Opinions on multi tabling cash and SnG's, what is supposed to be easier?

I've googled and looked around a lot about this question and most people say that SnG's are easier to multi table than cash yet I seem to of been able to multi table cash a lot easier than SnG. Is that normal?

I've done 24 cash tables before yet with SnG's any more than 13 and I start to struggle. I can handle 10 quite well but I couldn't imagine doing 24 like cash games, yet I seem backwards compared to everyone else.

With cash, there are no escalating blinds and you don't have to go into lowering your range. With SnG's obviously there are push/fold times and if you have several at the same point it becomes more difficult to handle when you're trying to check your position and chip stacks to push or call another's push and so on. You have to take into account everyone else's stack sizes too.

Cash games you can keep to a basic ABC poker game and bet "normal".

Any opinions on this and why I struggle more with multi tabling SnG's as opposed to what many more people believe that cash are harder to multi table.

I really have no idea, it always is the reverse for most people. Maybe it has something to do with your understanding of late game sng play? Cause late in a sng, there are certain moves to make that are guaranteed based on stack etc. It might just be that it gets down to 3 handed on more tables more often and you have to make more decisions?

I think it all just comes down to what you're used to and what games you know better - personally I don't find it all that taxing to juggle the different stages of SnGs when I'm multi-tabling but that's because I've played thousands of them. Cash games I've played less of so I have a bit of a harder time. I know there are other players like me but I'm sure the reverse is true for many more players too.

Multitabling sng´s is easier, because there´s a well known simple push fold strategy and almost no postflop play. In cash games you can´t be autopiloting. Maybe if you are using a short stack strategy...

No postflop Play ??? Ive got to change my strategy.

this only works with bad players and usually at low limits, when you get to the higher stakes the people will pick up on what you do and you wont be getting paid of as often

I can’t really seem to draw the line here. It may actually depend on how you approach a late sng game. There could be specific moves to make based on your chips. If you’re already familiar with switching different stages of sngs, I would not see why it would be all that hard for you. But I guess, to each his own. Hope this helps.

-tony

I personally think cash games are easier to multitable for the simple fact that your blinds are not increasing. That being said... Im not a good cash game player so Im probably way off on this one.

i agree with daniel72 multi tabling stngs is much easier cause at some point its just a case of fold or shove.

Obviously it's easier to mass-multitable sng's because decisions are simpler, and you are generally only playing preflop poker, whereas in cash games you are playing multiple streets on every hand.

Personally I find it fairly easy to multi 16 sngs at a time, but I don't like going over 8 cash/ 4 rush tables.

First of all, in this case, you should not be worried about what other people are doing. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Play within your limits in every sense of the word. For the sake of this analogy, if you were to get hold of $1,000,000 today and took a seat in Bobby/Ivey's room would you try to float any bets and bluff? Other people are (for the love of god I hope your answer is no).

If in fact people are maximizing their ROI by 20 tabling SNG's then it boils down to experience. I'm sure you didn't start out 24 tabling cash games successfully. However, I personally don't think that's the case and people who have been successful doing this with SNGs would place higher more often (increase their ROIs) if they slowed down, sacrificed some volume and analyzed a bit more. Your second paragraph elaborates on this as to why.

Others probably approach SNGs as simpletons in comparison to you who understands that SNGs are a bit tougher than meets the eye especially when you're 3 handed (as "marginal" touched on). How can you 10 table that? Plus its where the biggest payouts are. You need to be focused and alert! A simple push/shove strategy, as people have been touching on and confessing to, won't cut it if you're looking for the best possible ROI in the long run. People read a book, get the basic idea and then play on auto pilot thinking that they are on their way to the top.

Sounds to me like you're a step ahead of the pack. You play to win it and improve your skills where as others are satisfied with making the money and see everything else as a bonus though they might not consciously be aware of this.

Keep it up and do your thing.

Easier for me STT's but I suck at cash . I have a hard time playing my best bubble game over 4 tables when I get to bubble on 3 or more. Action is fast and even though most decisions are easy, some are very borderline.

I think if you are good at FR cash games might be easier to multi-table than STT's. Most hands you are folding from first three positions anyway. At micro levels anyway might be easier. 6max has got to be the toughest to multi-table IMO. Worse than having a quarter of your SNG tables on the bubble? Maybe. Close one I guess.