Don't get too hung up on your VP$IP and W$SD stats, etc. You can be a winning playing within a pretty wide range of values. As long as your BB/100 stat is good, that's all you need to worry about. With a good BB/100 at the $10 limits, you'll be fine moving up to the $25 tables. You'll find an occasional shark at the $25 tables, but the vast majority of players there are terrible. As for switching the LO8, I see no reason to do so unless you particularly enjoy the game. Since you already have PLO8 experience, you won't learn anything from LO8 now that you won't get from playing strictly PLO8.

If you are not a variance-addled lunatic, then you can safely play the $25 PLO8 tables with a bankroll as small as $200 (8 buyins). I would recommend more, but even $300 should be plenty. Even on nights when I am drunk and/or wacked out on wellbutrin I've never dropped more than 2 or 3 buyins.

You can probably play profitably with any VPIP below 40%. Starting out I'd recommend looking for a number between 15 and 25%. Lower than 15 and you're passing up too many opportunites, higher than 25 and you're getting a bit sloppy. As your post flop play improves you can get away with a vpip of 30%, but I'd really give it some time before doing that (unless you're a natural, in which case please stay away from me).

My w@sd is anywhere from 62 (at the $50 tables - 5000 hands) to 57 at the $100s (only 1800 hands I think). I have more $25 hands (8000 or so) and I think my w@sd there is right in between them. I think I'm too low at the $100s (and thusly in the red right now at that level) due to some iffy calls and good turn calls that were sucked out. If you are above 70 then you are way too tight and really passing up too many profitable calls. Likewise, if you are below 55 or so then you are entering the calling station zone.

Of course, YMMV. Drive safely. Checkraise often.

I really appreciate the info guys. As an new PLO8 player, I find this forum extremely valueable and appreciate all the help I can get.

TGoldman, what do you consider a good BB/100?

I think I'm presently about 25 or 26 VP%IP and mid 20s on BB/100. My W%SD is arounf 56 or 57%.