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Was this poor play by me or just unlucky?

***** Hand History for Game 3838685933 *****
$50 PL Omaha Hi-Lo - Tuesday, March 28, 11:12:34 ET 2006
Table Table  97506 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 10 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 4: g8trscott ( $19.97 )
Seat 5: T206naps ( $32.78 )
Seat 8: darkshadow40 ( $4 )
Seat 9: HandlezMynz ( $46.46 )
Seat 10: mrevie ( $49.75 )
Seat 6: mikeyjr ( $44.12 )
g8trscott posts small blind [$0.25].
T206naps posts big blind [$0.50].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to mrevie [  Ah 8h 2s 4s ]
mikeyjr calls [$0.50].
darkshadow40 calls [$0.50].
HandlezMynz calls [$0.50].
mrevie raises [$3.25].
g8trscott folds.
T206naps folds.
mikeyjr calls [$2.75].
darkshadow40 folds.
HandlezMynz calls [$2.75].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7s, 4h, 9d ]
mikeyjr bets [$10.45].
HandlezMynz folds.
mrevie calls [$10.45].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5c ]
mikeyjr bets [$30.35].
mrevie calls [$30.35].
** Dealing River ** [ Ac ]
mikeyjr is all-In  [$0.07]
mrevie calls [$0.07].
mikeyjr shows [ 3c, 6h, Js, 2c ] a straight, three to seven.
mikeyjr shows  5,4,3,2,A for low.
mrevie shows [ Ah, 8h, 2s, 4s ] two pairs, aces and fours.
mrevie shows  7,5,4,2,A for low.
mikeyjr wins $44.87 from  the main pot  with a straight, three to seven.
mikeyjr wins Lo ($44.87) from  the main pot  with

I think I would have folded on the flop.
You are behind to almost anything for the high hand so were only really looking for half the pot anyway.
On the turn you had the nut low but still no high hand.
Not sure what mikeyjr was up to on the flop.

I don't know what the other guy was doing, but I think I would have folded your cards after the flop also.  When you have A2XX, you have to hit a flop hard to stay in the hand.  Pumping up the pot in the hopes of splitting is not profitable in the long run.  You can really make your money in this game by scooping the pot when you have the nut hi and there is no low or you have a good chance with the low nut and mediocre hi hand.  I would never put many chips at risk when you only have  realistic chance an the lo.  Too many times you will lose 3/4 of the pot when someone ties your lo and holds a good hi.  Because of all the options, online Omaha players will chase almost anything to the end.  It is when you flop a monster that you want to pump the pot.  If they fold early you probably wouldn't have made any money anyway, but if you let them stay they are going to hit a bigger monster sometimes and you can't lay yours down.  Good luck to you!

For me i see nothing much wrong here, you just got a muppet in the pot with ya.
On the flop i would have reraised with the nut low draw because you can only realistically be called with a wrap or the same hand, most players are not going to call a raise preflop in hi/lo with 568 so i would be thinking the worse that happens is i chop.
This guy is an idiot who just got lucky, it happens, reload and take him to the cleaners.