Deuces and the middle suited connectors join; QJo drops — a hand that flops pretty second-best pairs deep.
Implied odds arrive. Every pocket pair and connected suited hand gains; weak offsuit broadways start bleeding reverse implied odds and get trimmed first.
Two off the button, the steal begins to matter. The hijack range mixes real value with the first genuinely speculative opens.
Assumes a live-standard open to ~4bb, raise-or-fold. In straddled games, halve your effective big blinds and read the chart at that depth.