low hand rankings in o/8

[TucsonMonster 0]

I just decided recently that i am going to learn another game besides just playing NLHE. so i downloaded that crappy ESPN poker club free poker to practice my game cuz they hold crappy one table tournaments for O/8. So i was playing a hand tonight in which in the showdown,(we checked all the way through), he had made a straight 2-3-4-5-6, thus his low hand as well, and my low hand was A-2-5-6-8. I am still new to this game so i was wondering why he won with a two low, when i had a Ace low. Any help would be appriciated. FORD

[ahosang 0]

His highest card was lower than your highest card(of the five you use).Reverse the hands in your head. So he had 65xxx, you had 86xxx.He is lower than you.

[DCWildcat 0]

Low hands are read from the highest card down. Like akishore says, think of it in terms of actual numbers: 75432 is lower than 85432, isn't it? Hope this helps.

[Herr Mensch 0]

Right, make it a 5 digit number, from the top down. Tells you that 86542 beats 8732A, even though the second hand has a lower low card, a lower second, and lower third card. Lows are counted from the top down. 7 high beats 8 high, even if its 76543 against 8432A.Aseem rocks.Mensch

[greatwhite 0]

If you have a2348, but your opponent has 23457 your opponent wins.If you have a2368 and your opponent has a2458 your opponent wins. It goes from highest to lowest.