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Originally Posted by Kid_Eastwood
A little bit off topic, are those games still play in some card rooms in Cali ? For my next trip over there (in the LA area), I'd love to practice those games (even in limit).
30/60 limit california lowball was spread daily on weekdays at Commerce for many years. Not sure if the game is still around. It has some weird rules that I don't know if I recall correctly anymore. Not sure if they were standard california lowball rules or specific to that game. I think you weren't allowed to checkraise a 7 or better on the river and you are allowed to kill the pot from any position after you have been dealt your first 2 (?) cards.
NL 2-7 single draw is extremely common in mixed games and is played on its own by a small handful of people at fairly high stakes. NL or PL 5 card draw high is very rare in mixed games but seen occasionally.
Draw high with a joker is not played anywhere that I'm aware of. I played it heads up limit a couple times, it was not fun at all as limit poker.
For your tournaments, I strongly suggest playing with a sizable ante. These games all need an ante to generate any meaningful action. I also recommend playing the games NL over PL, though some people prefer PL for draw high. Half a small blind ante per player is fairly standard.
PL 2-7 triple draw is an action game and plays huge. 5/10 PL 2-7 triple draw could easily play as big as 20/40 NL holdem and 50/100 NL 2-7 single draw. It's a great game but very different than the single draw games. That game was sometimes played as NL back on FTP as I recall but imo plays much better as PL. It has had its moments where it was popular in mixed games.