Hello there, folks at RIO!

I'm on the verge of dedicating a lot of hours studying and playing poker.
I'm a "beginner" with some fundamental understanding of holdem theory. I have probably played around 100k hands.

I had the idea of first starting to learn poker while playing NL holdem and my plan was to convert to PLO in about 6 months to a year allowing me to both fund future PLO learning (coaching, Tom Chambers book, pokerjuice etc) but also to be able to start playing PLO50 rather than PLO10 given the rake is supposedly terrible.

I also thought that this would give me the chance to learn poker theory using a more manageable game than that of PLO.

I have a feeling i will enjoy PLO slightly more but it also seem to have a huge upside when it comes to potential earning for my thousands of hours of study.

So with this in mind, here are my questions.

1: Am i right in thinking this? Is it advisable to learn poker via holdem rather than plo?

2: Given that i want to go the PLO route within a year, would i be better off just going with it now instead of laying some groundworks in an "easier game"?

3: I very much enjoy the idea of GTO. Is the application of toy-games prevalent and suitable for PLO study?

4: If i go with PLO now, would RIO videos + forums, bugs articles, odds oracle + pokerjuice be the optimal route if i'm not interested in coaching? Would you add or remove anything?

5: Learnedfromtv / Tom Chambers book cost over $2k. Anyone here read it? Is it something i should spend some money on down the road?

Hopefully you can give me some time and get me going!