This guide summarizes the syntax used in PLO Trainer to describe postflop hands, draws, blockers, and logical combinations. It supports both 4-card and 5-card Omaha variants.
Card & Suit Syntaxes
Syntax | Explanation |
A | Any Ace |
Ac | Ace of Clubs |
Axx | Suited Ace (any suit) |
c d h s | Real suits: clubs, diamonds, hearts, spades |
x y w z | Generic suits for flexible matching |
$B | Broadway cards (K, Q, J, T) |
$M | Middle cards (9, 8, 7, 6) |
$L | Low cards (5, 4, 3, 2) |
$ss | Single suited |
$ds | Double suited |
$lds | Low double suited |
$hds | High double suited |
$ts | Triple suited |
$qs | Quad suited (5-card only) |
$dsp | Double suited pure (5-card only) |
$dts | Double/triple suited (5-card only) |
$ms | Monotone (all same suit) |
$rb | Rainbow (all different suits) |
Made Hand Syntaxes
Straight Flushes
RF - Royal Flush
SF - Straight Flush
Quads & Full House
QS - Quads
FH - Full House
FHN - Nut Full House
FHNN - Non-Nut Full House
Flushes
FL - Any Flush
FLN / FLN1 - Nut Flush
FLN2 - Second Nut Flush
FLNN - Non-Nut Flush
FL3 / FL4 - Flush with 3 or 4 cards
Straights
STR - Any Straight
STR1 - Nut Straight
STR2 - Second Nut Straight
STR3 - Third Nut Straight
STRNN - Non-Nut Straight
Sets & Trips
SET - Any Set
SETT - Top Set
SETM - Middle Set
SETB - Bottom Set
TRI - Trips
TRIH - High Trips
TRIL - Low Trips
Two Pair / One Pair
2P / 3P / 4P - 2, 3, or 4 pair
2PT2 - Top Two Pair
2PTB - Top Bottom Two Pair
2PB2 - Bottom Two Pair
BOP - Any Board Pair (i.e. AKQJ on J62). This does not include a pocket in your hand (i.e. AAKQ on 742)
OP - Overpair
TP / MP / BP - Top/Middle/Bottom Pair
UP - Underpair
RR - Any Pocket Pair
RROO - Double Pocket Pair
Draws Syntaxes
Straight Flush Draws
SFD / FDSF - Straight Flush Draw
Flush Draws
FD - Any Flush Draw
DFD - Double Flush Draw
NFD / NFD1 - Nut Flush Draw
NFD2 - Second Nut Flush Draw
FDNN - Non-Nut Flush Draw
Backdoor Flush Draws
BDFD - Any Backdoor FD
BDNFD - Backdoor Nut FD
BDFD1 / BDFD2 - 1 or 2 Backdoor FDs
Straight Draws
SD - Any Straight Draw
WR - Wrap (9+ outs)
OESD - Open-Ended SD (8 outs)
GS - Gutshot (4 outs)
NWR / NOESD / NGS - Nut SDs (all outs to nut straight)
Air
AIR - No made hand
=AIR - No hand or draw
Blocker Syntaxes
Flush Blockers
BLF - Any flush blocker
BLFN / BLF1 - Nut flush blocker
BLF2 - Second nut flush blocker
BLFNN - Non-nut flush blocker
Flush Draw Blockers
BLFD - Any flush draw blocker
BLFDN / BLFD1 - Nut flush draw blocker
BLFD2 - Second nut flush draw blocker
BLFDNN - Non-nut flush draw blocker
Straight Blockers
BLS - Any straight blocker
BLSRR - With a pair
BLS1 - One blocker
BLS2 / BLS3 / BLS4 - Two/Three/Four blockers
Straight Draw Blockers
BLSD - Any SD blocker
BLSDRR - With a pair
BLSD1 / BLSD2 / BLSD3 / BLSD4 - 1/2/3/4 blockers
Operators
Syntax | Meaning | Example |
! | NOT / Exclude | !FD (exclude flush draws) |
, | OR | A,K (ace OR king) |
: | AND | TP:FD (top pair AND flush draw) |
( ) | Group | !(SD,FD) (neither SD nor FD) |
> | Equal or Better Than | >TP (top pair or better) |
< | Worse Than | <2P (worse than two pair) |
= | Exactly | =TRI (trips only, not better) |