Rules to Chowaha

Forced Money

The game is played with blinds.

Dealing Procedure

Each player is dealt two cards face down. Followed by a round of betting at the low limit.

Three flops are dealt one above each other forming a three by three square of cards. This is followed by a round of betting at the low limit.

Two turn cards are dealt vertically to the right of the flop cards from the dealer's perspective. This is followed by a round of betting at the high limit.

One river card is placed to the right of the turn cards. This is followed by a final round of betting at the high limit and then the showdown.

At the showdown, the board will look like the following:

X X X
      Y
X X X   Z
      Y
X X X

The cards labelled "X" are the flop cards, the cards indicated as "Y" are the turn cards, and "Z" is the river card.

Evaluating the Showdown

The best high hand wins the pot. The high hand consists of a player's hole cards plus the cards from one flop, one turn, and the river. These may be played in any combination EXCEPT that that board cards used CANNOT consist of the top row of the flop plus the bottom turn or the bottom row of the flop plus the top turn. That is, the flop, turn, and river must all be contiguous cards. Also, as in Omaha, each player must use both hole cards plus three cards from the board to form their hand.