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Wrap in PLO

A straight draw with more than 8 outs, created by connected hole cards wrapping around board cards — can have up to 20 outs.

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What it means at the table

A wrap is a straight draw with more than the standard eight outs because your hole cards surround the board ranks.

Why it matters

Wraps create the big equity collisions that make PLO different from Hold'em, but not all wrap outs are clean or nutted.

Decision checkpoint

Ask this before money goes in

Table question

How many of my straight outs make the nuts instead of the low end?

Rule of thumb

Raw wrap outs are only valuable after you separate clean nut outs from dirty ones.

Table example

Q-J-T-8 on 9-7-3 can improve on many turn ranks, but the value of the draw depends on which outs make the nuts.

Leak to avoid

Counting every straight card as clean when some outs make the low end or complete a flush for someone else.

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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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