How Many Tables Can You Play At Onces?

Hey Everyone,

Lately I have been getting into playing multiple tables... either cash games or sit-n-goes...

So Far my Best performance is at:

4 Cash Game Table
4 Sit-and-Goes

But I have seen players that play 6, 8, 10, and even 12 tables...

what is the Maximum you can play and still make a profit...
love to see some snap shots...

I too am just starting to see a profit multitabling STTs. I don't use additional software, but try to see where the bets are coming from, and notice if someone is overly aggressive.

I find 4 stacked tables fairly profitable and not too hectic. I've been pushing it to 6 lately, trying for a FPP bonus, but have found that at least once per session I am timing out on other tables when faced with a tough decision.

Also find that if I'm down to 3 bubbles at once I suffer from not seeing as many showdowns. Maybe I should move to tiled tables at this point, but my monitor is pretty small.

Look forward to hearing about some wild 20-table sessions on this thread!!

I can 24 table and have before but its not nearly as profitable for me as it is when I 9 or 12 table. I tend to spew a lot when I get past 12. Ive never 24 tabled PLO but cant imagine myself doing it.

Is the play with this amount of tables just being rock tight?

No but you do tend to get tighter the more tables you play.

And how about reads? Or do you use a HUD?

I use omaha manager when mass multitabling but I dont need a HUD when 4 tabling.

I've played up to 6 Rush tables which turns out to be like 1200 hands an hour. I guess that would be about 16-18 reg tables. I don't enjoy it but with rakeback it has been marginally profitable.

No more than 4.. since my laptop screen wouldn't fit anymore on there that well. I usually don't do more than 2 tournies at a time.

Leatherass is known to do 24 at a time.

9 table 9 man sngs

If it is small and you have a hud, just stack tables and that helps. I have a 15 inch laptop and that always works for me.

I don't have a HUD.. but I'm thinking about getting one in January.

What stakes you play? I would only suggest it if

1) the stakes you play are meaningful

2) you are playing micro stakes but want to start multitabling more and playing more tables.

Been playing micro-low stakes tournies on full tilt lately... but I had thought about getting the HUD because I'm going to start the micro cash games over at PokerStars, and try to actually do something with what I have over there instead of just dickin' around.

The most I will play is 4 tables at a time, that includes ring games or sngs. If I'm playing mtts on different sites then it's only 3 tables. I'm not ready BR wise to play a larger volume, only play what I can afford. Maybe in a few months I will try to play more.

any more than 2 then im just clicking cards

16 stacked. It's actually pretty amazing how often I'm just sitting there waiting for something to happen. Less than 12 I get bored and start playing too many hands.

Full ring 14 to 16.

Bill

4 Max., never tried with more than that.

The matrix amount because thats all i can stand at 1 time

i have done 24 at 2nl, playing nit, with HUD. higher i don't do 24 tables.

23 or 24 tables - Ten seated Double Up or Nothing on PS - but the buy in was only $5

The fun comes here...
...on my 10 inch eee PC

But if talking about serious play. I do no more than three tables at a time. Even when playing stud it's only two.

My max was only ever 22 tables and it was profitable, but I saw some beats like I couldn't believe toward the end. Set over set constantly, backdoor flushes :/.

For SNG's I need to wait 30 minutes into one before I open up another, so that I can concentrate on stealing blinds. Not justplaying to make the money.

I just started playing NL Hold Em online. I attempted to play 2 tables at once and discovered my concentration wanes overall. If I play one table at a time, I am able to focus and play better. Am I in the minority here? Does anyone play just one table at a time to get a solid read on the rest of the players?

But now that I came across this thread, I don't understand how can you possibly play 4+ tables on your screen and be profitable. May someone explain to me how you can do this? Is it your command in knowledge of the game or some other factor?

In my case it was profitable because I was able to deal with bad beats better and have a pretty decent understanding of how players generally play at 2NL. I never tilted after a bad beat because I always had a strong hand at a table, so I was always in the action and didn't have to force the game.

You stick to ABC poker/premium hands and select tables where other players do the same, so you're able to take down pots with C-bets on rainbow boards with no backlash from others as they are (generally speaking) too timid. The same applies when you are value betting out of position onto a rainbow board because players have no interest in calling your bluff when they've missed even if they have an inkling that you're full of it, it's too risky.

This allows you to play on auto pilot so-to-speak. The key when doing this is table selection and avoiding certain types of players like those who enjoy check raising, thus making it more difficult to play your AA causing you to worry that you've run into a set/semi-bluff . The idea is (no matter what limit your playing) to play against bad players and avoid the regulars who play back at you.

When I stick to single tabling I'm able to get reads on my opponents as you are and exploit them, but after awhile it becomes monotonous knowing I'm putting all this time and energy into only winning a few cents/dollars at a time. Whenever a bad beat occurs it's a lot more stressful and I'm more prone to start spewing chips into the pot chasing my losses. Also, even when you sense weakness in you're opponent and make a great bluff, these guys don't like to fold their TPTK because they've waited so long for it and they justify calling by saying "it's only $1" he's gotta be bluffing. It's pointless and it tilts me. Multi tabling solves this problem because I don't feel the need to bluff anymore.

You know, I find any more than 4 tables too difficult to manage. Seems I'm rushing about trying to keep up with the action and usually make some poor plays. Ideally I play 2 tables at once, and use time between hands to surf the web or do work on the computer. If all I'm doing is playing, I feel unproductive.

if i play less than like 10 tables i get bored out of my skull

9 is the most I can handle. Ideally I'll only be playing 4 at one time.

Exactly the same but i only 16 table 2NL, above that I play 6 at 5/10/25NL and try to concentrate but use HEM aswell. The few times I have a go at 50 or 100NL I play 1 table max and really try and take notice and lots of notes

I can do 12 now but I've tried to do more, and God only knows......Yet I'm comfortable with 9 any less and I get bored, 12 is the max for the comfort zone though

I understand where you are coming from but for my purposes I think playing 1 table at a time will prep me better for the live experience where I will need to learn to center myself after a bad beat and learn not to chase my losses, etc... I want to drive up to Mohegan Sun or Foxwoods (located in Eastern Connecticut) in a few weeks and am preparing my game by playing online.

Now that I think about it. I think playing 1 table at a time trains your mind better for the live experience. I know some of you are very profitable at playing more games than one at a time and may even be great live players but I am not there yet and want to stick to 1 table at a time no matter how painstakingly boring it can be.

I myself am pretty new to poker so I try to limit my tourny and sng play to 2 or 3 tables. My friend who got me into online poker, he's insane. I saw him play 4 turbo/rush tables at once, and he made a profit in that sitting at least. It was insane. I asked him if he was even having fun playing this way, because it didn't seem like fun for me, but he said he does, so I guess thats all that counts.

four is my max...... after that i;m one one lost turkey.
take care

Playing so many tables you see a lot of hands. Some of the beats you see are infuriating, but it seems with so many tables you don't really have time to get upset, you just need to focus on winning the other games. Multitabling never seems to put me on tilt, anyone else feel that way?

I think there are many, many people who play only one table at a time--they just aren't posting here.

On a day to day basis I play 2 tourney tables at a time now because that's my current comfort level. The only exception is when I play in the League games (Cardschat Winter League 2011 Sign-up Thread (http://www.cardschat.com/f39/cardschat-winter-league-2011-sign-up-188037/)) because they are so challenging.

When I'm playing cash tables I sometimes go up to 4, but that's as high as my concentration allows.