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Free PLO Preflop Charts
Position-by-position opening, 3-bet, and BB-defend ranges for Pot-Limit Omaha. Adjustable stack depth (50bb / 100bb / 200bb+) and game type (online 6-max / live 8-max). Every example is clickable and opens in the equity calculator.
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BTN Opening Range
Wide. Any hand with two of: pair, suitedness, connectivity. Position is worth ~4% equity, so speculative hands print.
Always play
Sometimes play (mixed frequencies)
Broadway hands rainbow
50%Playable but uninspiring — open when the blinds are tight.
Small pairs with one suit
40%Set-mining hands. Fold if a reg is in the blinds.
Common traps — don't play
How to use these charts
- Position matters more than hand quality in PLO. The same J♠T♥9♣5♦ is a UTG fold and a button open.
- Frequency percentageson mixed categories mean "play this hand roughly X% of the time." Use your judgment based on table dynamics — tight table? Open the higher end. Loose? Stick to the premium end.
- Click any example hand to load it into the equity calculator. Compare it against villain ranges and specific flops.
- Double-suited (ds) means two pairs of suits. Single-suited (ss) means one pair of matching suits. Suits are worth more than most players realize — roughly 8-10% equity on average.
- Charts are defaults. Deviate based on reads. If the BB is 4-betting wide, tighten your opens. If the table is passive, widen.
Test any hand vs. any range →
Use the equity calculator to see how the hands in these charts perform against ranges and specific flops.
Read the deeper theory →
The full article on PLO opening ranges — why position matters, how to think about connectivity and suitedness, common leaks.
Why these charts exist
PLO preflop strategy is genuinely hard. With 270,725 unique 4-card starting hands, you can't flash a 13x13 grid the way Hold'em players do. Published ranges are either behind a paywall (JNandez, Run It Once Elite, MonkerSolver output), vague ("play premium hands"), or old (pre-solver heuristics from 2010).
These charts are hand-built 100bb 6-max cash defaults, cross-referenced against modern solver output and tuned for practical play. They're a starting point — not gospel. Solver-exact ranges depend on opponent tendencies, stack depth, and table dynamics. Treat these as "good defaults you can deviate from intelligently."