progressUTG+1 open range at 70 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · folded to the UTG+1 · chip EV
How UTG+1 opens at 70 BB
When the action folds to the UTG+1 with 70 big blinds (8-max MTT with ante), the book plays 19% of hands: a raise to 2.1 BB with 19%. The other 81% fold.
Always raised: AA, AKs, AKo, AQs, AQo, AJs, AJo, ATs, ATo, A9s, A8s, A7s, A6s, A5s and 22 more.
Mixed hands (the book splits them between actions): A3s, A2s, KTo, K8s, K7s, K6s, QTo, Q8s, JTo, J8s, T8s, 98s, 55.
At this depth everything opens with a small raise; all-ins appear only later, against 3-bets.
Next to it at 70 BB: UTG 16%, LJ 23%. 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): K8s 50%, KTo 48%, QTo 54%, 98s 46%, 55 54%, K7s 44%, plus 5 more mixed hands. These are the hands worth drilling, because a small change in the opponents or the stack flips them.
What changes around 70 BB
The book opens 19% of hands here, 20% at 60 BB and 19% at 80 BB. These leave it: KTo.
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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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