progressSB open range at 24 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · folded to the Small Blind · chip EV
How SB opens at 24 BB
When the action folds to the Small Blind with 24 big blinds (8-max MTT with ante), the book plays 88% of hands: a raise to 3 BB with 17% and all-in with 12%, and a limp with 59%. The other 12% fold.
Always raised: AKs, AQs, KK, KQs, KJs, KTs, K9s, K9o, K8o, K7o, QJs, Q8o.
Always all-in: A9o, A8o, A7o, A6o, A5o, A4o, A3s, A3o, A2s, A2o, Q9o, 87s, 33, 22.
Mixed hands (the book splits them between actions): AA, AKo, AJs, A4s, KQo, KJo, KTo, K8s, K6o, K5o, K4o, K3o, K2o, QQ and 27 more.
At this depth the open is a small raise, with some hands going all-in directly.
Next to it at 24 BB: BTN 43%. 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 66%, 84o 34%, 94o 78%. These are the hands worth drilling, because a small change in the opponents or the stack flips them.
What changes around 24 BB
The book opens 88% of hands here, 88% at 23 BB and 88% at 25 BB. Going from 23 BB to 24 BB, no hand crosses the 50% line; only the frequencies shift.
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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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