Poker notation question

I voted no, but different writers might choose different approaches. I don't know of any reputable style manual that addresses poker notation. The issue that bugs me is the abbreviation for 10, as in my Omaha starting hand was A2610, or my Omaha starting hand was A26T. The second approach is much cleaner: all cards have a one-character abbreviation. But I still see the first approach a lot.

I’m sure there’s no standard anywhere, but I’ve always seen suited and unsuited hands in ranges given seperately, such as AJo+, A5s+

If you read somewhere that AJo+ would only consider off-suit combos, if it were AJs+ I would only consider suited combos, and if it were AJ+ then I would consider both.

You’re not alone — that notation trips up a lot of people because different sites explain it differently.

Generally speaking:

AJo+ means:

AJo

AQo

AKo

It refers specifically to offsuit hands only. The “o” is important — it limits the range to offsuit combinations.

Suited hands are usually written separately. So:

AJs = Ace-Jack suited

AJs+ = AJs, AQs, AKs

If someone wanted to include both suited and offsuit, theyÂ’d typically write something like:

AJ+ (without the “o” or “s”) — and even then, it’s good to confirm context because not everyone uses shorthand the same way.

In most standard poker range notation, though, AJo+ does NOT include suited hands.

AJo+ means AJo, AQo, and AKo only. The o specifically means offsuit so it does not include suited combos. If you want both suited and offsuit you would write AJ+ without the o or s. And AJs+ would be AJs, AQs, AKs only. The + always means that hand and better of the same category.