progressUTG+1 open range at 11 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · folded to the UTG+1 · chip EV
How UTG+1 opens at 11 BB
When the action folds to the UTG+1 with 11 big blinds (8-max MTT with ante), the book plays 18% of hands: a raise to 2 BB with 10% and all-in with 7.9%. The other 82% fold.
Always raised: AA, AKs, AQs, AJs, ATs, A9o, A8s, A6s, A4s, A3s, A2s, KK, KQs, KJo and 2 more.
Always all-in: AKo, AQo, KQo, KTs, QJs, QTs, JTs, T9s, 99, 88, 44.
Mixed hands (the book splits them between actions): AJo, ATo, A9s, A7s, A5s, KJs, K9s, QJo, Q9s, TT, 77, 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 11 BB: UTG 16%, LJ 21%. 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): Q9s 58%. These are the hands worth drilling, because a small change in the opponents or the stack flips them.
What changes around 11 BB
The book opens 18% of hands here, 19% at 10 BB and 18% at 12 BB. Compared with 10 BB, these hands come into the range: A2s. These leave it: J9s, 33. With the extra chips some former all-ins become small raises: AJs, ATs, A9s, A4s, KQs, KJs and 5 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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