SB open range at 21 BB

How SB opens at 21 BB

When the action folds to the Small Blind with 21 big blinds (8-max MTT with ante), the book plays 87% of hands: a raise to 3 BB with 12% and all-in with 19%, and a limp with 56%. The other 13% fold.

Always raised: KK, KQs, KJs, KTs, K9s, K8o, K7o, K2o, QJs, Q8o.

Always all-in: A9o, A8o, A7o, A6o, A5o, A4o, A3s, A3o, A2s, A2o, K9o, K6o, Q9o, 87s, 86s, 76s, 76o, 54s and 3 more.

Mixed hands (the book splits them between actions): AA, AKs, AKo, AQs, AQo, AJo, ATo, A4s, KQo, KJo, KTo, K8s, K7s, K5o and 23 more.

At this depth the open is a small raise, with some hands going all-in directly.

Next to it at 21 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): 93o 56%, 74o 30%, 94o 78%, 64o 80%. These are the hands worth drilling, because a small change in the opponents or the stack flips them.

What changes around 21 BB

The book opens 87% of hands here, 87% at 20 BB and 87% at 22 BB. Going from 20 BB to 21 BB, no hand crosses the 50% line; only the frequencies shift. With the extra chips some former all-ins become small raises: K8o.

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