Depends on what style of learning you prefer.
Some try to get there by trial & error, which means playing a lot at stakes that are not that far away from what they would like to play in the future. Lots of high stakes NL players use that autodidact style to get into new games.
Others prefer to study a lot through training sites, coaching and the smallest limits before they ever play meaningful (to them) stakes. That's how I did it back in the day when I was a small/mid stakes NLFR grinder who wanted to get into PLO. Probably wouldn't do that again though, playing PLO10 didn't prepare me for PLO100 at all.
If you're willing to spend $2k a month, you could start out with learning the basics through training sites and playing micro stakes and relatively quickly move to a coaching course or one on one coaching and a little higher stakes. If you spend $500 a month on coaching you still have 30 stacks for PLO50 which means you can lose a stack per day while learning the game.
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Originally Posted by harddude
A lot of gamblers don't use strict bankroll management and are confident they are going to do well even though the math says they are going to lose. They risk it all to win rather than risk it to lose. It's a different mindset and I have see countless cases of this where they became successful doing it. It's pretty reckless mathematically though but math ain't everything.
Unless you're a professional player and your poker bankroll is a significant part of your net worth, strict bankroll management is irrelevant. Instead, as a recreational player who plays to have fun while learning the game and maybe win some money, you should have a budget.
