Why A2 low is beaten by A3 in this hand (newbie)
 

***** Hand History for Game 2750082977 *****
$0.50/$1 Omaha Hi/Lo - Wednesday, September 21, 11:47:58 EDT 2005
Table Table 39270 (Real Money)
Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: Synchroncity ( $30.62 )
Seat 2: storment ( $19.63 )
Seat 5: metalchair ( $18.20 )
Seat 10: suited28 ( $16.24 )
Seat 4: T_Librarian ( $35.94 )
Seat 7: YukonGoldy ( $32.63 )
Seat 8: Batman127 ( $17.36 )
Seat 3: jjmarks ( $9.50 )
Seat 6: TREVI ( $23.50 )
suited28 posts small blind [$0.25].
Synchroncity posts big blind [$0.50].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to T_Librarian [ 6s 2c Ac Ah ]
storment calls [$0.50].
jjmarks folds.
T_Librarian calls [$0.50].
metalchair folds.
TREVI folds.
YukonGoldy calls [$0.50].
Batman127 folds.
suited28 folds.
Synchroncity checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Js, 4h, As ]
Synchroncity checks.
storment checks.
T_Librarian bets [$0.50].
YukonGoldy calls [$0.50].
Synchroncity folds.
storment calls [$0.50].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7s ]
storment checks.
T_Librarian bets [$1].
YukonGoldy raises [$2].
storment calls [$2].
T_Librarian calls [$1].
** Dealing River ** [ 8s ]
storment checks.
T_Librarian checks.
YukonGoldy bets [$1].
storment raises [$2].
T_Librarian calls [$2].
YukonGoldy calls [$1].
storment shows [ Ks, Qs, 9d, Jd ] a flush, ace high.
T_Librarian shows [ 6s, 2c, Ac, Ah ] three of a kind, aces.
T_Librarian shows 7,6,4,2,A for low.
YukonGoldy shows [ 4s, 5s, 4c, 3s ] a flush, ace high.
YukonGoldy shows 7,5,4,3,A for low.
storment wins $7.50 from the main pot with a flush, ace high with king kicker.
YukonGoldy wins Lo ($7.50) from the main pot with 7,5,4,3,A.

Re: Why A2 low is beaten by A3 in this hand (newbie)
 

Read low hands by starting with the big cards first. Whichever is lower wins.

Therefore: 7543A is lower than 7642A

In this case (board JA478), the nut low would be from someone holding 32 (low hand = 7432A).

Re: Why A2 low is beaten by A3 in this hand (newbie)
 

in your example, it's a 3 5 beating a 2 6 for low. The A counterfeits both your hands.

Re: Why A2 low is beaten by A3 in this hand (newbie)
 

I'm glad somebody else has this problem also. When I was learning . . . .LOL (still am) these kinds of hands gave me fits - thought I was the only one.

Re: Why A2 low is beaten by A3 in this hand (newbie)
 

I tried to explain it the best was I could in the FAQ. Once someone explained it to me (when I first started playing Stud 8), I never had a problem reading low hands again.

Felicia [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Re: Why A2 low is beaten by A3 in this hand (newbie)
 

There are two different problems newbies have with the low side: reading the board and comparing two hands.

This may not help in reading the board, but another way to compare two hands is to look at them both as high hands (with the ace as low only). Whichever hand would win in a high hand showdown is the loser for low.

Re: Why A2 low is beaten by A3 in this hand (newbie)
 

[ QUOTE ]
T_Librarian shows 7,6,4,2,A for low.
YukonGoldy shows 7,5,4,3,A for low.

[/ QUOTE ]
Treat the A as a 1, then write out these sequences as actual numbers:
75,431 is a smaller number than 76,421.