progressUTG open range at 9 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · folded to the Under the Gun · chip EV
How UTG opens at 9 BB
When the action folds to the Under the Gun with 9 big blinds (8-max MTT with ante), the book plays 17% of hands: a raise to 2 BB with 4.0% and all-in with 13%. The other 83% fold.
Always all-in: AKo, AQo, AJs, AJo, ATs, A9s, A5s, A4s, KQs, KQo, KJs, KTs, K9s, QJs, QTs, Q9s, JTs, TT and 5 more.
Mixed hands (the book splits them between actions): AA, AKs, AQs, ATo, A9o, A8s, A7s, A6s, A3s, KK, KJo, QQ, JJ, J9s and 3 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 9 BB: UTG+1 20%. 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 56%, A9o 62%, 33 34%, J9s 72%. These are the hands worth drilling, because a small change in the opponents or the stack flips them.
What changes around 9 BB
The book opens 17% of hands here, 18% at 8 BB and 16% at 10 BB. These leave it: 33. With the extra chips some former all-ins become small raises: AA, AQs, ATo, KK, QQ.
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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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