progressSB open range at 70 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · folded to the Small Blind · chip EV
How SB opens at 70 BB
When the action folds to the Small Blind with 70 big blinds (8-max MTT with ante), the book plays 90% of hands: a raise to 3.5 BB with 4.1%, and a limp with 86%. The other 10% fold.
Always raised: KJs.
Mixed hands (the book splits them between actions): AKs, AQs, AJs, A9s, A8s, A7s, A6s, A5s, KQs, KQo, KJo, KTs, KTo, K9s and 22 more.
At this depth everything opens with a small raise; all-ins appear only later, against 3-bets.
Next to it at 70 BB: BTN 48%. 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): 92o 50%, 93o 54%, 94o 56%, 83o 62%, T2o 64%, 84o 72%, plus 1 more mixed hands. These are the hands worth drilling, because a small change in the opponents or the stack flips them.
What changes around 70 BB
The book opens 90% of hands here, 89% at 60 BB and 90% at 80 BB. Compared with 60 BB, these hands come into the range: 92o, 83o.
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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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