Multi-tabling Strategies and Tips

I'm someone who does worse the more tables I have open. 2 tables is even a bit tough, but once I get to 3 my play completely crashes on me. I was wondering if the multi-tabling regulars could give some tips on how they do it. Do you still rely on math for all 4+ tables? Are you able to keep reads and notes on all players across all tables? Are there things you sacrifice skill-wise to play across 4+ tables? Etc.

How you crash matters?

This Fish Chums said:

I'm someone who does worse the more tables I have open. 2 tables is even a bit tough, but once I get to 3 my play completely crashes on me. I was wondering if the multi-tabling regulars could give some tips on how they do it. Do you still rely on math for all 4+ tables? Are you able to keep reads and notes on all players across all tables? Are there things you sacrifice skill-wise to play across 4+ tables? Etc.

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Thank you for posting.

No one, No one, No one is great at multitasking. All tasks suffer when you try. With that in mind we have to let go of certain actions when we multi-table in order to stay in control of our emotions, our reads and our play.
When you crash you need to ask why? Did you switch from your reasoning brain center to your emotional reactive brain center?
Why? Are you taking in too much data? Are you trying to focus on all the tables at once instead of prioritizing them? Have you done enough off the tables work to automate some poker decisions?

Have you studied how to use your HUD data in depth? The HUD is a must for multi-tabling.

Can you categorize your starting hands not just by strength but also by how much attention you must pay to hands for them to be profitable AQ vs A10 for instance? TPTK with each of these hands demands different levels of flop turn and river attention.

Hope this helps

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I find that when I am playing 3 or 4 or more tables I simply can't evaluate the action on any one of them in the same depth as when I am on only 1 table. In other words, my play of each hand distills down to playing only the value of each hand and also taking into account my position. Poker is much less enjoying when I play like a robot.

I think the more notes you have the less you will play like a "robot" and the better your math is the more tables you can do. You really dont want to be doing "Good Will Hunting equations", its better to have pivot points for example at 10bbs UTG I am going to play X or better hands. Another thing that will make it much easier is to color code players.

My opinion

More tables seem to screw up my mind too. But a good way to play multi-tables is just count hole cards. You do this by going are these two hole cards do. The percentages of two good hole cards winning is about a third. More tables won't screw that up.

Whenever I play on several tables I try to use HD to help me because the yield falls a lot on several tables. you can not keep the meta game.

You just need to be very attentive.

You should start with 1 table at once and try to perfect your game. Once you're able to see a hand, and fold or raise without even thinking, almost instinctively, you can then move up to 2 tables. Once you perfect 2 tables, move up to 3.