why i hate omaha

what the hell did i do wrong here please tell me
PokerStars Game #7043389202: Tournament #35701293, $1.00+$0.10 HORSE (Omaha Hi/Lo Limit) - Level XII (750/1500) - 2006/11/16 - 00:12:09 (ET)
Table '35701293 35' 8-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Brian75758 (3506 in chips)
Seat 2: dee_jones334 (2474 in chips)
Seat 3: agatt2003 (10083 in chips)
Seat 4: wright523 (20961 in chips)
Seat 5: Billyboy62 (4642 in chips)
Seat 6: keithski (8496 in chips)
Seat 7: GemiMore (16378 in chips)
Seat 8: redlobster (7762 in chips)
GemiMore: posts small blind 375
redlobster: posts big blind 750
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Billyboy62 [Tc Ah 2c Qs]
Brian75758: folds
dee_jones334: folds
agatt2003: folds
wright523: calls 750
Billyboy62: calls 750
keithski: raises 750 to 1500
GemiMore: folds
redlobster: folds
wright523: calls 750
Billyboy62: calls 750
*** FLOP *** [9h 3c Js]
wright523: checks
Billyboy62: checks
keithski: checks
*** TURN *** [9h 3c Js] [8h]
wright523: checks
Billyboy62: bets 1500
keithski: raises 1500 to 3000
wright523: folds
Billyboy62: raises 142 to 3142 and is all-in
keithski: calls 142
*** RIVER *** [9h 3c Js 8h] [8s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Billyboy62: shows [Tc Ah 2c Qs] (HI: a straight, Eight to Queen)
keithski: shows [Ac 3d 4s 8c] (HI: a full house, Eights full of Threes)
keithski collected 11909 from pot
No low hand qualified
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 11909 | Rake 0
Board [9h 3c Js 8h 8s]
Seat 1: Brian75758 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: dee_jones334 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: agatt2003 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: wright523 folded on the Turn
Seat 5: Billyboy62 showed [Tc Ah 2c Qs] and lost with HI: a straight, Eight to Queen
Seat 6: keithski (button) showed [Ac 3d 4s 8c] and won (11909) with HI: a full house, Eights full of Threes
Seat 7: GemiMore (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: redlobster (big blind) folded before Flop

Fold that unless it's dirt cheap to see the flop from late position. It's a bad starting hand. In hold'em, it would be about like playing 98 offsuit.

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i got told you should play ace 2 in omaha hi low i have not played much omaha b4 but as i play a lot of horse games i am trying to learn it

Think of it this way, you have 6 starting hands here.
[Tc Ah 2c Qs] is:
A2o
AQo
ATo
QTo
Q2o
T2s

So you have 1 good low starting hand, 1 okay high hand, and 1 moderate/poor high hand. Out of your six starting hands, you have 1 good one, in this case you would want about 3-1 on your money, and be in position.

Better hands for Omaha have at least 3 low cards, A 2 3 6 for example would be a great hand. In this situation, your hand would look a lot better if the ace were suited instead of the ten, then you would have 2 good starting hands instead of just one. If you are playing for just A2, you are only playing for half the pot and need about 4-1 on your money to justify the play.

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I am not sure, I understand regular omaha, but hi/lo has me baffled

The theory in hi/lo is that it is better to start with a predominately low hand. You can walk a lo hand into a decent hi, but a hi only hand can only go hi. Look for hands with more "escape hatches". Play A2 hands, only when the Ace is suited, and you have another lo (3, 4, or 5) as your escape in case your A or 2 get counterfeited on the board.
The other problem is that most omaha players live by the rule to play A2 hands also, so even when you hit your nut low for half the pot, someone else likely has the same hand. If you lose a caller or two along the way, your plan of taking down half the pot quickly turns into getting quartered, or even worse, just an eighth of the pot when two other people turn over the nut low also.

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