progressUTG+1 open range at 9 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · folded to the UTG+1 · chip EV
How UTG+1 opens at 9 BB
When the action folds to the UTG+1 with 9 big blinds (8-max MTT with ante), the book plays 20% of hands: a raise to 2 BB with 3.8% and all-in with 16%. The other 80% fold.
Always all-in: AKo, AQo, AJs, AJo, ATs, A9s, A9o, A5s, A4s, KQs, KQo, KJs, KTs, K9s, QJs, QTs, Q9s, JTs and 9 more.
Mixed hands (the book splits them between actions): AA, AKs, AQs, ATo, A8s, A8o, A7s, A6s, A3s, A2s, KK, KJo, QQ, QJo 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 17%, LJ 24%. 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): A8o 56%, QJo 78%. 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 20% of hands here, 21% at 8 BB and 19% at 10 BB. Going from 8 BB to 9 BB, no hand crosses the 50% line; only the frequencies shift. With the extra chips some former all-ins become small raises: AA, AKs, AQs, A7s, A6s, KK.
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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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