Was my hand misread on UB?

[jumpthru]

My hand was misread!!! My cards are Qd Ac 5s Ts

Board is: 7s 8s Kh 3d 9d

giving me a low of a 3 5 7 8

and the winner of the low was 8 7 4 3 2

WHAT HAPPENED?

HELP, i am new at omaha 8/b, but I think i am right...



Getting Hand History Information...
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Hand #287474-3428 at Richmond ($.25/$.50 Omaha 8/b)
Powered by UltimateBet
Started at 11/Aug/03 15:45:03

jac772 is at seat 2 with $23.90.
ayazell209 is at seat 3 with $28.40.
jumpthru is at seat 4 with $12.65.
urasking4it is at seat 5 with $13.30.
The button is at seat 3.

jumpthru posts the small blind of $.10.
urasking4it posts the big blind of $.25.

jac772: -- -- -- --
ayazell209: -- -- -- --
jumpthru: Qd Ac 5s Ts
urasking4it: -- -- -- --

Pre-flop:

jac772 calls. ayazell209 calls. jumpthru raises to
$.50. urasking4it calls. jac772 calls. ayazell209
calls.

Flop (board: 7s 8s Kh):

jumpthru bets $.25. urasking4it calls. jac772
calls. ayazell209 calls.

Turn (board: 7s 8s Kh 3d):

jumpthru bets $.50. urasking4it calls. jac772
calls. ayazell209 calls.

River (board: 7s 8s Kh 3d 9d):

jumpthru checks. urasking4it checks. jac772 bets
$.50. ayazell209 calls. jumpthru calls.
urasking4it calls.



Showdown:

jac772 shows 2d 4d 6h Td.
jac772 has 6h Td 7s 8s 9d: straight, ten high (high).
jac772 has 2d 4d 7s 8s 3d: 8 7 4 3 2 (low).
ayazell209 mucks cards.
(ayazell209 has 9s Jd 5h Kc.)
jumpthru mucks cards.
(jumpthru has Qd Ac 5s Ts.)
urasking4it mucks cards.
(urasking4it has 8c Kd 4s 7d.)


Hand #287474-3428 Summary:

$.25 is raked from a pot of $7.
jac772 wins $3.40 with straight, ten high (high).
jac772 wins $3.35 with 8 7 4 3 2 (low).
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[SirFoldsAlot]

You have to use 2 cards from your hand and 3 from the board... So you did not have the low

[jumpthru]

Yeah I did, I used the Ac 5s from my hand and the 3d 7s 8s from the board. The ace is lower than his two...

Right???

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My hand was misread!!! My cards are Qd Ac 5s Ts

Board is: 7s 8s Kh 3d 9d

giving me a low of a 3 5 7 8

and the winner of the low was 8 7 4 3 2

[JimmyV]

You're reading the hand backward -- you should start from the highest card and work down, with higher cards breaking ties before lower ones.

So you both had 8 7 but then you had a 5 where he had a 4. So you don't even get to the A vs. 3 showdown; the tie is already broken before you get that low.

This makes sense: if you had 82 versus 43 and the board was 765KJ, your eight high (86542) naturally loses to the seven high (76543) -- just as in Omaha or Hold 'Em Hi any eight high would BEAT any seven high.

This is pretty fundamental stuff in O8 -- back to the drawing board!

[cferejohn]

8 7 5 3 A is higher than 8 7 4 3 2. The ace doesn't matter. You look at the lowest card. Tie. Then the second lowest card. Also a tie. Then the 3rd lowest card. His 4 beats your 5. Similarly, 8 7 3 2 A is beaten by 8 6 5 4 3.

[jumpthru]

Thank you everyone! Sorry for my stupidity...good thing I only was playing for $10...I actually am starting to like omaha 8/b though, so hopefully I will improve. Thanks for everyones help!! It makes way more since now.

Nate

[Easy E]

just curious if you preferred one forum over the other

[jumpthru]

When I first posted that, I honestly thought that I was in the right, and I wanted to get an answer as quickly as possible...I didn't know which would be quicker.

[crockpot]

trust me, the internet poker forum is generally the most read one and will result in the quickest response.

[jumpthru]

Do you mean UPF, or the internet forum on 2+2. BTW, I didn't mean to put this post under home games, I thought I was posting in "other games" sorry.