Courchevel
A French Omaha variant, named for the ski resort, where the first flop card is exposed before any preflop betting even happens.
Coming soon — not yet playable
Rules
Courchevel deals five hole cards to each player, exactly as in Big O (also in this library). The distinctive twist: before the first betting round even begins, one community card — the "door card" — is exposed face up, giving players a small piece of public information before anyone acts.
From there, play proceeds like standard Omaha: a preflop betting round (now informed by the exposed door card), then the remaining two flop cards are revealed together, followed by a betting round, then the turn and a betting round, then the river and a final betting round.
Showdown: as in Omaha, each player must use exactly two of their five hole cards combined with exactly three of the five community cards. Courchevel is traditionally played high-only, though a hi-lo split version (using an 8-or-better qualifier, like Omaha Hi-Lo) is also common.
Strategy notes: Because one community card is known before preflop betting, starting-hand decisions can be meaningfully adjusted around whether the exposed card helps or hurts a given five-card holding — a layer of strategy standard Omaha and Big O don't have.
Common house rules
High-only vs. hi-lo split
Confirm before dealing whether your table plays Courchevel high-only or hi-lo split (typically 8-or-better, Omaha Hi-Lo-style) — both versions are common, and they play very differently.
Door card is dealt before any action
Standard rule: the exposed door card is revealed before the very first betting round (preflop), not after it — this timing is what distinguishes Courchevel from simply exposing part of a normal Omaha flop.
Five hole cards, still exactly two used
As in Big O, remind new players that exactly two of the five hole cards (not more, not fewer) must be used at showdown, combined with exactly three of the five community cards.
Related games
Based on shared category, origin, and rules that reference each other.
Omaha
Community-card poker like Hold'em, but with four hole cards instead of two — high hand only, no low split, and exactly two hole cards must be used at showdown.
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Omaha Hi-Lo's bigger sibling: five hole cards instead of four, still using exactly two at showdown, split between the best high and best qualifying low hand.
Learn the rules →Omaha Hi-Lo
A community-card game related to hold'em: four hole cards, five community cards, and the pot splits between the best high hand and the best qualifying low hand.
Learn the rules →5-Card Omaha
Omaha with five hole cards instead of four, played high-only — the high-hand-only counterpart to Big O, which adds a low split to the same five-card format.
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