progressUTG open range at 10 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · folded to the Under the Gun · chip EV
How UTG opens at 10 BB
When the action folds to the Under the Gun with 10 big blinds (8-max MTT with ante), the book plays 16% of hands: a raise to 2 BB with 4.6% and all-in with 12%. The other 84% fold.
Always raised: ATo, A8s, A7s, A6s.
Always all-in: AKo, AQo, AJs, AJo, ATs, A9s, A5s, KQs, KQo, KJs, KTs, QJs, QTs, JTs, TT, T9s, 99, 77 and 2 more.
Mixed hands (the book splits them between actions): AA, AKs, AQs, A9o, A4s, A3s, KK, KJo, K9s, QQ, Q9s, JJ, J9s, 88 and 1 more.
At this depth most of the game is push or fold — a small raise is kept only for a few hands that want a call.
Next to it at 10 BB: UTG+1 19%. Seats closer to the button open more here, because fewer players are left to wake up with a big hand.
Closest decisions (the book opens them only part of the time): J9s 50%, A3s 52%, A4s 44%, A9o 32%, KJo 70%. These are the hands worth drilling, because a small change in the opponents or the stack flips them.
What changes around 10 BB
The book opens 16% of hands here, 17% at 9 BB and 16% at 11 BB. These leave it: A9o, A4s. With the extra chips some former all-ins become small raises: AQs, QQ, JJ, 88.
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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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