90%
29 BB35%89%
30 BB35%89%
32 BB36%89%
33 BB36%89%
35 BB36%89%
36 BB36%89%
38 BB37%89%
40 BB36%89%
45 BB36%85%
50 BB35%84%
55 BB35%84%
60 BB35%83%
70 BB35%78%
80 BB35%78%
100 BB35%80%

Button opens 39%–50% of hands

StackBTN opensBB defends vs BTN
8 BB43%59%
9 BB41%57%
10 BB40%58%
11 BB39%61%
12 BB39%61%
13 BB40%67%
14 BB39%71%
15 BB40%74%
16 BB40%78%
17 BB40%83%
18 BB40%87%
19 BB41%88%
20 BB41%89%
21 BB41%90%
22 BB42%90%
23 BB42%91%
24 BB43%91%
25 BB44%92%
26 BB45%93%
27 BB45%93%
28 BB46%93%
29 BB47%93%
30 BB47%93%
32 BB47%93%
33 BB48%93%
35 BB48%93%
36 BB48%90%
38 BB48%90%
40 BB48%90%
45 BB49%90%
50 BB49%90%
55 BB50%86%
60 BB49%85%
70 BB49%83%
80 BB50%83%
100 BB49%78%

Small Blind opens 79%–90% of hands

StackSB opens
8 BB80%
9 BB82%
10 BB83%
11 BB80%
12 BB79%
13 BB81%
14 BB82%
15 BB83%
16 BB84%
17 BB84%
18 BB85%
19 BB86%
20 BB86%
21 BB86%
22 BB86%
23 BB86%
24 BB86%
25 BB86%
26 BB86%
27 BB86%
28 BB86%
29 BB86%
30 BB86%
32 BB86%
33 BB86%
35 BB86%
36 BB86%
38 BB86%
40 BB86%
45 BB87%
50 BB86%
55 BB87%
60 BB87%
70 BB89%
80 BB90%
100 BB85%

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Numbers come from the progressGTO solution book (v17d, chip EV, 8-max, 12.5% ante from each player): 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.