HOW TO PLAY AOF POKER: RULES, HAND RANKINGS, AND STRATEGY

KKPoker AOF (All-In or Fold) takes fast-paced, action-packed poker fun to a new level! Get ready for quick preflop decisions, and be prepared to put your chips at risk for a chance to earn up to quadruple your buy-in every hand!

Learn the basics of AOF, an exciting variant of Texas Hold’em poker including game rules, strategy tips and information about why this new poker format is rapdily increasing in popularity and how you can win poker cash prizes playing AOF at KKPoker!

AOF POKER RULES

KKPoker AOF games are four-handed and play under traditional Texas Hold ’em format rules, except for your preflop betting options.

In KKPoker AOF games, each player is dealt two hole cards, and the standard five community cards make up the board in three stages (Flop, Turn, River).

You must use your two hole cards alongside the five community cards to make the best five-card hand per the traditional NLH poker hand rankings. The best five-card hand will win the pot.

The exciting difference in KKPoker AOF compared to standard NLH games is that players can only choose one of two Preflop actions: All-In or Fold.

Once the hand is completed, the system will automatically cash out any player’s balance that exceeds the buy-in level and transfer those funds to the cashier. If players’ remaining table balance is insufficient to buy in for the next hand, the system will automatically top-up to the correct buy-in amount.

Every AOF hand is a new opportunity to quadruple your buy-in!

HAND RANKINGS

GAMEPLAY

STRATEGY

Some people may think AOF is purely a luck-based game that can’t be studied, but poker will always be a game of strategy regardless of the type, format, or rules.

Furthermore, the skills and experience you gain from AOF could benefit you when playing in regular NLH tournaments at KKPoker. Learning and understanding when to go all-in or fold are key to winning a tournament or cash game.

Poker can be played in many formats, and each will have ways in which you can learn and improve.

The nature of KKPoker AOF focuses on two aspects: going all-in or calling an opponent’s all-in. Therefore, these should be your focus areas of study. In traditional NLH, understanding and utilizing hand ranges is key to progression, and AOF study should be placed around the all-important hand ranges.

ALL-IN

You can go all-in for several reasons, such as wanting to be called in the hope to win the pot or bluffing to protect your stack/blinds.

All-In Hand Ranges: These are the hands you opt to go all-in with. Choosing your range of hands to go all-in with will depend on your position and your stack size.

For example, KKPoker AOF is a four-handed game, meaning the player UTG (under the gun) is first to act and faces three opponents. The range of hands the UTG player can move all-in with must be based on this factor – just like opening hand ranges in traditional NLH.

If the UTG player folds, the Button player is now faced with the all-in or fold decision, facing two opponents, which means theoretically, their hand range can be increased due to facing one less opponent. The same is applied to if the Button player folds, the Small Blind player can move all-in with a wider hand range to force the Big Blind player into a decision.

RANGES

The exciting AOF dynamic will also pose some interesting scenarios on whether your hand is strong enough to go all-in with after one or more opponents have moved all-in before you.

For example, if the UTG player moves all in, each opponent will likely have a range of hands they would be happy to call with (or reshove if they have a larger chip stack).

Reshoving is an important part of any poker game, and it becomes even more important in AOF games.

FOLD

It is valuable to remember that folding is good! There will be many situations when your hand is not strong enough to move all in with or call.

You should consider AOF’s fast and aggressive nature, but just like in all poker games, patience is vital and should not be seen as a weakness.

ADAPTING TO OPPONENTS

Having studied hand ranges, you must also pay close attention to changing table dynamics, most importantly, when players come and go from the table.

Gaining information at the poker table is essential, no matter the format! You may notice one opponent goes all-in almost every hand, whereas another opponent plays very tight (folds a lot).

AOF games will produce more hand showdowns than any other poker variant, and this can be used to your advantage by remembering the hand strength your opponent shows each time they are all in.

Tip: KKPoker offers daily Freerolls where you can practice your skills even more and win cash prizes for $0 buy-ins!

AOF FAQ

WHAT DOES AOF MEAN?

AOF is the acronym for KKPoker’s exciting new game format: ALL IN OR FOLD

HOW MANY PLAYERS AT AN AOF POKER TABLE?

All AOF cash game tables at KKPoker are 4-handed.

WHAT IS THE MINIMUM AOF BUY-IN?

The current minimum buy-in at KKPoker AOF cash game tables in $0.32 on the $0.02/$0.04 tables.

WHAT IS THE AUTO-TOP UP?

On KKPoker AOF cash game tables, each table has a set buy-in amount. After each hand is played, any player funds over the set buy-in limit with automatically be removed from their chip stack and sent to the players’ funds wallet. If a player has less than the set buy-in amount after each hand, the system will automatically top up their stack to the set buy-in amount.

DOES AOF TABLES FEATURE A JACKPOT?

Yes! Eligible AOF tables are marked with the ‘JACKPOT’ symbol, giving you the chance to win huge rewards when you hit high ranking poker hands. Learn more below!