Rules question for low hand
 

Hi. I'm pretty new to O8, but have really grown to like it. I thought that I had everything figured out about the low hand until this came up earlier today on RVP. Any explanation of why I didn't have the low hand is greatly appreciated:

I'm dealt 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] on BB. Free flop.

Board finally reads:
2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

My trip 2s didn't make the winning high hand, but I don't know why my A2567 didn't count as the winning low hand. Any help is appreciated.

Re: Rules question for low hand
 

Because somebody else had a better low?

Re: Rules question for low hand
 

Somebody else must have had either A3 or A4 in their hand.

Re: Rules question for low hand
 

But wouldn't the 7652A be the nut low?

Re: Rules question for low hand
 

A2356 and A2456 are both lower as they don't use the 7.

Re: Rules question for low hand
 

Ah, I gotcha... thanks for the posts.

Luckily this was pretty low stakes because on the river, I bet the pot! Oh well, learnin' ain't cheap.

Re: Rules question for low hand
 

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But wouldn't the 7652A be the nut low?

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When trying to figure out the nut low, look at the board cards and see where the lowest gaps are. You want those cards that fill the gaps. So in your example with a board of T7652, the nut low is A3 followed by A4, then 43. Any other combination requires use of the 7.

This is why people tear their hair out when they have A2xx on a 876K board and the river is an A (or 2).

Re: Rules question for low hand
 

Thanks, good advice.