Today i was playing a MTT on POKERSTARS and, at the middle stage of the tournament, i was moved to another table TWICE in 10 minutes.
I don't like it because the whole work you've done to read your opponents is immediatly down.
Do you know how the software decides who is moved (and when) ?
And how do you manage arriving at a new table (and often immediatly hitting a very good hand) ?

I don't like it unless there's someone at the table that is consistently lucky.

Pokerstars is generally pretty good about keeping you at the same table for a long time.

I played a live tournament once where I was never moved. It was much easier as players came to my table one by one. My brother was watching and he told me I dont know if you realize it or not but you were betting all of the small chips so people didnt believe you had the hand because of it and called off. I ended up winning.

As with most things in poker, it depends- If am at a table where I feel like I have good reads or an edge I rather stay there.

I think the software change the table to keep it in proportion according to the stack of the players.
If you do not have notes or other information like stats about the players of the new table, it is advisable to play the first hands carefully.

To me sometimes change the table is good, sometimes not.. but its a part of the game, we cant control this move.. we trust on the rooms to play..

Thanks for your answers 👍.
I also think that the software moves the player in order to respect a kind of stacks equilibrium at each table.
But the fact is: each time you arrive at a new table, you must play your firsts hands carefully.
So it is a great advantage to stay a long time at the same table.
But well i suppose there is nothing else to do than hope not to visit too many tables during the tournament

Most of the time I dont like being moved, but there are situations, where I am happy about it, if my table is particularly bad in some way. Maybe the whole table is only solid players, or maybe I have a maniac on my left with a big chip stack. But other than that it tends to suck, because its all over again with picking up reads or HUD-data on new players.

I dont know, how poker sites pick players to be moved but pretty sure its done randomly. Say 90 people are playing a 9-max MTT, and now someone late register so its 91. Then 7 players need to be moved to the new table created by the arriving player, and those will then be selected randomly among all 90 players, but in a way so that only one player per table is moved. So presumably the RNG first pick which 7 tables to move a player away from and then pick one player from each of those 7 tables.

It's annoying most of the times . To play a tournay at a table , toget to know to the players , their style , maybe have an edge at this table , or repeatedly very nice hands and good luck , then moved to a new table with sharks or lucky donks , start receiving very bad cards and hands . It;s funny when you are moved to a new table for 1 or 2-3 hands , then again to a new table . Funny when you are moved to anew table and you are the only one there , then one more comes and you play HU for 2 , 3 ,4 hands , until more come to have a 6max or 8/9max table , lol I hate this .

I also don't like it when he moves me to another table and not once but several times

I don't like it when that happens,but it happens.Once I got moved from table to table 5 or 6 times in less than an hour.

It can be a plus and a minus, particularly near the bubble.

If short stacked, you can end up playing 2 big blinds in a row. On the other hand you can all but avoid playing the blinds for 2 orbits if the move works out.

Regarding players, I do not find it difficult to read what is happening at a table if moved - why would it be? You can instantly see stacks sizes and within an orbit (or even a few hands) you should be able to see what is transpiring between players so I mostly enjoy being moved.

You remain at the same table and people can see/sense you are running good or bad. They will play at you accordingly. You switch tables you get a breather one way or another for an orbit or so.

All the information I lose about the opponents I was playing is offset by them having zero info on me. If I had just played a bunch of hands, even the non-observant folks will start looking me up cause "he can't have it every time". At a new table it's a new image. It also allows for a clean gear change if we're changing from early to mid game or whatever and noone notices you're suddenly a rock.

As with many things in poker, sometime it stinks and other times its great. I I am running over a good table i dont want to be moved but when at a bad table getting more is not a bad thing to have happen.

For a laugh, playing in a tournament at the Mohegan sun in 2015 and was given a card to change my table, I found my table and was told before the 1st hand was dealt to me to move again. Got to my 2nd table and sat down and had to wait until the button passed but then I was moved again. Get to my 3rd table and just as they dealer was shuffling they decided to break down the table. Yes I never played a hand at those 3 tables I was sat at. Never had that happen before or since but it was different for sure.

It is part of poker and it is something that we cannot control, so we must take it that way, the things that we cannot control should not bother us.

No, I don't like being moved around a lot in a tournament.

Yes. I feel I have an advantage on any new table. I agree that information is lost on both sides.

Naturally, I don't like it very much, just like you. The one who does not "Read" his opponents may not pay attention to this, he does not care, but I try to analyze what is happening at the table.

It depends on the table. Sometimes you have one or two deep stack loosers raising aggressively every hand in your right, and you are been dealt only with trash or speculative hands. It's a relief when you are moved. But when you have calling stations or fishes in the table that are giving you a lot of blinds no.
In Pokerstars sometimes you have a middle stack and are moved to tables when six of the top ten chip leaders are. It happens a lot with me.

Sometimes it can be advantageous I have found. There have been more than a few times I have quite a low stack and I keep getting moved to the button over and over again so I kept avoiding the blinds, so it would give me more time to find an opportunity.
Most timesI would say I don’t like it much though, I start to see how people at my table are playing because i may have been at this table for a couple of hours and then bang!! They move me and it kind of disrupts me a bit for a few hands. Although if I get a premium hand right off the hopper on a new table i try to use this to my advantage.

Sometimes i like it, other times when i crush the table, i am very mad when moved.

Thanks for all your replies !
I see opinions can be different about being moved.
That makes sense to say that it depends on the opponents you faced at your initial table.
But on POKERSTARS I am often moved to a table where big stacks are sitting.
So even if I sometimes skip a BB , it is generally not good news...

no it's annoying if you're trying to pay attention to how people are playing.

Yes, I like it. When you get moved to another table you cannot read your opponents. But guess what, they can't ready you either.

Oddly enough, but yes, it gives me the understanding that I move further and further in the tournament and win more and more people and this brings me closer to the prize zone.

As long as I am not moved from big blind to big blind on the bubble low stacked, I'm cool.

Oh I hate it! After longer while on the table i can feel the mood of every player, i know what can i do and how and when its change Im just asking "why?!"

i dont mind it some times... but generally you get a feel for people at your table... so it gets annoying and can throw off everything if you dont stay disciplined when you get moved.

I think what a lot of you people aren't realizing is they are collapsing tables for a reason. An online games as opposed to live games you have a massive amount of people usually playing. So it's easy for a lot of tables to start losing many players. So then they have to collapse and or fill those tables. Yes it is annoying but it's a very necessary part of the game.

I really do not like the automatic table change at all but it must be said that in some tournaments it is sometimes convenient to get to the ITM greetings

I think moving does not so much affect the full picture of the game and often even changes the mood for the game.Each movement is like a new concentration-you strain your brain and thus read the table.

Sometimes, when table is packed with crazy bingo players i wish to be moved after few hands. What i really don't like being moved on the bubble, when they move you after blinds str8 into the blinds.

For me I don't want to be move on other table because I don't have any read.

Well I don’t like to be moved except if I face a lot of maniacs at my original table

I also do not like to be changed tables for the same reason, when you have a considered time at a table and you already have the reading of your opponent and then they change the table to have to start over for me it is a bit uncomfortable, but I think that in order to evolve in this game we must learn to adapt to these types of situations, of course it is annoying when there is no opportune time to be at a table and change is very often, but for the same reason I think we must be able to to adapt and learn to face it

yes sometimes i feel just i dont wanna play i some tables with a lot of monkeys .....bacause always i go busto with any premiums ....

Sometimes a table move is the worse thing that could happen.
Sometimes a table move is the absolutely best thing that could possibly happen.
Flip Flop that's online poker, embrace the online game and everything it has to offer.

Originally Posted by lauestla

Today i was playing a MTT on POKERSTARS and, at the middle stage of the tournament, i was moved to another table TWICE in 10 minutes.
I don't like it because the whole work you've done to read your opponents is immediatly down.
Do you know how the software decides who is moved (and when) ?
And how do you manage arriving at a new table (and often immediatly hitting a very good hand) ?

It's not particularly pleasant when you are moved to another table, especially when you have already made up the ranges for the players and saw their notes

I hate it for the same reason as you , especially against new opponents I don't have any reads/labels on them , I need some orbits in order to adapt my playstyle again and this is so frustrating!

Doesn't affect me too much.

When I do well in a tourney it is often when I have been at the same table for a long time and haven't been moved

No,
I spend a lot of time seeing the other players actions and doing some notes, spoting the bad players and how they play. When they move me to another table i have to do all this work again
At late stages its okay, few tables left and there is nothing they can do. But early stages/ mid stages its terrible

Originally Posted by lauestla

Today i was playing a MTT on POKERSTARS and, at the middle stage of the tournament, i was moved to another table TWICE in 10 minutes.
I don't like it because the whole work you've done to read your opponents is immediatly down.
Do you know how the software decides who is moved (and when) ?
And how do you manage arriving at a new table (and often immediatly hitting a very good hand) ?

I could not agree more. It is very frustrating . . .

never matters it has both advantages and disadvantages you can use.

Originally Posted by gardin555

I think the software change the table to keep it in proportion according to the stack of the players.
If you do not have notes or other information like stats about the players of the new table, it is advisable to play the first hands carefully.

Originally Posted by lauestla

Thanks for your answers 👍.
I also think that the software moves the player in order to respect a kind of stacks equilibrium at each table.
But the fact is: each time you arrive at a new table, you must play your firsts hands carefully.
So it is a great advantage to stay a long time at the same table.
But well i suppose there is nothing else to do than hope not to visit too many tables during the tournament

This isn't true.
Players are moved at random (ACR), based on the number of participants. When a lot of players register - tables have to be added and some times a lot of times to make all the tables even (number of players at the same table) players will be moved from the table they are on to another table.
This also happens when players bust out.

Moving tables has nothing at all to do with any players chip stack.

Originally Posted by freestocks

As long as I am not moved from big blind to big blind on the bubble low stacked, I'm cool.

If you move from bb to bb you would have to sit out 2 or 3 hands (and not pay the blinds) until you were in the cutoff. This keeps it fair to not allow a player to have to pay the blinds more than once per orbit, and also keeps players from jumping from the button on one table into the button on the next table.

I don't mind moving occasionally, but I hate it when you move in the middle of blinds and then get moved again immediately only to wait again for more blinds. It tends to disrupt good rhythms and gets me out of my game for a series of hands.

Originally Posted by ChickenArise

I played a live tournament once where I was never moved. It was much easier as players came to my table one by one. My brother was watching and he told me I dont know if you realize it or not but you were betting all of the small chips so people didnt believe you had the hand because of it and called off. I ended up winning.

Many times I ask myself the same thing ... Although poker is a strategy game and it is better to study to improve yourself, there is also a percentage of luck: Maybe it's bad luck, good luck haha ​​... Greetings

On MTT, it often happens that they are transferred to one table, then to another table. On the one hand, this is good - there are tables where opponents are very uncomfortable, and it is bad-in a short period of time you have collected information about the players sitting at the tables, you assume their range of hands and the next moment .

I usually play 2-3 tables as I am a beginner the more it is more difficult for me to play.