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I agree with everyone else - having a couple of experienced hand readers at O helps immensely. Barring that, stopping everybody arguing and being methodical will help.

My game goes very smoothly most of the time, but playing live, I've seen the scene where EVERYONE wants to offer up their opinions about the low. Sometimes it's best to shut everyone down and talk out what is going on.

Don't sweat it, with a good group of people, you'll have little trouble. And everybody doesn't have to be super sober, but super drunk is no good either.

We do tend to pre-chop pots, but I will often stack it all together if no low is possible. I got bitched out in Tulsa for announcing a hand as "Aces and deuces, no low" because I was interfering with someone else's action and "somebody with a low might muck", but in a friendly home game, this should NEVER be an issue. I'd argue the same for live casino, but some people want to angleshoot and be nitty.