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I stopped playing PLO8 (200 and 500) and switched to limit 5/10 and 10/20 recently (switched sites too).

When I played 200 and 500 PLO8, I made 14.51 BB/100 over a 4795 hand sample (part time over about 5 months). 500 was only 1013 hands at 8.54 BB/100, 200 was 3782 hands at 16.11 BB/100.

Not sure if either was sustainable long-term . . . actually was curious about it if anyone has insights. I didn't feel like I played particularly well or anything, I still felt like there were plenty of holes in my game.

I felt like I was too prone to the 'one big mistake' that would kill a session of gains, so I decided to switch to fixed-limit to limit the loss on my blow-ups.

So far at 5/10 and 10/20, I'm at 2016 hands (split about 60/40 between 5/10 and 10/20) and 6.44 BB/100 (7.91 BB/100 at 5/10, and 3.97 at 10/20).

I've gone from $31/hr to $42/hr since switching. Like I said, still curious if this is sustainable, I'm about 24%/5% (VP$IP/PFR) with 67% W/SD at both 5/10 and 10/20 so far. Are those rates sustainable with those % stats?

I also feel like the variance at 5/10 is lower than 200 and 10/20 is lower than 500.

Game______SD/100__WR/100__Hands
200 PLO8 - $245.03 - $64.44 (3782)
500 PLO8 - $818.84 - $85.35 (1013)
5/10 LO8 - $128.07 - $79.12 (1262)
10/20 LO8 - $245.04 - $79.44 (754)

Slightly higher overall hourly rate, incredibly lower varience equals lower heart attack risk and saner poker player from my perspective.

Hope that helps OP (I realize the sample is small) and if anyone is able to answer my questions as to sustainability, I'd greatly appreciate it. I have stuck exclusively to full (7-10) tables a LO8 (avg. 8.7 players), played some SH PLO8 (avg. 7.7 players), but mostly full there too, in case that matters.