Omaha Question

I was playing low pot limit omaha today and a hand came up i have a question on. I know you have to play 2 cards from your hole cards.
What happens if you have a straight with QJ in you hand but on the board there is a J? Example: K J 10 4 9 My hole cards: J 2 Q J.
did i make the straight or just 3 J's?
does the Jack in my hand overide the one on the board?
Thanks in advace.
Xandit

You play JQ from your hand, and KT9 from the board for the straight.

You can make it 3 Jacks or a straight but since a straight beats 3 of a kind, you hit the straight.

Yes you make the straight (using KT9 as noted before), but only on the river. You are also vulnerable to AK or AQ for a better straight (or a flush if it's possible), so it's a fairly vulnerable hand still. You'd be a lot happier seeing the Ace hit the river for the nut straight (risking a split only if there's no flush potential rather than losing entirely), or the last Jack (for quads and a certain win). The 10 or 4 pairing would also tend to be preferable to the 9 hitting generally as you'd make a Full House which was only vulnerable to a pocket pair of the same rank or pocket kings, which are less likely to be held by opponents than equal or better cards for a straight.

If you can hit a boat where your pair is higher than the pair on the board, that is where the biggest pots i've won have been. Ex. your hand = QQ69 the board = 78Q72. This gives you Q's full of 7's, which is a better hand than the people trying to hit a fullhouse with their 7x. Say they have Q7, they hit 2 pair on flop then a fullhouse 7's full of Q's. You will almost always take them all in with ease and win in a situation like this. Although i guess you could lose to quads, so be carefull... but that is pretty rare.

Thanks for clearing that up. The same situation came up at my home game last night. Just for fun we played a pot limit omaha winner take all.
i flopped a stright and was all in, player called and caught a higher straight when his two cards played giving him the jack high straight and me the 10 high straight. LOL. Thanks everyone.
Xandit