I can spot multitable players all the time. They make others games miserable by trying to think out 4 tables while individuals at my age suffer to figure out one table and keep my game moving along. Are we suppose to feel sorry for them. Notta....
I can spot multitable players all the time. They make others games miserable by trying to think out 4 tables while individuals at my age suffer to figure out one table and keep my game moving along. Are we suppose to feel sorry for them. Notta....
What would be more helpful to me is if you could see where & how they're positioned on my screen & if could give me any helpful suggestions as to how I can manage the layout of them (ie. as in 'custom'... I'd like to have 3 Fulltilt Tables running side-by-side across the top of my screen & 2 from Stars on the bottom & to the right (< sized 'as if' there were 6 of them). Then the final space for Titan or Carbon table (or vice-versa with Stars set up & Titan.. depending upon what MTT's I'm playing).
As far as your 'derail' response goes, I find I actually spend a bit less time on each table when I'm multi-tabling more than a few as I'm checking the [ ] fold/check box off so I can focus more attention elsewhere (< I never do this if I'm on only one or two tables).
online poker runs so quickly anyways, not sure how it could be so difficult to wait it out while someone's timer runs down for 15secs. Perhaps you're ready to add another table yourself?
When I first started out I never felt comfortable playing on more than one table at a time & this lasted for quite awhile but after one's put in a good number of hands it is quite easy. Jumping from 1 table to playing on two was probably the hardest step.... adding to 3 a bit easier, 4, 5, 6,... it just becomes a natural progression. I mostly play MTT's and usually 7 is the most I'll play at a time (rare occassion I'll play 8 but then am running on two screens instead of just the one).
Boston1993 I think you'd be surprised to watch some of the higher buyin MTT players playing online poker - - seeing their actual poker/computer setups & listening to their thought processes as they play hands on the various tables. If you were to watch some recorded live sessions of some of the better online players (I'm referring mostly to MTT... & to a lesser degree SNG... because this is what I play & where my interest is), you might be suprised at how deep they're thinking/analyzing situations within seconds (or split seconds).
When I started out 'online' (& even 6-9mos. into it) I couldn't comprehend how some players were able to play on 4 tables nevermind how others I'd heard about were able to play on 20 tables (< I thought the 20table thing was pretty much impossible & that the players couldn't actually really be able to focus enough to play poker.... because I had no clue).
One of the videos I have on my computer (I have 100's stored on puter & many more to disc), there's one I like to watch on occassion of a guy who regularly plays 20tables ($16-$27 SNG/STT). Listening to his thought process is pretty cool while he hammers his way thru 20tables. Is he profitable?... I'd say consistently being on the top of the SNG Leaderboard (or in top5) would be a 'yes'. Most of these types of players have put in a TON of time on studying the game (1,000's of hrs.) and it's obviously a process to get to where they are. Do the players on his tables mind if he might occassionally 'time out'?... I doubt it because probably 2/3 of them are on at least 4 or more tables themselves.
