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I'm nearing 40,000 hands, having spent about 5-6 weeks 4-tabling. I've played 15,000 @ .5/1, 13,500 @ 1/2, 4,500 @ 2/4, and 2,500 @ 3/6. I'm in the green at all of them, with a BB/100 rate of 2.65...
My question is, how much more frantic is it playing 6 or 8 tables compared to 4, especially at a level like 2/4 or 3/6? I'm going to play 1500 more 1/2 hands, and then about 10,500 more 2/4 hands, before moving up to 3/6 full time. Once I've playing a larger number of hands at 3/6 to feel more confident in my winrate and improve my game, I really want to play 4+ tables. But me scared. Reassure me that an extra 2-4 tables is no big deal. |
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Why not just give it a shot and see what happens??
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Why not just give it a shot and see what happens?? [/ QUOTE ] Well, I'm going to. But you know, just wanted to get an idea how difficult people who have done it found that process, of adjusting to 2 or 4 more tables. I think that I could handle it in terms of keeping track of the games fairly well. I'm more concerned with getting exhausted by it -- I'm able to 4-table for pretty big chunks of time, because I can browse the internet / chat on IM / watch TV while doing it and still win at a pretty good clip (so far). I think that ability to do some other activity while playing keeps it from being a real, real bad grind. Anyway, just wanted to see how it had gone for other people and how difficult it's been for others. |
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![]() Play 8 tables of a much smaller stake to see how it goes, like 1-2 or 50 cent 1 dollar. Whenever you make a signifigant jump in # of tables played, I think its always good to test it at a lower level and see how it feels. |
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I get the impression that you really need a second monitor to go past 4 tables, or at least a bigger one than my 17". So I'm interested as well in the answer from a mental strain perspective, whether the investment is worth it.
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When I first started playing, I quickly got up to 5 tables. Some people can do this easily. I've got a couple friends, though, who struggle through 2 or 3 tables. If you can handle 4, then 6-8 are probably within your abilities.
As with anything, it takes a little getting used to. When UB fixed its multi-tabling bugs and dropped their limit down to 3 at a time, I went along. I've been playing 3 tables at a time for the past six months, and it's pretty damn easy. I usually spend a lot of time taking notes, reviewing HH, etc. Which is mostly useless at the 25c-50c and 50c-$1 tables. Even worse because if PT liked UB, I'd be getting similar (yet different) notes for free. I recently moved from 3 to 5; 3xUB, 2xCrypto or Empire. I'll probably add a sixth table here soon. Just add one table at a time, play for 1000-2000 hands, then add the next. If you're taking a beating because you feel like you didn't have reads, drop down a table. You can also use the Astroglide method: 8-table at a limit far below your usual play. It's not gonna lose you much money (if at all), and it'll be great practice. Once you get used to 8, 6 will be cake, which is good, cuz then you can spend more time watching. |
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it's not hard once you get used to it. just try it. every person has their own limit for how much multi-tabling they can tolerate. for me, the limit is as high as 15 full tables of pot-limit omaha. i could never handle that many hold 'em, stud, or shorthanded games.
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I'd give it a try. You get used to it. Even 8 tables gets boring for me now sometimes after doing it for 5 months now.
Ponks |
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I'd give it a try. You get used to it. Even 8 tables gets boring for me now sometimes after doing it for 5 months now. Ponks [/ QUOTE ] I've been 8 tabling for 3 weeks and it gets boring. And I play NL, where supposedly there is more excitement, or so i've heard. I thought you played 12 tables at a time though? What do you think of that? Oh and if I were people who want to 8 table I'd get 2 monitors, its sooooooooo much easier. |
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Well I mainly play 8 but have done 12 on several occassions. I just moved up to 15/30 though so I'm playing 4 for the time being just trying to get used to the game and everything. Going well so far [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
I still only use my laptop monitor [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] Ponks |
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