NL 5cd
I watched a videos of WCOOP final tables of it. It is actually a good game. Probably got overtaken by 7 card stud and holdem and the temporary move to limit poker. It is very old, maybe what Wild Bill Hickock got shot playing holding AA88x. NL 2-7 lowball is newer and somewhat more played, and also an excellent game.
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Watching the videos, I think that game gave some of the public perception of poker being about bluffing. Draws are once, so to a really big hand in that game, so hard to hit. You can 3! with draws as a semibluff. Then a pat hand represents at least a straight, which is rare with 5 cards. You can snow by patting.
I have NL 5cd and NL 2-7 single draw become more popular again, at least in mixed games. IMO they are much better games than some of the newish limit split pot games.
