progressSB open range at 26 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · folded to the Small Blind · chip EV
How SB opens at 26 BB
When the action folds to the Small Blind with 26 big blinds (8-max MTT with ante), the book plays 88% of hands: a raise to 3 BB with 19% and all-in with 10%, and a limp with 58%. The other 12% fold.
Always raised: AKs, AKo, KK, KQs, KTs, K9s, K9o, K8o, K7o, K5o, QJs, JTs, J7o.
Always all-in: A9o, A8o, A7o, A6o, A5o, A4o, A3o, A2o, 87s, 33, 22.
Mixed hands (the book splits them between actions): AA, AQs, AJs, ATs, A8s, A4s, A3s, A2s, KQo, KJs, KJo, KTo, K8s, K7s and 35 more.
At this depth everything opens with a small raise; all-ins appear only later, against 3-bets.
Next to it at 26 BB: BTN 44%. 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 52%, 84o 36%, 94o 68%. These are the hands worth drilling, because a small change in the opponents or the stack flips them.
What changes around 26 BB
The book opens 88% of hands here, 88% at 25 BB and 88% at 27 BB. Going from 25 BB to 26 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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