[Davdob]

1. Strength is by the lowest card in the hand. Any hand with a 6 high is sronger than any hand with a 7 high. 6432A is stronger than 65432 and so on.

2. You generally want to start with three cards lower than 8. a hand like 876 though (without a wheel draw) isnt very strong. This kind of hand is referred to as a "rough" 8. An 8A3 would be a "smooth" 8.

3. Basicaly, any hand of 5 cards 8 and lower is "made"

4. Depends on what your opponentsx are holding. But generally if you have something like 672 v. xx3 and he catches an A and you catch a K, you are done with the hand.

5. Pairs count against low. So, if you had AA22334 your low hand would be AA234, and that would lose to KJQT9.