Multi-tabling at the WSOP?

Right now the wsop update page shows Jeremy Ausmus in 29th place playing in event #10 while also in 77th place playing in event #8. Event #10 is on a 15 min break at the moment but it appears they are both running this evening.

Does anyone know how common this is and how they manage if their tables are not near each other or even in another room?

They run a lot?

I dunno, I guess so. It just seems like it would knock you of your A game.

that's crazy lol, I've had tournaments starting at the same time that I wanted to play in online and even then I only chose one to multi table in the WSOP live is insane... I wonder if he has a prop bet or something..

Vicky Coren did this in Monte Carlo EPT last year I think. She was in the Ladies Event and another (main event?) at the same time. She ran between tables and actually finished 2nd in the ladies' event!

Quite a few pros with deep pockets will do this and will go back and forth during breaks and such. Or during mixed games when they are in a game that they don't find themselves to have as much of an advantage. Or if they got really short on one table, they could go to their other game. Negreanu and Ivey used to do this quite a bit, not sure if they are still doing it

Wow that is very interesting. I never knew that it was possible to multi table live.

This practice has always baffled me. It doesn't seem that this strategy can be very profitable. I guess its the only way to get a workout in during a couple of tournaments at the same time. Run, bet, raise, run, fold.

beerobrian said:

This practice has always baffled me. It doesn't seem that this strategy can be very profitable. I guess its the only way to get a workout in during a couple of tournaments at the same time. Run, bet, raise, run, fold.

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You don't have to run to fold. It happens automatically if you're sitting out.

It's not really that bad though. I mean, the bulk of the hands you can profitably play are dealt late position (especially if you're a laggy/tricky player), so leaving a table at MP3 and quickly checking on the other isn't that lossy.

absoluthamm said:

Quite a few pros with deep pockets will do this and will go back and forth during breaks and such. Or during mixed games when they are in a game that they don't find themselves to have as much of an advantage. Or if they got really short on one table, they could go to their other game. Negreanu and Ivey used to do this quite a bit, not sure if they are still doing it

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^ this. It was common among a lot of the big name pros a few years ago and I assume it still is. For guys like Ivey who like to make big side bets on the number of bracelets they'll win in any given year they want to be in with a shot in as many tournaments as possible and WSOP structures tend to be slow enough that they can afford to leave one stack getting blinded out for a few hours while they play a different event.

You don't even have to leave for a few hours. Just like, leave one table after playing the CO or HJ, and wait for the orbit to be played around to your BB. WSOP events are slow enough that that will usually take at least 40 minutes.