Tight Poker

[mirage]

I hit a big NLHE downswing and lost my mind last week. So, I sat down at a juicy PLO .10/.25 table with $90 left in my roll (if you want to call it a roll.)

I went on a sick heater and made $110 in about an hour. (LOL OMAHAHAHA IS EZ! GET BIG NUTS AND POOOOOSH)

Needless to say, Omaha was my new favorite game! The next day I sat down and played and.... lost those prior winnings. It was a slow grind, little up, little down, but I never got hot and of course you chase 99% of the time in Omaha, so over the course of the day I was back to $90.

I played again the next day, back up to $150! The voice in my head told me to stop, but I didn't. I couldn't. Huge nosedive over the next couple of days, and I was down to $50. Variance > me.

Anyway, my point is that swings are HUGE in PLO. What kind of bankroll do you need to play PLO-25 as your normal game? I'm guessing it's at least 20 buy-ins ($500) to start. Is that still too low? I really enjoy the game, and I would like to play it again when properly rolled; I just don't know what properly rolled IS for Omaha/Hi.


Until then, back to grinding my way through microstakes NL. Again.

[mervhage]

Ah yes, Omaha can be very good to you or very bad. The sick part is it all depends on how you're hitting on a certain night.

Two nights ago, I destroyed the table and left up ~$50 ($25PLO hi/lo). Last night, I missed every single possible everything it was gross. So of course I lose the profit from two nights ago. This is the nature of the game. To be honest, you don't need that much if you want to play $25 PLO. I'd say $500 is plenty good.

[biggle10]

Hand values in Omaha and O8 run much closer together, which means bigger variance, which means larger BR.