continuous play vs. sets

[joeynav]

This is what you do...if you have alot of experience in bubble play you can play continuous. It's like playing 10 people in chess at once, you look at the board and know what to do. You also get a lot more tourneys in.

What I do on stars is I stagger them a lil. I open 6 tables, wait for the first 3 levels to go by then I open 3 more and continuously play 9. I like continuous play for several reasons, you never get bored and there's always exciting bubble plays on at least one of the tables. I'm playing standard early level game, and in 2,3,4 other tables there's cashing opprtunities. This way it keeps it fun, makes it feel like your winning a lot (if your running good), get more table in and there's always action. This takes practice though, because it can be stressful if you have 5 itm or bubble tables going and you aren't exactly instictive, imo.

[TravestyFund]

obv continous is the way to go once you feel comfortable with it. I started out playing sets until I realized the importance of high volume in relation to $.

[NoahSD]

Sorry to bump this, but on average, how many more tournaments do you play per hour playing continuously than in sets?

[blackize]

My guess would be 4-10

[NoahSD]

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My guess would be 4-10

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Oops.. I was expecting an answer like 1.5x or 2x or something.. not a number of tables, as that depends on how many you've been playing.

[player1]

i'm positive my results with sets are much better than cont. i recall getting stressed out during the bubble(s) and opening new tables, and that damn alert sound!

sets allow me to take short breaks and clear the head a bit. although, i'm getting to the point where the break is very short in between the end of the last one and when i start a new set of six.

[Equidae]

I play 4 at a time, and when all 4 are done....cigarette break. Then back to another 4, repeat as needed or until BUSTO.

[citanul]

noah, this all depends a lot on how effectively you multitable, and how long your sessions are and such. the math shouldn't be hard to do for you personally though, if you think say "i'm at my average table for x minutes, but say, winning a tournament takes y minutes" you can figure out how many extra tables you'd personally play if you instantly opened a table upon busto.

[blackize]

4-10 while 8 tabling...sorry. Basically what I do is fire up a set and keep filling in when I bust out of one until I get several tables 4 or 5 handed then it becomes a set and I let it die down.

[costanza_g]

I got in about 7 games per hour 4 tabling continuous one night. I got about 6.25 games playing in sets the next. Unfortunately, that's my entire sample size in comparing the two.