progressUTG open range at 12 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · folded to the Under the Gun · chip EV
How UTG opens at 12 BB
When the action folds to the Under the Gun with 12 big blinds (8-max MTT with ante), the book plays 16% of hands: a raise to 2 BB with 13% and all-in with 2.6%. The other 84% fold.
Always raised: AA, AKs, AQs, AQo, AJs, ATs, ATo, A9s, A8s, A7s, A6s, A5s, A4s, KK and 8 more.
Always all-in: AKo, QJs, JTs.
Mixed hands (the book splits them between actions): AJo, A3s, KQo, KJs, KTs, QJo, Q9s, TT, 99, 66, 55.
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 12 BB: UTG+1 18%. 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): A3s 46%, 55 42%, QJo 64%, Q9s 28%. These are the hands worth drilling, because a small change in the opponents or the stack flips them.
What changes around 12 BB
The book opens 16% of hands here, 16% at 11 BB and 16% at 13 BB. These leave it: A3s, 55. With the extra chips some former all-ins become small raises: AQo, AJo, KQo, KJs, QTs, TT and 1 more.
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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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