progressUTG+1 open range at 12 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · folded to the UTG+1 · chip EV
How UTG+1 opens at 12 BB
When the action folds to the UTG+1 with 12 big blinds (8-max MTT with ante), the book plays 18% of hands: a raise to 2 BB with 13% and all-in with 5.4%. The other 82% fold.
Always raised: AA, AKs, AQs, AJs, ATs, ATo, A9s, A9o, A8s, A7s, A6s, A4s, A3s, A2s and 9 more.
Always all-in: AKo, KTs, QJs, QTs, JTs, 99.
Mixed hands (the book splits them between actions): AQo, AJo, A5s, KQo, KJs, Q9s, T9s, 88, 66, 55, 44.
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 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): T9s 68%, 44 26%, Q9s 80%. 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 18% of hands here, 18% at 11 BB and 18% at 13 BB. These leave it: 44. With the extra chips some former all-ins become small raises: AJo, A5s, K9s, Q9s, 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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