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First learning how to multi-table can be kind of rough. Once you get used to it, though, every other table you add gets easier.

Dropping down a level to learn to multi-table isn't a bad idea, especially since you generally will make a little less per table no matter how good you are at multi-tabling. There's no way to tell how important it might be for you to do that, since it's an individual thing. You might do just fine at the level you're at.

More important is the speed at which you add more tables. You might want to try to play two tables for a few hours or a day or two, then three tables the same way, etc. Just so you have enough time to deal with stress and boredom on an increased number of tables, and see what they do to your play.

I think almost anyone can play two tables just about as well as they can play one, but it varies from there when it comes to adding other tables. And it all takes a bit of getting used to. Don't sweat it too much; it will probably be a bit easier than you think it will. The hardest thing is going from say 4 to five tables, because it's a situation where you have to look back and forth at more than one monitor at a time, if you're doing the standard four at one table.