progressUTG+1 open range at 100 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · folded to the UTG+1 · chip EV
How UTG+1 opens at 100 BB
When the action folds to the UTG+1 with 100 big blinds (8-max MTT with ante), the book plays 18% of hands: a raise to 2.1 BB with 18%. The other 82% fold.
Always raised: AA, AKs, AKo, AQs, AQo, AJs, AJo, ATs, ATo, A9s, A8s, A7s, A6s, A5s and 16 more.
Mixed hands (the book splits them between actions): A4s, A3s, A2s, KTo, K9s, K8s, K7s, K6s, QJo, QTo, Q9s, Q8s, JTo, J9s and 6 more.
At this depth everything opens with a small raise; all-ins appear only later, against 3-bets.
Next to it at 100 BB: UTG 16%, LJ 22%. 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): A2s 48%, QTo 44%, 98s 44%, 55 58%, KTo 40%, K8s 40%, plus 10 more mixed hands. These are the hands worth drilling, because a small change in the opponents or the stack flips them.
What changes around 100 BB
The book opens 18% of hands here, 19% at 80 BB. These leave it: A2s, QTo.
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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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