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Originally Posted by Osprey
Anyone have any tips for learning PLO for/at live $2-5? Smallest and only game in the house. I've heard they're gambly, most pots are raised etc....
If you're learning, then I can't say that you need a big bankroll, because bankroll presumes +EV and depends on winrate. But even if you know you're a winning player versus that field (and you probably are if you've ever read anything about PLO), the variance is absolutely enormous compared to NLHE, and even "more enormous" in that sort of game.
If you're learning, at the beginning, I'd buy in for the min and just grind trying to get AI pre with AAxx or good rundowns -- not because that's the most profitable way to play, but because it's a way to rent a seat at the table and watch lots of hands at +EV without swings in the tens of thousands of dollars.
those times you quadruple up, you can start practicing PLO "for real." And after a while you won't want to stunt your growth necessarily. But at the beginning getting tons of observation time that's modestly +EV is underrated IMO.