5+ Tables at Once
 

Hi, I like to play like 3 tables at a time but it even gets kind of hard sometimes. How do people have like 10 tables at the same time and still know whats going on. If I want to have lots of tables going what should I use or do?

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Bigger monitors (like 20"+) that can support 1600 x 1200 resolution so you can fit 9+ tables on the screen without overlap.

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also it just takes time.

when i started 2 seems like a full plate

As i got used to I moved to 4 it then became 5 whibh felt the same as 4 (when i got an extra monitor). Eventually when you are comfortable you just add another or jump to 8.

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I dont understand the 2 monitors thing. How does that work?

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I dont understand the 2 monitors thing. How does that work?

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Get a dual monitor card, plug in both, it'll act like one big desktop, if you push the mouse all the way to the right of the left screen it'll just go on to the next.

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Can you read my Prima post and explain. Also can I use the same login name for all prima skins?

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dibbs - you don't need any kind of special card for most monitors on windows. It will automatically recognize 2 monitors.
you have to right-click on desk top, go to 'properties' then to 'settings'.

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dibbs - you don't need any kind of special card for most monitors on windows. It will automatically recognize 2 monitors.
you have to right-click on desk top, go to 'properties' then to 'settings'.

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I mean any card that has at least two inputs, do most have VGA/DVI now anyways?

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I don't even know the different names for the inputs.
I just know I have two different thingees to plug 2 different monitors into. One of them is blue and the other one is white.

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I don't even know the different names for the inputs.
I just know I have two different thingees to plug 2 different monitors into. One of them is blue and the other one is white.

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blue = vga (old and busted)
white = dvi (new hotness)

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I don't even know the different names for the inputs.
I just know I have two different thingees to plug 2 different monitors into. One of them is blue and the other one is white.

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Haha yup, I often forget most people aren't using old ass comps that only have VGA [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

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dibbs - you don't need any kind of special card for most monitors on windows. It will automatically recognize 2 monitors.
you have to right-click on desk top, go to 'properties' then to 'settings'.

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Windows supports multiple monitors, but if you don't have two video cards, or one video card with two outputs, you won't see two monitors displayed in the settings screen you mention.

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5+ tables? Unpossible...

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mitch, on my computer I didn't have to get any seperate video-card or anything like that.
Guess I wasn't aware that this wasn't necessarily standard.

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5 = EASY!!!!

14 is my "challenge" point now

just practice gets you used to it

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Get a bot... they play 15 NP

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5 = EASY!!!!

14 is my "challenge" point now

just practice gets you used to it

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Unluckily for me, Stars only lets you do 12, unless I start playing donkaments...

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I've got 9 tables going as I'm posting this.

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And how do you view them all. One big screen.. etc.

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If your monitor and video card support 1600x1200 resolution, you can fit 9 resized on one monitor.

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I can either minimize them so they can all fit on the screen or I can keep them at reg size and stagger them around or kind of cascade them at different parts of my screen and they will pop-up when it's my action.

I can keep bringing to the front any table with a hand that I'm actually in to watch the action when it's not on me and timing-tells, etc.
It's not like I need the table up the whole time to be able to fold 83o in the cut-off.

8 tables is easy.
12 tables gets pretty hectic sometimes depending on the action and how many of them are playing short-handed.

When I first started playing I thought one table was pretty hectic. Although my VP would have been somewhere near 100% so that could partly explain it also.

When I found out that some people played 2 at once I thought, "WTF?"
I tried 2 and it was pretty crazy at first.
Then I was heads-up in 2 SNG's at the same time and won them both.
I had to concentrate really hard to keep up but I was somehow able to pull it off.

you just get faster and faster as more of your plays become automatic.

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dual '19 Dell ultrasharp 1907FP Flat Panel....HAWT!

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It's not like I need the table up the whole time to be able to fold 83o in the cut-off.

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nit

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I began multitabling this summer and had a hard time at first. Two was ok, but 3 started to wind me up, and 4 totally stressed me out. Now, after a couple of months, I'm totally comfortable with 4 and actually would like to add more. My profits have gone way up too. I think I actually play better when I'm playing more tables, because sometimes when I play 1, I start to get a little too creative for NL50 and get frustrated when i can't get a guy to lay down his weak Ace. I don't think I'll ever 12 table, but 6 is probably reasonable.

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Like the others said, It just takes practice. I struggled at first with 3, but then moved onto 4 and that was a breeze. Then I moved onto playing 6 at a time in a "no sleep till even episode". Ever since then Ive been able to play 6 no problem. I think I could add another table, but I really need another monitor [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img].

One thing you might try doing is preventing your tables from stealing focus from your other. Its really difficult to bet/take notes when tables keep popping up constantly. A guy at one of my earlier tables mentioned the focus stealing made it harder for him to play 3 tables. He was grateful when I told him how to get rid of it [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img].

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And how do you view them all. One big screen.. etc.

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Cascade em on my 17" laptop screen. Once you get used to it, it's doable.

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I, too would be grateful if you could tell me how to do that on full tilt and bodog

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this is how i do it =P

http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/4938/12boxjj5.th.jpg

30" dell monitor + super speed mouse pointer + door closed so that nobody bothers me!

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How do you turn off foucus stealing???

I was also wondering how you guys that play 12 tables can keep up with players stats on poker tracker and take notes. If you had a game time screen for each table that would be 12 more windows

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How do you turn off foucus stealing???

I was also wondering how you guys that play 12 tables can keep up with players stats on poker tracker and take notes. If you had a game time screen for each table that would be 12 more windows

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The poker room I play at has it built in to their tables to prevent focus stealing. If your website doesn't have that implemented theres other ways of stopping it.

Heres the script that should prevent it.

http://overcards.com/wiki/moin.cgi/KeyboardRedirect

I have never used this script, and Im not very knowledgeable about them, but you should be able to figure everything out from the site.

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How do you turn off foucus stealing???

I was also wondering how you guys that play 12 tables can keep up with players stats on poker tracker and take notes. If you had a game time screen for each table that would be 12 more windows

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Pahud is a software that uses the stats from PT for players and overlays them on your tables, so that you can see everything you need to know about them.

http://pokeracesoftware.com/

If you already knew about this, then disregard what I wrote.

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I, too would be grateful if you could tell me how to do that on full tilt and bodog

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I didn't see anyway to prevent focus stealing in Bodogs software. I dont have fulltilt installed, but maybe you'll get lucky there.

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Thanks a lot Dave

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Is there no PAHUD layout for FUll TIlt Poker?

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Is there no PAHUD layout for FUll TIlt Poker?

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Not sure where you'd get that idea. Yes, there is.

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Is there no PAHUD layout for FUll TIlt Poker?

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there is and u can also customise them