progressUTG+1 vs UTG open at 12 BB
8-max MTT · ante 12.5 % · chip EV
UTG+1 facing a UTG open at 12 BB
The under the gun opens to 2 BB and the action reaches the utg+1 with 12 big blinds. The book folds 91% of hands, calls with 1.3%, 3-bets to 4 BB with 0.5% and goes all-in with 6.6%.
Always all-in: AKo, AQo, KQs, KJs, QQ, JJ, 88.
Always call: AJs.
With players still to act behind, the utg+1 needs a stronger hand to continue, so it plays fewer hands than the button does and prefers a 3-bet or a fold to a loose call.
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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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