[Mr_Oog]

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I think a difference is what you are trying to accomplish with your game. Take for example two situations, one in which you think of all your opponents as donks, and one in where you try to reason out all your opponents moves.

In situation one, you can play more straightforward and play more tables. Sure, if you play the 55s or around there like you or I do, you are going to lose a few points off of your ROI, but now you can play 4, 8 or 10 tables and make much more $/hr. Of course, there are no absolutes, you can in fact still take notes on good players or very specific tendencies you've noticed.

In situation two maybe you can increase your ROI long term up to 10%, but you can't multitable. It's also very difficult to reason why donks do the things they do... I would rather multitable and try to pick out obvious reads.

My opinion is that it's not worth trying to make really specific reads in SNGs, at least at the 55s, where I play. Your sacrificing too much effort for too little gain - just play more tables instead.

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This is a valid point. I certainly cannot get strong reads on players while 8 tabling. I do find that the more I practice this the better I get at it however. I find I can now three table while getting much stronger reads on my opponents.

Also, I do not play for a living. I play for fun and extra cash and can therefore sacrifice some $/hour for the long term benefit of my game. I feel my game will be better served by improving my reading ability than by improving my ability to 10 table. But this is a choice and I can find no fault in the opposite decision.
-Mike