Help with LO hand in Omaha Hi-LO

D96RNWE

Hi,

I have started playing a few Omaha Hi-Lo SnGs and enjoying them quite a bit however i am struggling to get my head around the low hands.  Can someone please explain why i didnt get the lo award for the hand below. I thought that A2 was the best low but i didnt win. puzzled.

Hand History #591152192 (17:09 27/11/2012)PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceArfurSmall blind 150.00150.00662.50D96RNWEBig blind 300.00450.003137.50 Your hole cardsA1062   jazzyjay05Fold    enabler145Fold    MICKMILLERFold    ArfurAll-in 662.501112.500.00D96RNWECall 512.501625.002625.00ArfurShowA43J   D96RNWEShowA1062   Flop  Q7K   Turn  A   River  5   ArfurWin highPair of Aces812.50 812.50ArfurWin low7-low812.50 1625.00

jams88

as with the HI when competing for the low you have to use 2 cards from your hand and 3 from the board. In this case you are playing 26 from your hand and A57 from the board the opponant is playing 34 from his hand and a5 from the board. His low goes to 5 and your goes to 7 so his is lower. Hope this makes sense

thomas87

Your almost right jams88 but they both have 7 low, he wins because it goes by the next lowest card and if thats the same then it goes to the next lowest.

So arfur low hand is A3457 and d96rnwe is A2567 as you can see the next lowest card after the 7 is 6 for d96rnwe and 5 for arfur and this is why arfur won.

Hope this clears things up