SB open range at 11 BB

How SB opens at 11 BB

When the action folds to the Small Blind with 11 big blinds (8-max MTT with ante), the book plays 80% of hands: all-in with 56%, and a limp with 24%. The other 20% fold.

Always all-in: AKo, AQo, AJs, AJo, ATs, ATo, A9s, A9o, A8s, A8o, A7s, A7o, A6s, A6o, A5o, A4s, A4o, A3s and 73 more.

Mixed hands (the book splits them between actions): AQs, A5s, KQs, KJs, QQ, J7o, T7o, T3o, 77, 66, 55, 52s.

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 11 BB: BTN 41%. The small blind only has the big blind behind, but it is out of position after the flop, so it mixes raises, limps and all-ins instead of simply opening wider.

Closest decisions (the book opens them only part of the time): T3o 56%, 52s 68%. These are the hands worth drilling, because a small change in the opponents or the stack flips them.

What changes around 11 BB

The book opens 80% of hands here, 82% at 10 BB and 82% at 12 BB. Compared with 10 BB, these hands come into the range: 54o. These leave it: T2o, 85o, 75o, 42s, 32s. Some hands switch to an all-in: 77, 55.

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