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Multi Tabling, 4-6 tables. Any hints? Do you just play the good hands? How do you keep track of 18-36 other opponents?
 
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I believe the very best ideal is 4.

Above it, you will miss few of the factors like reading opponents, past hands, nature of table, etc.

Also, too much tables will give hints to our opponents about our hand.
 
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Invest money in some software like pokertracker before you multitable 4+ tables. Use HUD data efficiently. Also, you should care about quality not quantity, so you should play less tables if you have to adjust your play for multitabling. For me, 4 tables for 9 man and 3 tables for 6man is optimal, anything more than that deteriorates my game.
 
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Its humbling, but play well below your regular stake level. Also, limit all other distractions: close the door to your room, turn off music, sell phone, etc. Get out of rooms where there are tough players to your left! you need soft spots, not dealing with being three bet all the time!
 
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six tables is good enough with HUD.
 
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Yeah, back in the day I made it up to 24 tables, but it was surprisingly fatiguing. I usually had to stop for a break after only an hour. I had a lot of automation, like HUDs and bet-sizing software (TableNinja). I don't know if TableNinja is allowed anymore.
 
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Yeah, back in the day I made it up to 24 tables, but it was surprisingly fatiguing. I usually had to stop for a break after only an hour. I had a lot of automation, like HUDs and bet-sizing software (TableNinja). I don't know if TableNinja is allowed anymore.

Tell us how you keep attention for all the opening tables? And really interesting, what monitor size do you have to play 24 tables?
 
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It's really easy. I used a 17-inch laptop. All you have to do is stack the tables, full screen, right on top of each other. Each one pops up automatically when it is your turn to act. You only have to focus your eyes and attention on one spot. It's not too hard to see what is going on at the table in a couple of seconds (with a HUD).

I could never do it the way I see most people multi-table, where they have little tiny windows all tiled across big monitors, each one blinking at you to do something. I'd go cross-eyed in about 30 seconds.

The way I did it I could easily get in 1,000 hands an hour. But it was very tiring even so. I usually only played for an hour, 2 or 3 times a day. But that could be 3,000 - 5,000 hands a day if I played a bit longer than an hour each time.

Oh, yeah. There was another big advantage I found. You didn't ever have to suffer through bad beats that would make you tilt. You could look at all that afterwards in your database, and by then, you could pretty much laugh them off.
 
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I think that to play efficiently should not play in more than 4 tournaments at the same time, the tournaments are different than cash in tournaments there are many issues to consider, in addition to knowledge of other players, a topic that I think is fundamental to play correctly and not lose essential information
 
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It's really easy. I used a 17-inch laptop. All you have to do is stack the tables, full screen, right on top of each other. Each one pops up automatically when it is your turn to act. You only have to focus your eyes and attention on one spot. It's not too hard to see what is going on at the table in a couple of seconds (with a HUD).

I could never do it the way I see most people multi-table, where they have little tiny windows all tiled across big monitors, each one blinking at you to do something. I'd go cross-eyed in about 30 seconds.

The way I did it I could easily get in 1,000 hands an hour. But it was very tiring even so. I usually only played for an hour, 2 or 3 times a day. But that could be 3,000 - 5,000 hands a day if I played a bit longer than an hour each time.

Oh, yeah. There was another big advantage I found. You didn't ever have to suffer through bad beats that would make you tilt. You could look at all that afterwards in your database, and by then, you could pretty much laugh them off.


Nice, very nice) Maybe I should try such playing way.
It is kindly hard to play 24 tables on start. I think better starts with 8-10 tables and playing till become comfortable.
Thanx for colourful description of how you play)))) LETS TRY )))))
 
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I tend to play 4 tables, sometimes 6 if I feel that I run good.. but 4 is absolutely my safe-zone :) find yours, and add on after you've gotten used to it.
 
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I have 2 screens and very rarely have more than 8 tables open. (4 per screen). I use to play upto 16 and found concentration a bit of an issue.
Only days that I play League Games, I only have a max of 4 going. I find mistakes can start setting in and but you on the back foot.

So yeah, 4 is probs a good amount.
 
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I usually play 6 tables.

I have tried experimenting with up to 9-10 tables, but I've found that, while I can keep up with the speed, it cripples my table and seat selection and overall hurts my play (my decisions are lazy, and I lack knowledge of my own table image).
Six tables are better that way for me.
 
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there are programs that show the statistics of players to simplify this task.
 
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I usually play 6 tables.

I have tried experimenting with up to 9-10 tables, but I've found that, while I can keep up with the speed, it cripples my table and seat selection and overall hurts my play (my decisions are lazy, and I lack knowledge of my own table image).
Six tables are better that way for me.

Yes, very true. I had to reduce it way down at 10nl to do better than break even. Then came BF.

I certainly can't multi-table tournaments, only cash games.
 
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it really depends on what your goal is with playing multiple tables. Is it to make more money or because it is more fun? If you play for fun/competition and money is secondary then play the amount that you feel allows you to maintain your A game.

If you want to make maximun $ might be worth playing more tables. For example:

You are a $0.5/100 hand winner at 10nl when you play 6 tables which equates to 400 hands per hour or $2/hr. But when you play 15 tables your win rate goes to $0.3/100 hands, but you get to play 1000 hands per hour. Which is $3/hr. So in this example more is better despite loosing some quality of play.
 
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it really depends on what your goal is with playing multiple tables. Is it to make more money or because it is more fun? If you play for fun/competition and money is secondary then play the amount that you feel allows you to maintain your A game.

If you want to make maximun $ might be worth playing more tables. For example:

You are a $0.5/100 hand winner at 10nl when you play 6 tables which equates to 400 hands per hour or $2/hr. But when you play 15 tables your win rate goes to $0.3/100 hands, but you get to play 1000 hands per hour. Which is $3/hr. So in this example more is better despite loosing some quality of play.

Yes, plus you get more rakeback and bonuses. To tell you the truth, the main reason I did it was because the "cool" kids on here were talking about it a lot, posting videos, etc., and I wanted to try to be like them. After that, my goal was to have more tables going than anyone else at my level. My software told me how many tables other people were playing. Just having more tables than anyone else was more enjoyable to me than winning $2.00 or $3.00 an hour.

Kinda stupid, I know.
 
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before Black Friday, lots of people played 24 tables with the idea of just breaking even, then they would live off the rakeback and the pp points benefits.
FYI: That ran into them making 1000's of dollars a week.
 
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I have 2 screens is very easy this form u need pay a screen XD
 
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Playing more than four tables for me is just too confusing.
 
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It's really easy. I used a 17-inch laptop. All you have to do is stack the tables, full screen, right on top of each other. Each one pops up automatically when it is your turn to act.
You didn't have issues with a new screen popping up when you didn't make a decision on the one before yet?
For instance when it's your turn on 3 tables within 1 second.
 
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playing 4 tables at the same level do not play different levels and be very careful because it is much easier than your opponents realize your game
 
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