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Hands you can build around.
Double-suited rundowns and clean connected shapes keep nut flush paths, wraps, and redraws alive on a wider range of boards.
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Starting-hand evaluator
PLO starting-hand chart with a practical read.
Enter four hole cards and optional board context to see how the hand shapes up. The evaluator focuses on what matters in pot-limit Omaha: nut potential, rundown quality, pair value, redraws, and how the board changes the picture.
Premium PLO hands keep nut paths open, then improve or hold when the board gets connected.
Live hand scan
Ready to analyze
Hand class
Type four cards to see the read.
Suit map
Double-suited, single-suited, or rainbow.
Board pressure
Board texture and pressure appear here.
Suit coordination
Waiting for cards.
Connectivity
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Rundown quality
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Board sensitivity
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Next study step
Waiting for cards.
Active hand
Load a hand to see the active shape.
Compare hand
Use the compare lane to test a second shape.
Hand-strength buckets
Tap a bucket to load an example shape and compare how PLO hands change across textures.
Mix
Hands that need context.
Paired wheels and high pairs can work, but they usually want position, board fit, or a soft pool before they feel clean.
Avoid
Hands that collapse too often.
Disconnected rainbow shapes usually lean on thin pair value and weak redraws, which is a bad trade in PLO.
Interactive tool
Type a hand and get a practical PLO starting-hand read.
Use standard card codes like Ah, Ks, Td, or 7c. The board is optional, but adding flop, turn, or river context makes the notes more specific.
Card entry
Suit leverage
Two suits are better than one when they can reach the nut flush, especially on two-tone boards.
Connectivity
Close ranks create wraps, redraws, and more boards where the hand keeps equity instead of fading.
Board context
Paired, connected, and suited boards change which made hands still want to keep putting money in.
Hole cards
Enter four distinct cards. Example: As, Ks, Qd, Jd.
Enter four distinct hole cards to activate the evaluator.
Board context
Fill as much of the board as you need. Leave later streets blank if you only want a flop read.
Optional board cards add texture and pressure notes.
Sample flops make the board read easier to learn before you type in a live spot.
Examples
Presets make the page easier to test and explain why certain hand shapes are worth playing.
Quick compare
Load a second four-card shape, then swap or copy between lanes to test which hand keeps more nut paths alive on the same board.
Enter a second hand to compare, or copy the active hand into this lane.
This compare lane stays on the same board context so the contrast is about structure, not a different runout.
No complete hand yet
Enter four hole cards to see whether the hand is a keep, mix, or avoid.
Enter four hole cards to get a read.
The tool will score the hand, explain the bucket, and add quick notes on how the board changes the value.
Keep / mix / avoid
Enter four cards to see where the hand lands.
The evaluator will explain whether the hand is a keep, a mix-in spot, or an avoid shape and why.
Board-context lens
Add a flop to see how texture changes the read.
Pairing, suit density, and connectivity change what counts as a good continue. Use the board helper buttons if you want to compare common flop textures.
Suit coverage
Waiting for cards
Two-card suit coverage is what keeps flush paths live when the board gets messy.
Connectivity
Waiting for cards
Close ranks create wraps, redraws, and more boards where the hand keeps equity instead of fading.
Pair value
Waiting for cards
Pairs only matter when the rest of the hand supports them on real boards.
Board context
Preflop only
Add a board to see whether the same hand stays live or becomes too fragile.
Suit coordination
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Connectivity
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Rundown quality
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Board sensitivity
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Suit coordination
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Connectivity
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Rundown quality
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Pair value
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Board sensitivity
Enter board cards for a texture read.
Board pressure
No board entered yet.
Rundown
Waiting for cards.
Broadway
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Paired
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Double-suited
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Disconnected
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Playability meter
The hand score appears here once the cards are entered.
Fill four hole cards to get a plain-language explanation.
Use the free guide to compare this shape against premium rundowns, pairs, and connected hands.
Waiting for cards
Structure read
Enter a hand to see how the structure breaks down.
Waiting for compare cards
What changes
Use the compare lane to test a second shape on the same board.
Playability
Waiting for two hands
Active 0/100
Compare 0/100
Load a second hand to compare overall playability.
Structure
Waiting for two hands
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See which hand keeps better suit coverage and connection.
Nut potential
Waiting for two hands
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Use the side-by-side read to see which hand keeps more nut endings live.
Why it matters
Seven example hands that show the difference between playable and expensive.
The point is not to memorize a perfect chart. It is to learn the shape of good hands so you can spot them quickly at the table.
Strong
Double-suited rundowns keep more doors open.
Hands like As Ks Qd Jd can make wraps, flushes, and top-end broadway combinations. They remain live on a wider range of flops and realize equity better in position.
Premium
Premium rundowns connect from the top down.
A hand like As Ks Qh Jh keeps the nut suit, broadway routes, and straight pressure working together. That kind of shape stays dangerous on a wide range of boards.
Broadway
Broadway rundowns win when every card keeps working.
A hand like Ks Qs Jh Th keeps top-end straight and flush paths alive while staying relevant on high-card boards.
Playable with care
Paired wheel hands need the right texture.
A hand like Ah 5h 5c 2s can make strong pairs, wheel straights, and flush redraws, but the value drops fast when the board gets high and connected.
Wheel
Wheel-connected hands stay live on low, messy boards.
A hand like Ac 4c 3d 2d keeps straight and flush routes open on boards that many high-card hands hate.
Middle strength
High pairs need redraws to stay comfortable.
A hand like Kh Kd Qs Jd can be strong preflop, but it wants more than top pair value once the board starts to connect.
Usually fold
Disconnected rainbow hands do too little too often.
A hand like As Qd 8c 3h usually relies on one-pair outcomes and awkward draws. Those hands are expensive because they collide poorly with the nut-heavy ranges that win PLO pots.
Study notes
Use the output to make faster, cleaner preflop decisions.
The evaluator is intentionally lightweight. It is built to answer the question players actually ask before the flop: does this hand keep enough nut potential, and does the board help or hurt it?
Hand shape
Suited and connected beats isolated strength.
In PLO, a lone pair or a single high card does not travel very far. Hands that work on multiple board textures are the ones that deserve action.
Board pressure
Connected boards change the value of every card.
A small edge on the flop can disappear when the board gets wetter, paired, or higher. The board read reminds you when a hand has real leverage and when it is just showing temporary strength.
Session use
Keep the tool open while you review hands.
The most useful habit is simple: check the shape, note why it is playable, and compare that read with the actual line you took in game.