What does it mean if I can only win multi-tabling?

[KSOT]

Has anyone else ever experienced this? If I do three tables at once I come out ahead more often than not. Not only that, but I usually post substantial wins/losses on different tables.

But when I try to focus on just one table I either barely come out ahead or lose big. I feel like I play the same way, but maybe I'm not folding enough on single tables because the premium hands don't come often enough. I really don't know what it is. I get hit with one terrible beat and it takes like 5 big pocket pairs to work my way back up to my buy-in. Could it just be coincidence? Has anyone else ever experienced this?

[istewart]

ADD?

[KSOT]

LOL yeah, but how does that come into play here?

[milesdyson]

It means you're drawing the wrong conclusion. I suspect you have purchased a "Jump To Conclusions" mat recently.

Variance, sample size, blah blah blah.

[deception5]

I know someone who has exactly the same problem. When he's playing 1 table he'll limp in with all sorts of garbage because he gets bored. Either that or you were just unlucky and noticed it more than you would if you had 2 other tables which were up.

[KSOT]

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I know someone who has exactly the same problem. When he's playing 1 table he'll limp in with all sorts of garbage because he gets bored. Either that or you were just unlucky and noticed it more than you would if you had 2 other tables which were up.

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I REALLY don't think I'm limping more often than usual, but I think I might be bluffing too often...

I should review my sessions or something.

[bozlax]

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Variance, sample size, blah blah blah.

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I've noticed this, too...and, it's what he said.

[toss]

I've a confession to make. When I play poker I'm playing on super autopilot mode. I don't bother to take reads, I play 4-6 tables, I sometimes don't even pay attention to what went on before in the hand, and as soon as I call, fold, or raise I go back to 2+2 to read about Microbob's relationship.

[Sarge85]

Nothing

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[aK13]

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It means you're drawing the wrong conclusion. I suspect you have purchased a "Jump To Conclusions" mat recently.

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LOL

[matt42s]

I noticed the same and originally thought it was just variance but after analysing my play I realised that the more time I had to think about each hand, the more likely I was to make stoopid conclusions about opponents hands based on my inexperienced reads (which pretty much equates to their stats at my level ~ 7k hands).
Basically I was misusing my PT stats. 73%/3%/2.4/400 - no way he's got QQ - reraise. I still have a tendency to do it when on 1 or 2 tables, but it hurts me less now that I'm aware of it.

[oreogod]

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Basically I was misusing my PT stats. 73%/3%/2.4/400 - no way he's got QQ - reraise.

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With those kind of stats and if he raise preflop, I might be inclined to think he would probably have QQ more often than not. Depending on his action.

[KSOT]

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Basically I was misusing my PT stats. 73%/3%/2.4/400 - no way he's got QQ - reraise.

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Holy hell dude, I do the same thing and it seems to KILL me every time, only I apply it more to a PF raiser who does it too often. How can I not 3-bet my AJs against the douche who raises 20% of his hands? It that really so wrong? Can't let those ****ers get away with my blinds >_<

[no1super2001]

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"Jump To Conclusions" mat recently.


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I get most of my exercise jumping to conclusions and flying off the handle.

[matt42s]

that was only a made up example, but I meant something like - hero has JJ, LAG calls the raise, board J27r, check,bet,call. turn is a Q and LAG bets into you.

[Wozza]

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the more time I had to think about each hand, the more likely I was to make stoopid conclusions about opponents hands based on my inexperienced reads

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That sums me up as well. I only play one table at a time at the moment, but I have GOT to be doing something else as well. I read 2+2, browse the web, get the guitar out (Stairway to Heaven is coming along nicely - thanks for asking). If I'm not and I focus too much on the game, I can convince myself to get in and gambool way too many hands.

I think that at the nano/micro limits it's a bit of a waste of time trying to double guess your opponents. Just play the odds and let the others make the mistakes. I'm pretty certain that I'm not winning at the moment (although the bank roll is heading in the right direction) - it's just the others are losing more than me.

[Schwartzy61]

It means you should only multi table /images/graemlins/wink.gif!

[SCfuji]

add maybe?