Online Poker Forum - Which hand is lower?

SHAKA · High Card Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Posts: 2

The game is Omaha Hi/Lo, Cards speak 8 lo qualifier.
The flop is K J 8, the turn is 7, river is 3.
My opponent has 4,2 in the hand, I have A,5.

My opponents hand 8 7 4 3 2

My hand 8 7 5 3 A
My friends say I lose because they have a 4 and I have 5 counting from 8 down. I thhink I win because we both are using the 8 but I go all the ay to the Ace where they are only going to the 2. Keep in mind we are playing A-5 being the best lo hand.
thanks.

Big Slick x13x · Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 8:39 am Post subject:

87432 < 8753A. Your friends are right. You count down from the top until you break the tie. The first person with a lower card wins. In this case the 8's and 7's tie. His 4 is lower then your 5 so you lose.

SHAKA · High Card Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Posts: 2

Thank you Big Slick x13x... So if I had A 4 then I would have won because the tie goes down to the Ace. So in lo-ball its sometimes does not matter if you have the Ace for the lowest hand if your playing the board.

Big Slick x13x · Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 8:57 am Post subject: Re: Clarification...

Paprika · Full House Joined: 09 Feb 2006 Posts: 194

It is a mistake that you see sometimes when people think that they have a board lock for the low when their low hand gets beat. Good question

dumwaldo · Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 12:44 pm Post subject:

low hand is measured by the lowest high card in the low hand in all hi lo games.

UpsideYourHead · High Card Joined: 23 Oct 2006 Posts: 13

Don't think of it in terms of what the low card is. Convert the low 5 cards to real sequential numbers starting from the highest to the lowest number. The lowest total number wins.

87,432 is less than 87,531
87,431 is less than 87,432

Playing RAZZ has really helped my low-hand valuation skills.

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