I try to create some PLO ranges but i got stuck and could use some help.

When i try this syntax:
(AsK8Q:ss)

And i do a count for this syntax i get an optimized count of 37 combinations and a base count of 37.

Altering the syntax a bit to account for a single suit in general:
(AxK8Q:xx)

I get an optimized count of 116 combinations and a base count of 232.

I would expect the answer to the second case to be 4 X 37 = 148
Are these results accurate? What am i missing ?

Also can someone spare some light in explaining to me the difference between base count and the optimized one. Which one should i be using?

Cheers

'Base count' is the total number of combos. 'Optimized count' is the number of combos after accounting for any card removal.

What's happening is you probably have a few hands in the simulator with cards that are removing combos from the optimized count of AsK8Q:xx. Any specific card will do that (such as As) whereas more general ones won't.



AsK8Q:ss is any AKQ8 combo with the As and at least one other spade. (Up to four spades in the hand. To restrict it to only two, you have to exclude three-spade combos with '!sss'.)

AxK8Q:xx is any AKQ8 combo with at least two cards of one suit, because it's apparently treated by PPT as identical to AK8Q:xx. For example, AhKcQc8s is included.

For any suited ace you'd want to use AK8Q:Axx, for which you'll get the expected 148 combos.

Saved by the bell ... Thx Rei it all makes sense now
much appreciated

Is it possible to COUNT in odds oracle (the downloaded software version)?

Sure I can do this on the website but I was never able to find the feature or PQL code to be able to this. Pretty useful to be able to count over large groups in the spreadsheet processor rather than having to do them by hand on the website.

I emailed the developer about this but never received a response