progressSB open range at 36 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · folded to the Small Blind · chip EV
How SB opens at 36 BB
When the action folds to the Small Blind with 36 big blinds (8-max MTT with ante), the book plays 87% of hands: a raise to 3.5 BB with 31% and all-in with 0.7%, and a limp with 55%. The other 13% fold.
Always raised: AKs, AKo, AQs, AJs, A9s, A7s, A6s, A6o, A5s, A4s, A3s, A3o, A2s, KJs and 13 more.
Mixed hands (the book splits them between actions): AA, AQo, AJo, ATs, A9o, A8s, A7o, A5o, A4o, A2o, KK, KQs, KQo, KJo and 56 more.
At this depth everything opens with a small raise; all-ins appear only later, against 3-bets.
Next to it at 36 BB: BTN 47%. 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): 74o 50%, 94o 54%, 93o 46%, 84o 38%, 92o 24%. These are the hands worth drilling, because a small change in the opponents or the stack flips them.
What changes around 36 BB
The book opens 87% of hands here, 87% at 35 BB and 87% at 38 BB. Compared with 35 BB, these hands come into the range: 74o. With the extra chips some former all-ins become small raises: A4o.
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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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