Multi Tabling

[CorkyMcDoogle]

I've been playing 3 tables for about 2k hands and I'm fairly used to it now but it seems like a lot guys are playing 5-6+ tables at a time. This baffles me. Whats the secret to this? How can you make reasonable decisions with that much action?

Say you get AK at one table, QQ at another table, and J10s on the final table. How can you play situations like this without your brain melting? (something similar to this happened to me the other day)

I feel like I have good grasp of 3 tables and I'd like to increase but I'd like to play smart poker... not Whack-a-mole.

Any insights are appreciated...

[thac]

If you slowly move up, it's not a problem. I never started below 4 tables just because it was way too slow and boring for me. When you feel like you're playing great poker and nowhere close to timing out, add another table. Keep doing that until you can get as many as you like (12 for me now).

[xorthio]

just add one table at a time i think till you get comfortable with it, in time its gonna be easy

[ticks]

Training.
The more you play, the more automatic a lot of situations become.

Though clearly, with each table you add (quantity) you sacrifice some quality. And as you add more and more tables you will eventually reach a point where adding one more will not increase your hourly rate. It might in fact have a negative impact.

There is another issue to consider with Massively Multitabling Online (with Rakeback) Poker Games (MMORPG). As you grind out a steady hourly rate playing 3353424^10 tables you are not likely to become a better player.

[cyg]

I used to 12-table too, but that's just sick and I lose more than I win. Eight tables worked fine for me, but even there I didn't play too good so I decided to cut it down to 4 tables, not that I can't handle more but I'm much more concentrated with only 4 tables.
Also I used to play Starcraft for a long time, that's why I think multitabling is no problem for me. Just try to add one at a time and see how you do. But don't forget to cut it down if you see yourself making bad decisions.

[SpecT]

get a bet pot script (http://www.overcards.com/wiki/moin.cgi/BetPot). these things are awsome because you spend less time thinking about how much to bet/typing it in/mucking around with the slider, so u have more time to give ur attention to the other tables. Also mayb get an auto reloader, u can find it in the software forum. If ur really serious about multitablin 6+ tables, id look at getting two 20" monitors, or 1 30", coz its alot easier without overlap

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Say you get AK at one table, QQ at another table, and J10s on the final table. How can you play situations like this without your brain melting?

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after u play for a while and get into alot of different situations, hands usually tend to play out pretty easily (especially on earlier streets). Ull raise, or 3bet with the AK/QQ, and raise or cold call with the JT. If ur the one with the lead in the hand, ull cbet most flops. Basically all of this is done without thinking at all, its all pretty much robotic. If they raise or call the flop though u gotta put ur thinking cap on, but by that time most of the other tough hands ur in will have already been over.

[cyg]

mhh never thought of a bet pot script. Isn't that kinda weird?
I like to type in numbers ;o

[SpecT]

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mhh never thought of a bet pot script. Isn't that kinda weird?
I like to type in numbers ;o

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seriously... once u start using it, ull never go back. its especially good preflop. right click, left click and ur done. u dont have to worry about how many limpers there are or anything... it does the work for u /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

best poker invention ever

[cyg]

mhmhm, i tried full tilt planner yesterday - for the reladoing chips but it kinda didn't work. I'm probably way too dumb, I didn't see where to get the actual script.

[Slap My Jack]

People who are baffled by this just need to play more and not try to figure it out as some sort of poker mystery to be solved.

[KurtSF]

What did it for me was moving from limit to no-limit.

There are far far fewer decision in no-limit. I'm not saying they are easier decision (not at all), but there are fewer. You have to make two, maybe three decisions in a NL hand. You mkae 2-3 decisions a street in limit, and you'[re often playing all 4 streets. I'd say there usually like 6-10 decisions in a limit hand.

So I 4 tabled limit for a year, and now I have no problem with 8 at NL. And my situation is far from ideal: one monitor so all my tables are overlapping, no scripts, no automation, etc. Its not for everyone though, I can tell you that.

[EMc]

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