Use a HUD if you're going to 6 tableMulti Tabling, 4-6 tables. Any hints? Do you just play the good hands? How do you keep track of 18-36 other opponents?
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.
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.
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.
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.
You didn't have issues with a new screen popping up when you didn't make a decision on the one before yet?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.