Hello everyone.

Recently I started playing GG's All in or Fold (AOF).

On the surface it might look like the biggest rake trap smooth brain game ever invented in poker because it only has 2 options, all in or fold and everyone has 8bb. You would be correct for thinking that, however that doesn't mean it isn't profitable. GG's AOF is really quite easy to beat if you have no soul and don't mind mindlessly clicking one of two buttons for hours on end.

Below is a guide I have made that even someone from r/poker can use and eventually win at GG's AOF.

There are some nuances to this strategy that I will explain so read it very carefully (Or don't and just follow the ranges, I don't care).

There are 5 parts to GG's AOF that actually matter if you want to be profitable.

• Playing the 8bb stack well (Ranges included)

Understanding the jackpot and the fees.

Promotions.

In game mechanics.

Time.

I will start with Part Number 2 - Understanding the jackpot and the fees.

The jackpot is a brutally expensive system designed by GG to keep you unprofitable in this game and to punish your silly play. To win the jackpot you must make a straight flush using BOTH OF YOUR HOLECARDS. That's it.

We will use .50/1 stakes as an example: To take part in the privilege to win the jackpot you must pay 0.05%/bb PER HAND towards it or $0.05. Over 100 hands that's $5. Its a staggering amount and that's on top of the existing $0.05 of RAKE PER HAND. In total its $10/100 hands to play GG's AOF.

Must be unbeatable right? Close, but no and here's why.

Its easier to make a straight flush than you think.

GG's jackpot system essentially increases the EV of otherwise unprofitable hands and allows us to play a much wider range of hands (Suited connectors) than otherwise would be profitable. For example: JTs, T9s, 98s, 87s, 76s, 65s, 54s will make a straight flush 1/500 hands (Roughly). This means that these hands must have an increased EV value of (Jackpot/Chance of SF) in the case of .50/1 the jackpot almost always sits around $750 so these hands have an EV increase of +1.5bb!

Lets look at this example: https://gyazo.com/0f9914d42494ee938eaafab3612208aeCO - All in - 8bb (Range = 22+,A2s+,A3o+,K7s+,KTo+,Q8s+,QJo,J8s+,JTo,T8s+,98s,87s)BU - FoldSB - FoldBB - (54s) - Call EV = -0.88We can see in a normal game this is a clear fold however with GG's jackpot bonus the hand gains +1.5bb so its actually +.62bb and a clear call.

So with the jackpot premium hands that normally get thrown away now become clear calls, however, not all suited connectors are made equal. For example 86s has less combinations of straight flushes available that use BOTH HOLE CARDS so while there is an +EV bonus it is not as much as the combos listed above and to be honest I don't care to go into all of them because this is already taking longer than I thought it would.

Now to Part Number 3 - Promotions.

GG is a wonderful and weird poker environment made up of mostly Chinese people and armies of Brazilian fishregs. It is very difficult to make adjustments on the 8bb stack so its best to just play a profitable range that includes the suited connector premium I have discussed above and pray you hit the jackpot. Personally using the strategy I will now share with you I have managed to run around 4bb/100 over many many thousands of hands not including the jackpot winnings.

"But u/prosmokerplayer, if you only win at 4bb/100 hands and you pay 10bb/100 hands in fees then how do you make any money???!!!"

'Well my wrinkle brained intellectual friend from r/poker, the secret sauce of winning in GG's AOF is to win the jackpot!'

1000 mile stare of soul dead live player

Basically since this range of hands is almost always played from every position: ATs+, KTs+, QTs+, J9s+, T8s+, 97s+, 86s+, 75s+, 65s, 54s and that range of hands = 6.33% of all possible combos AND it should hit a straight flush roughly 1/693 times we should expect to hit a straight flush roughly ONCE every 10k hands! And since a jackpot in .5/1 (Scale it up or down for other games) is worth 750 and we make 400 in EV/bb for 10k hands thats a grand total of +$150 over 10k hands! WOW HOW GREAT. Im sure everyone is picking up their phones right now to call their wives and tell them all about this but wait it gets even BETTER!

GG gives decent rakeback so to all the crabs and octopus and even you plankton out there you can expect 100-200 back in rakeback! (Assuming your bubble pops correctly, lmao).

But wait if you start playing today and ignore all your friends and family you can win the daily leaderboard! Thats right, there is a daily leaderboard that is pretty winnable if you can play for roughly 6-8 hours a day (include happy hours to make it easier) that will net you an extra $70 or like $30-60 if you come top ten.

AND THATS NOT ALL - Theres also Bingo! Thats fuckin right, BINGO. If you win with the hole cards shown on your bingo board you get to spin the slow wheel and most likely get given 2-5bb. Bingo is NOT VERY VALUABLE dont chase after it until you have at least 1 left in the row to complete. For example if you need As Td Jh 8c and you have the first 3 ticked off then whatever hand with 8c appears in your hand that hand does actually increase in value significantly so you MUST GO ALL IN with that hand because if you win you get minimum +2bb, on average its around 2.5bb I think. Now the part you have all been waiting for!

Drumroll please...... Part number 1 - Ranges.

If you are wondering how I got these ranges I used PIOSOLVER for the base ranges then ICMIZER to make adjustments for jackpot EV difference. Also Odds Oracle helped me figure out Straight Flush chances. If you disagree with these and have your own opinion that's great leave a comment down below and ill do my best to explain them.

I don't know the best way to do this so here goes.

Open Shove:CO: https://gyazo.com/be9355605e21cfade2f6ff630643d75fBU: https://gyazo.com/d19f8eaf2b5440f3002608f1b7c3bd73SB: https://gyazo.com/d690a8a6a937fe27253f2f43e2f6589f

Call:BB vs CO: https://gyazo.com/88bd193efba165ab46065bcd208b5765BB vs BU: https://gyazo.com/f14ecd619a17e9e4892070406206298fBB vs SB: https://gyazo.com/f8d30345834bba6b4fcbba0b2dff450aSB vs CO: https://gyazo.com/8e89e2999307d8b5dcbaf8fdf48f708dSB vs BU: https://gyazo.com/619f84ea9a97c435f7eb67d4f9888b26

BU vs CO: https://gyazo.com/0cc316f4ae9eed38adc568c95c10ab38

MultiWay: (Capped at 3 people just made a small adjustment if all 3 go all in)BB vs BU+SB: https://gyazo.com/98f7bef906330fca33689f1e2c042741BB vs CO+SB: https://gyazo.com/2964af22e1e28d24b9b2a3963aa196c7BB vs CO+BU: https://gyazo.com/dfeefcb475c5f08f61ecad462aa7e5dbSB vs CO+BU: https://gyazo.com/8ae44948cc4d298cdf5a7303d93249ea

If you follow these ranges religiously and play 6-8 hours a day on 6 tables @ 250 hands per hour you will make around 300bb in EV. Its really that simple because its literally 8bb stacks.

Part 4 and 5 (Lets wrap this up)

The in game mechanics are basically always having your stack set to go back to the buyin amount. Dont try and run it up from $4 to $4000 because thats not how this works and if you come across another stack thats doing the same thing you will have to adjust your ranges. Remember you are trying to win the jackpot dummy.

Time - You will lose until you win the jackpot using this strategy. Make sure you have a bankroll of at least 1k for .50/1 or you risk going broke. You can still run good or bad but the standard deviation in this game is low because we are always all in and most of the time its heads up.

Congratulations you now understand how to (mathematically) win at GG's AOF game.

If you decide to employ this strategy please play at least the 10k hands to give yourself a fair chance at winning the jackpot and turning a profit. If you average over or around 4bb you are doing it right. At lower stakes it should be even higher.

Source:

https://www.reddit.com/r/poker/comments/r6z8zj/a_free_guide_to_win_at_ggs_all_in_or_fold/