Ocean KO is live on Short Stack Arena
Preflop solutions for GGPoker's jackpot PKO: 62 spots across 9 phases, from half the field to the final table, with every player's level on their seat.
Short Stack Arena · OCT 15, 2026
Preflop solutions for Ocean KO, GGPoker's jackpot PKO, from half the field to the final table. They are already in the library, under the Ocean KO tab of the Solutions page.
What's inside
- 62 spots across 9 phases: 50% and 25% left, Near bubble, After bubble, 7.5% and 2.5% left, 3 tables, 2 tables and Final Table.
- 7-handed tables. The final table also has 6, 5, 4 and 3-handed spots.
- Everything solved on the $50 event, with a $25 starting head.
- Every seat shows its level, from Egg to Shark. Hover (or tap) the level to see the head and its min and max bounty.
- New spots are being solved and join the library as they finish.
How the solver handles the jackpot
- Every knockout spins a ×0.4 to ×400 multiplier on the busted player's head, but the average is always ×1.
- So in EV, Ocean KO is a PKO with a 0.5 progressive factor: half the head is paid as cash, half goes onto your own head.
- What decides a spot is coverage, head sizes and ICM pressure. The ×400 does not widen any range.
Level table ($50 event)
Your level depends only on your head's value, not on how many knockouts you made or on your stack. For levels 1 to 10 the edges are multiples of the buy-in, so this is the table for the $50 event, the one the spots were solved on. The Legendary levels have a fixed dollar floor and also need a head above 50 buy-ins.
| Level | Name | Head from | Multiplier | Max KO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egg | $25 (start) | ×0.4 to ×400 | $10,000 |
| 2 | Fry | $30 | ×0.4 to ×400 | $12,000 |
| 3 | Fish | $35 | ×0.4 to ×400 | $14,000 |
| 4 | Shrimp | $50 | ×0.4 to ×400 | $20,000 |
| 5 | Crab | $75 | ×0.4 to ×400 | $30,000 |
| 6 | Turtle | $125 | ×0.4 to ×400 | $50,000 |
| 7 | Octopus | $250 | ×0.4 to ×400 | $100,000 |
| 8 | Dolphin | $500 | ×0.4 to ×400 | $200,000 |
| 9 | Whale | $1,000 | ×0.4 to ×400 | $400,000 |
| 10 | Shark | $2,500 | ×0.4 to ×400 | $1,000,000 |
| 11 | Legendary Octopus | $10,000 | ×0.5 to ×50 | $500,000 |
| 12 | Legendary Dolphin | $50,000 | ×0.6 to ×10 | $500,000 |
| 13 | Legendary Whale | $250,000 | ×0.65 to ×2.5 | $625,000 |
| 14 | Legendary Shark | $1,000,000 | ×0.8 to ×1.5 | $1,500,000 |
Max KO is the level's entry head times its highest multiplier. Half of every knockout reward is paid as cash and half goes onto your head. The winner also gets a second spin, paid entirely in cash.
Official rules: Ocean KO on the GGPoker blog.
Where
On the Solutions page, Ocean KO tab: shortstackarena.com/solutions.
