Multi tabling in big tourneys.

I was wondering what you think when you are playing high dollar tourneys should, just play 1 or 2 I am play 6 I think I over did it lol, I can't seem to really pay attention to players or what is going on at the tables, Just curious what you all think?

I dont play high stakes, but guess same applies to whatever stakes. I guess you have to be very experienced to play just as good playing several tables rather than just one or two. I play two tables maximum usually, purely based on fact i play far better like that. I lose concentration and screens popping up all over the show, i tend to make an incorrect call out of position or call when i should of raised, folded when i shouldn't etcetc.

The list goes on.. I admire high stake players who play several and have great success in it. I guess it comes over time.

this very much depends on the player! its all about maximising the money you make, for example if you two table and average 2$ game or you 10 table for 50 cents a game then you are better of 10 tabling.

I dont know anything about your game, I would advise you to start off playing between 2-4 tables and when you know you have played enough games to show you are a solid winner then you should up the amount of tables you play.

I would suggest if you are looking to up the amount of tables you play to get table ninja, its a program that automatically registers you for sngs and then using the custom layouts you can multi table very effecively. I have managed to increase from 15-20 tables to around 30 tables using table ninja

hope some of this helps

I try to limit my tournaments to 4 now so I can concentrate better. I was doing 6.

You should play as many as you can while still being able to follow the action and make informed desicions.

I use bodog a lot so I can't go beyond 4 there, but honestly if you're playing big tourneys you shouldn't be playing more than 2. It's really important to focus on the players at the table. If you have pokertracker go over their stats so you know what could be coming. Noticing the type of cards people play or what sort of betting habits they have could mean the difference between a call and a lot more chips or a fold and missing out. (Also vice versa, fold saving your stack etc.)

Don´t open too many tables. For instance, i can 20-table, but i´m comfortable with 6-12 tables, and the decisions are way better. If i take a shot at a $109 on Stars (seldom), i only play this table. This way i can observe my opponents really well in a expensive tourney...

i would go ahead and play 6 because early in tournaments your play is tight so reading the table is not a huge deal. Later in the tournaments you will ptobably not be alive in as many as you started with so it will be easier to keep up. The main reason i think six tables is very manageable is that you can replay every hand. It is easy to catch up during the 5 minute sinc breaks and to get solid information on a lot of players at that time

The Dark Side said:

You should play as many as you can while still being able to follow the action and make informed desicions.

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^^^ Pretty much this.

If 2 is your comfortable max, don't try to push it. Most people mess up with multi-tabling because they add too many tables too quickly. I've been guilty of this myself. I used to play 9-12 FR tables regularly, occasionally 16. I could handle them just fine physically, but my game started suffering from the burnout-inducing level of attention required. It started to be more of a chore, and I would finish exhausted even if I had a good session. After finally diving into a deep downswing, I took a break and decided when I came back, I'd start much smaller. I know if I took my time and had the patience to work my way up slowly, results would likely have been different, but I moved too quickly. I had a false confidence based on my ability to physically react to that many tables, but my mental game had not developed the stamina to keep it up while making good decisions. I'd argue that the mental aspect takes a lot more training than the physical ability to move the mouse and click buttons fast enough.

I now play 4-6 tables at most -- usually 4 or less -- especially when playing tournaments (either MTT or SnG). This gives me plenty of time to enjoy the game and also keep up with my opponents, without feeling as rushed. My results have steadily improved since my downswing. Gradually I may add some tables, but each progression will be much slower than before. I'll basically wait until I'm bored with the number I'm playing, rather than pushing to add another as soon as I think I can handle it.

I will add that multi-tabling tournaments is a lot harder than multi-tabling cash, at least until you reach the push/fold stage. With cash games, you should be playing with a full stack always and the blinds don't change, so multi-tabling cash is a lot easier in that regard. The added complexities and multi-stage play required in tourneys, especially when your different tables vary greatly in levels and stack sizes, just make it more difficult to keep up with. If you're going to start out multi-tabling tournaments, then you should start with sets, i.e. starting them at the same time and not adding new ones in the middle of the set (this is much easier with SnG's obviously since they fill frequently and constantly, versus intermittently scheduled MTTs). Also not mixing regular speed and turbos. These approaches keep the levels somewhat synchronized across the tables, until you are confident that you can properly shift gears between different levels going on at the same time.

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Thanks for all the input I was playing the 109 on the merge network and six other tourneys I did do well in the 50K. It was not because of bad play just lack of cards and oppertunities when I got good some had better..