Ranges / Big Blind vs Hijack 8bb
Big Blind vs. Hijack push/fold chart - 8bb, 9-max
Big Blind calls 30% of hands here at 8bb effective (58 of 169 starting hands go in at full frequency). Facing an open from Hijack, this is Big Blind's continuing range (call or shove) rather than an opening range.
At this depth, shoving dominates raise-folding for almost every hand worth playing - there's rarely enough stack left behind to fold profitably to a 3-bet, so if a hand is good enough to open, it's usually good enough to get all-in.
Big Blind vs. Hijack call range at 8bb, hand by hand
Always call — 58 of the 169 starting hands: 22+, A2s+, K6s+, Q8s+, J8s+, T8s+, 98s, 87s, A5o+, KTo+, QTo+, JTo
Less than always — 8 hands the solver calls only some of the time: 76s (88%), 97s (73%), A4o (68%), K5s (56%), Q7s (23%), K9o (19%), 65s (7%), K4s (3%).
Across every hand dealt, that is 30% of hands played, weighted by how often each one is dealt.
Compared to 10bb
Big Blind calls 16 hands at 8bb that it folds at 10bb: K8s, K7s, K6s, K5s, Q8s, J8s, QTo, JTo, T8s, 98s, 97s, 87s, 76s, A6o, A5o, A4o.
Hands right on the edge
These aren't clean shove-or-fold decisions - the solver mixes its strategy on each one: K5s (56% call), Q7s (23% call), 97s (73% call), A4o (68% call).
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