Preflop
Connectivity in PLO
How well your four cards combine to make straights together — high connectivity turns a mediocre hand into a premium one.
What it means at the table
Connectivity describes how well your four ranks work together to make straights and wraps.
Why it matters
Better connectivity creates more flops where you have strong equity, nut potential, and good barrel cards.
Decision checkpoint
Ask this before money goes in
Table question
Do all four cards cooperate, or am I really playing a three-card hand?
Rule of thumb
Smoothness beats scattered high-card strength when stacks are deep.
Table example
T-9-8-7 creates many more straight routes than T-9-7-6 because the gap removes combinations.
Leak to avoid
Overrating hands with one attractive pair of cards while the full four-card structure is weak.
Mini calculator
Test the concept
Open a related tool or prefilled spot, then change one rank, suit, board card, or stack assumption and watch what changes.
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