5-CARD CHOWAHA

Overview

5-Card Chowaha deals each player 5 private cards. From those 5, you must choose exactly 2 to play — combined with a connected path through the 12-card community board (one flop card + one connected turn card + the river). Having 5 hole cards gives even more flexibility to find a winning 2-card pair.

Key Rules

The Deal

• Blinds: Posted before the deal
• Pre-Flop: 5 individual face-down cards each → Small Bet
• Flop: All 9 grid cards revealed simultaneously → Small Bet
• Turn: Both turn cards revealed (top and bottom) → Big Bet
• River: 1 final card revealed (required by all hands) → Big Bet → Showdown

Connected Paths

The board has implied paths where the flop rows connect to a turn card which connects to the final river card:

• Row 1 (flop positions 1-2-3) → top turn card → river
• Row 2 (flop positions 4-5-6) → top turn or bottom turn (player's choice) → river
• Row 3 (flop positions 7-8-9) → bottom turn card → river

Pick exactly 1 card from your chosen row + the connected turn card + the river = 3 community cards total, plus exactly 2 of your 5 individual cards.