Does playing 40-50bb deep reduce variance?
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Does playing 40-50bb deep reduce variance?
Hey guys I am posting this quetion here in mid stakes rather than low stakes as I think the more experienced PLO players will have a better idea as to whether this is a correct assumption or not;
I wanted to know if playing short stacked, say 40bb deep will reduce the variance associated with PLO. I'm asking this because I have been focusing on Fixed Limit games since my BigBet game is not good but I do want to improve. However my bankroll is not big enough if I were to play 100BBs deep at PLO5 (the smallest stakes offered on my site, Bovada)
Right now if I bought in for 40bbs at a PLO5 table I would have 65 "buyins" which is much better than 25 buyins at 100bbs. So will playing short stacked and essentially nut peddling reduce variance or will it increase it?
I know short stacking is frowned upon but I dont plan on short stacking my entire poker career. I just want to do it until i can build my roll up to about $500 so that I can have a 100BI roll for PLO5. But the main question is the variance. Will it be worse short stacking? Or am I better off playing my main games (LHE & FLO8) and waiting until i hit the $500 mark?
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I analyzed this question when I was playing 5/10 Live PLO at the casino Barcelona. I was not fully bankrolled for that game, so reducing the variance was certainly an issue.
According to my analysis, the best way is this:
In a game which is loose-passive preflop, buy in with such an amount that you can raise yourself all-in on the flop. This way you just claim your flop equity (which is good if you play better quality hands than the opposition) and
avoid most tough post-flop decisions.
For example, in your game, if the pot is raised to 3bb and there are 3 callers,
the pot is 12bb on the flop. Now if somebody bets the pot, the max raise is 48bb.
So you'd wanna have something like 50-60bb to get it in on the flop. If you play according to this strategy, you want to reload yourself back to that amount if you go below.
Another thing worth noting when playing this strategy is to AVOID PUSHING MARGINAL PRE-FLOP EDGES. Don't isolate limpers with marginal hands (you can limp behind if the hand has nut potential), don't 3bet marginal KK (play them for set value) etc.
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