Alternatives to No Limit Hold Em for BR building...

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Just wanted to get opinions about games beyond NLHE to help build a bankroll. After becoming fairly solid at NLHE, I decided to check out Pot Limit Omaha and I really enjoy it. I'm now wondering whether to branch out again and have a go at the Stud games and Razz and stuff like that. My question is: when slowly trying to build up a bankroll, is it better to stick with one form of poker, albeit one that might be extremely popular/competitive, or branch out into less popular forms, become solid and then play against people who don't really know what they're doing? Is it better to be a jack of all trades than a master of none?
 
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I would stick with what your good at. PLO is apparently high variance. NLHE is the most popular form therefore although having a large amount of good players should also have a large amount of bad players to exploit as well. Unless you have another game where your rate of return is higher then play that.
 
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I would consider myself a jack of all trades for the most part. I played a lot of mixed games before I cashed out, but it's important to look at the variance of the game you're playing as well as the player pool. Like with Stud, it's a naturally high variance game, it's a game of slim edges that will bring you money over time. PLO can be a shit show, just so much variance and high rake that I think it would be tough to work your way up unless the player pool is just terrible.

Razz, Stud8, and 5 card draw are lower variance games, as is Omaha 8. You can expect more consistent returns, but the games are often dry. Although if you get a fish at a any these games they can be really profitable and be drawing very thin. Like with 5 card draw every hand is at least a 3:1 favorite vs. any other, so there's large edges there. I know because I have a lot of experience at that game and that's how I built my roll from around 500 to 2500. With Stud8 fish will routinely draw to half the pot so you're often freerolling. The player pool becomes a major factor with lower variance games because being tight is often the best strategy and the regs know this.
 
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A friend of me uses razz on pokerstars as a bankroll builder and has good success in it ! I however don´t play this game and don´t know, if there´s enough traffic...
 
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