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Implementing limits on the number of tables each player can play would be a really dumb move by the poker sites. Multitabelers will just move some of their business to other sites rather than reduce the number of tables they are playing. Ex: if someone 8 tables FTP and FTP reduces the number of tables to 4 then that player will just play 4 tables on FTP and 4 on stars now. The only thing that FTP has accomplished is lose business.

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It's a balance. The long term viability of the site depends on attracting and retaining a stream of mostly losing players who feed the winners who in turn pay the rake. The games can get so bad that no one would play except for bonus whores. And it's not just the fact that hyper multi-tabling allows the fish to get decimated more quickly, but also the psychological aspect where Joe Fish not only takes a drubbing time after time, but also can't get away from the same weak-tight mother [censored] who are giving it to him. He will just go elsewhere and also won't be telling his fish buddies that they should play on the site.

That doesn't mean that 4 tables is a magic number for the most that should be allowed, but it is reasonable. And it makes botting a lot less attractive the fewer tables there are as well. In fact Joe Fish probably thinks many posters here are bots because he can't fathom how someone can play 8+ tables at once.