On 12 Apr 2004, at 6:31 PM, Jerry Friedman wrote: > --- Edward Hahn <ehahn at isochronism.com> wrote: >> b) the lowest hand is A-2-3-4-5 (straights and flushes don't count >> against you in low) >> - in fact, this is usually the highest and lowest hand >> simultaneously and is called the wheel. > > Interesting--in my "Hoyle" (by Frey, Morehead, and Mott-Smith), > that hand is called a bicycle. I've heard it called that, too. > They also mention that in some > high-low games, pairs don't necessarily count against you in > low, so there's such a thing as "double-ace low". I've never seen Omaha played where pairs don't count - that's the beauty of it in a game like Omaha or stud - you're going for low, then the turn or river turns up one of your low pairs - and your hand evaporates! Kinda matches the equal on the high side - you've got the others beat, but then one of them catches a card running that immensely changes the value of the hand. ed -- Ed Hahn / ehahn at isochronism.com "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got an even swing!"