SB open range at 12 BB

How SB opens at 12 BB

When the action folds to the Small Blind with 12 big blinds (8-max MTT with ante), the book plays 82% of hands: all-in with 51%, and a limp with 31%. The other 18% fold.

Always all-in: AKo, AQo, AJs, AJo, ATs, ATo, A9s, A9o, A8s, A8o, A7s, A7o, A6s, A6o, A5o, A4s, A4o, A3s and 64 more.

Mixed hands (the book splits them between actions): A5s, KJs, QQ, QTs, Q4o, JTs, 85o, 75o, 55, 52s, 43s.

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 12 BB: BTN 40%. 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): 75o 32%, 52s 72%. These are the hands worth drilling, because a small change in the opponents or the stack flips them.

What changes around 12 BB

The book opens 82% of hands here, 80% at 11 BB and 83% at 13 BB. Compared with 11 BB, these hands come into the range: 42s, 32s.

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