Playing against people who are multi-tabling

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When Im in a MTT. I usually do a player search to see if the guys at the my table are multi-tabeling. It seems at least 3 or 4 of them are at 10+ tables.

My question is this... do you play differently against guys doing this or not? Two ways of thinking about it. One the guy is playing pretty straight forward Poker because of so many tables... Two, This guy must have alot of expereince and need to be more cautious around him?

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Play unconventionally , & take advantage of these guys ...that's what I would do.
 
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:DThis might not relevant but I play a lot of freerolls at the same time (or I should say that I did) and I found it hard to concentrate adn when things heat up I start closing out the ones that I am not doing that well in as I have a time limit on them.

I would say that IMO you can take advantage of these types of players (for the most part) as I do not see how the (average) player can ply multiple tables with any degree of skill/concentration/professionalism.:embarasse

Notice that I said the average player, as I am sure there are a few that can do this with success.
 
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as I do not see how the (average) player can ply multiple tables with any degree of skill/concentration/professionalism.:embarasse

LOL

OP: A multi-tabler for the most part uses HUD for tells. So make plays that go against what you're HUD says(if you're tight play LAG) A lot of multi-tablers play ABC poker
 
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I would suggest to play more aggressively with them, and track them down on which tables are playing so you can take advantage of him/her on a 1-2 tables

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Yeah take advantage of them by raising them constantly because they wont be paying attention as much and the likelihood that they have a good hand is very slim and their mind will be at other tables.
 
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I do this regularly when I'm playing STT's. There's always a couple, Multi-tablers; often over HALF. Here's what I've noticed with multi-tablers playing 3 or more of the SAME TYPE of tournament:

- They play very tight/aggressive poker.
- They don't pay attention to what you're doing.
- A min-raise is all it takes to get them off most hands. (2 1/2 BBs if they're in the BB)
- If they raise pre-flop, then check post-flop, they'll usually fold to a 1/2 pot bet.
- If they start calling or raising you regularly, they have a HUD on you, or they're just a wild player. Back off accordingly.
 
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I do this regularly when I'm playing STT's. There's always a couple, Multi-tablers; often over HALF. Here's what I've noticed with multi-tablers playing 3 or more of the SAME TYPE of tournament:

- They play very tight/aggressive poker.
- They don't pay attention to what you're doing.
- A min-raise is all it takes to get them off most hands. (2 1/2 BBs if they're in the BB)
- If they raise pre-flop, then check post-flop, they'll usually fold to a 1/2 pot bet.
- If they start calling or raising you regularly, they have a HUD on you, or they're just a wild player. Back off accordingly.

Not all multiablers are weak tight
 
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A multi-tabler plays strong usually. Proceed with caution

That sounds like it was taken straight out of Jennifer Harman's Sit 'n Learn strategy video on "knowing your opponent". Was it? :D

The truth is, there are good multitablers and there are bad multitablers. Only knowing that they multitable is not the best indicator of how they play. You still need to observe how they are reacting at the table -- they may be focusing on your table after all and just clicking through the others depending on how their other games are going.

Some multitablers also just plain suck. Someone hears that it's what good players do, so despite their poor skills they decide they can do it and they continue to play as bad or worse as they would with one table open.

Some multitablers are godly. They will have fantastic reads on you and force you to make stupid mistakes and have second thoughts about your winning hands.

The fact that your opponents are multitabling is just one of the factors you can consider when playing against them -- do not make blanket assumptions about them. If you put the fact that they are multitabling together with some observations that they are consistently playing a certain way, you can begin to exploit this... but you need to have a good read that they really aren't paying that much attention.
 
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That sounds like it was taken straight out of Jennifer Harman's Sit 'n Learn strategy video on "knowing your opponent". Was it? :D

The truth is, there are good multitablers and there are bad multitablers. Only knowing that they multitable is not the best indicator of how they play. You still need to observe how they are reacting at the table -- they may be focusing on your table after all and just clicking through the others depending on how their other games are going.

Some multitablers also just plain suck. Someone hears that it's what good players do, so despite their poor skills they decide they can do it and they continue to play as bad or worse as they would with one table open.

Some multitablers are godly. They will have fantastic reads on you and force you to make stupid mistakes and have second thoughts about your winning hands.

The fact that your opponents are multitabling is just one of the factors you can consider when playing against them -- do not make blanket assumptions about them. If you put the fact that they are multitabling together with some observations that they are consistently playing a certain way, you can begin to exploit this... but you need to have a good read that they really aren't paying that much attention.

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Obviously no one can play 10 tables at one time and pay attention, impossible for them to be good
 
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Obviously no one can play 10 tables at one time and pay attention, impossible for them to be good

And you're basing that on?


Multitabling is the best way to grind up a bankroll. Or to grind period. Check out some of the multitabling videos here and on some of the coaching sites.



One generalization about mulit-tablers; they're fairly confident in their play, otherwise their bankroll wouldn't last long. That doesn't mean that they're good or bad overall, but their less likely to be a massive loser.

Generally it's more difficult to play LAG with more tables because you're involved in more hands, just like it's more difficult to multitable the same number of 6 max tables as opposed to 9 person tables; you're not folding as much so it takes more attention. That's why STT mulittablers will tend to stagger their games so that they're not involved in a lot of headsup situations at the same time.

So yes, mulittablers will tend to play TAG rather than LAG. It allows them to play more at one time, but a person who likes to play LAGgier might only play 3 when a TAG might play 6.
 
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And you're basing that on?

:withstupi

Clearly multi-tabling is for noobs. I'm basing it on the fact that it's just impossible for someone to focus on 10 tables, duh:icon_geek
 
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A multi tabler is just another player on your table with a style he/she uses, and this style will determine how you play against this player. Having the information that this is a MT player is good to have, but it is only one piece of info. Some are good, some suck, you have to pay attention and find out. Many MT will have huds, so be aware of how your stats will look to them. Your position to them can be exploited to a degree, especially if they are good and have huds. If on your left, you can maybe blind stael, if on you right, maybe re steal, but always be aware of how your stats will look to him. If you are, say, 13/8 a steal or re steal will work better than if you are 35/22 and so on. How you bet - hesitate, snap call etc. - will make no impression as they simply will not see it. In general, you just have to pay attention as you do to all players, as MT will also usually have a style they play. But good players will still be dangerous even if they MT, and bad players will still be bad.
 
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That sounds like it was taken straight out of Jennifer Harman's Sit 'n Learn strategy video on "knowing your opponent". Was it? :D

The truth is, there are good multitablers and there are bad multitablers. Only knowing that they multitable is not the best indicator of how they play. You still need to observe how they are reacting at the table -- they may be focusing on your table after all and just clicking through the others depending on how their other games are going.

Some multitablers also just plain suck. Someone hears that it's what good players do, so despite their poor skills they decide they can do it and they continue to play as bad or worse as they would with one table open.

Some multitablers are godly. They will have fantastic reads on you and force you to make stupid mistakes and have second thoughts about your winning hands.

The fact that your opponents are multitabling is just one of the factors you can consider when playing against them -- do not make blanket assumptions about them. If you put the fact that they are multitabling together with some observations that they are consistently playing a certain way, you can begin to exploit this... but you need to have a good read that they really aren't paying that much attention.

LOL, I should have read this before I posted, cause I pretty much just re worded your post.:eek:
 
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Yeah take advantage of them by raising them constantly because they wont be paying attention as much and the likelihood that they have a good hand is very slim and their mind will be at other tables.

Its never good to do anything constantly just cause a player is a MTer. If they have a HUD and are decent, they will exploit that pretty fast. You have to pick your spots, even tho you probably can exploit a but more, depending..... If they are bad, then you probably can get away with more. But if they are donks, they may be calling your raises a lot anyway, so observation is the key.
 
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I doubt that the majority of 10+ MT are bad, much to the contrary.

It's somewhat a step from 4 tables to 10, usually taken by players who can easily handle 4-6 tables.

They might be on autopilot most of the time but that doesn't mean that you must have an exploitable situation.

Playing ABC poker isn't such a bad thing either - obviously depending on the stakes you're playing at .

If they use a HUD (I bet most of them do) and know how to use it they don't have to concentrate as hard on a table than a single table non-hudder.

I would proceed with caution.
 
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hahahaha

Sorry people being an ass hole. Just find it funny how some players say, "omg 10 tabling they can't concentrate must be bad players" Solid posts above. fwiw it's worth, I 30 table and, quite possibly being arrogant here, I'm fairly sure I've got some "degree of skill/concentration/professionalism"
 
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hahahaha

Sorry people being an ass hole. Just find it funny how some players say, "omg 10 tabling they can't concentrate must be bad players" Solid posts above. fwiw it's worth, I 30 table and, quite possibly being arrogant here, I'm fairly sure I've got some "degree of skill/concentration/professionalism"


LOL ok, you got me:p
 
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i have enough trouble playing 1 tble..any more than that would make me scream...
 
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i have enough trouble playing 1 tble..any more than that would make me scream...

Once one figures out the fundamentals he doesn't really need to think about trivial things, so he starts to add tables. I know a guy who 40 tables; I know he makes decent $$ not sure how much. Someone Shark Scope him? sheepish_mo
 
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10+ tables at one time doesn't even sound fun, this coming from a casual player, but still I couldn't ever seeing myself doing that many tables even if I played poker 10 hours a day
 
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