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08-27-2014 , 01:05 AM

TrustInBrass_KAOS

journeyman

Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 332

Played a hand just now online where the board at showdown read:

3

My hand: 2

I thought that making a low hand was the same as a high hand: use at least two cards in your hand to make the best 5 card combo.

So why is my low here not A

???

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08-27-2014 , 01:37 AM

Buzz

gramps

Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 18,254

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Originally Posted by TrustInBrass_KAOS

Played a hand just now online where the board at showdown read:

3

My hand: 2

I thought that making a low hand was the same as a high hand: use at least two cards in your hand to make the best 5 card combo.

So why is my low here not A

???

Use the five and the ace from your hand.

Your low is 6532A, read 65321.

Buzz

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08-27-2014 , 09:33 AM

dean327

adept

Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 1,074

Screwed by the turn and software. Buzz is correct about low hand.

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08-27-2014 , 09:40 AM

DaCus3

old hand

Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,292

I mean it's kind of common sense, if u did it the way you are thinking then you would win low 100% of the time u get dealt a2

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08-27-2014 , 10:16 AM

TrustInBrass_KAOS

journeyman

Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 332

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Originally Posted by Buzz

Use the five and the ace from your hand.

Your low is 6532A, read 65321.

Buzz

Thank you for the response.

I know I sound like an idiot here (apologies), but I'd also like to understand why I cannot use the A and 2 in my hand, since there are three other ranks below 9 on the board that are not an A or a 2.

Is it correct to say then that the presence of a rank on the board disqualifies you from using it from your own low hand?

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08-27-2014 , 01:20 PM

sixfour

should be called sevenfour

Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 74,722

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Originally Posted by TrustInBrass_KAOS

no - if you have a bare A2 on a 2345x board for example, then you can obv use the two in your hand for a wheel each way. the point is that you use the cards that give you the best hand - and a seven low isn't as good as a six low

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08-27-2014 , 02:56 PM

TrustInBrass_KAOS

journeyman

Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 332

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Originally Posted by sixfour

Just smacked my forehead. I get it.

Thank you for your patience

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