Does multitabling stunt poker growth?

[sammy_g]

There's no question you can make more money by playing more tables at once. What impact does this have on your long-term growth as a poker player, though?

[John Deere]

Yes -- I am specifically delaying moving up to 3/6 because I am running so well (and making so much) multi-tabling 2/4.

[AncientPC]

I voted yes, when I'm multitabling I tend to have automatic responses to certain situations instead of thinking them through.

[Rudbaeck]

I voted yes. But overall I think my growth today as a poker player is still faster than it could have been at any previous point in history. (Mostly due to 2+2, forum and books combined.)

[thomastem]

Yes int the area of playing your opponent. However you gain experience with situations faster by multi-tabling.

To take this question 1 step further there are live skills that are stunted by playing only online such as making/remembering mental noted on opponents and picking up tells.

Like life there are trade offs. If a hold'em pro dedicates time to improve his stud game his Hold'em game doesn't improve during that time and may even develop a little rust.

[namknils]

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Yes -- I am specifically delaying moving up to 3/6 because I am running so well (and making so much) multi-tabling 2/4.

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I agree, 2/4 has been great to me. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

As for the question, I answered no because while multitabling you're getting so many hands in that you learn a ton that way. I guess though there are tradeoffs, like not picking up many opponent specific plays.

[ChicagoTroy]

It does, but the question is growth for what? The $2-4, $5-10, and $15-30 PP games are different enough that I'm not terribly interested in the growth I'm missing out on by not really studying $2-4. I want to get bankrolled for the games I do need to study as quickly as possible. That means multitabling.

As far as getting used to common scenarios, I think you can learn that a lot faster by running into them 3 - 4 x as often...

[flair1239]

I checked no.

But I think it may slow your overall growth, but not stunt it.

I think it also depends upon how many tables. I only play (2) tables at once (Don't know if this is even considered multi-tabling), and I still have plenty of time to review my options. I think in my case it may even be speeding my development.

Now If I was trying to do 4-5 tables... then it might be a different story.

[AncientPC]

I've been 8-tabling for a few weeks now and my mind and my mouse is just on cruise control. [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

[Ponks]

Yup, cruise control is nice [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

I've been 8 tabling for about 5 months now and even that gets boring sometimes. You definitely get used to it.

Ponks