multitabling six-max question

[tolbiny]

McD's? hell no- i make two sandwiches and grab an apple for lunch [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img].

I PT and player view (well poker ace) i have paid for, cause there just aren't any alternatives- but its so much harder to justify the expense when you are getting by fine. Anyway, i did splurge and got a dell 2100 with my comp, along with a larger hard drive and 2 gigs of ram, so i should be set for a few months untill i decide to 6-8 table and have to buy another 2100.

[Emperor]

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multitabling with overlap sucks a lot of ass. I've been 3 tabling over a 1024/760 res for months or something (and 4 tabling over two of those screens) - but its still way more fun. two tabling with overlap isn't that bad at all.

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I don't understand why people handicap themselves while playing poker. Why haven't you bought a moniter that supports 1600x1200? They cost less than $200. I have 2 I don't even use any more.

Krishan

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I've been 4-5 tabling 5-10 (6 max) on 1024 x 786 with ridiculous overlap. I mean it's a 15" laptop.

I sort of have not know anything else and I am used to it after many months. Krishan, your post makes me wonder if this is a big oversight on my part. I also figured a fancy resolution monitor would be expensive, not under $200. Ugh, thoughts?

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You can find 19" CRT's that do much better than 1600x1200 for right at $150

If you want a 21" Trinitron (you do) then call around for a used one. Sometimes you can find them for $100. At that point if they go bad you toss it in the can and go get another 12. :P

[Big Bend]

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If u dont find poker boring a lot of the time u are not intelligent enough to be a really good pokerplayer.


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i totally disagree. i am fairly intelligent by all measures and i always have fun playing poker. i enjoy playing quater chips with my friends. i enjoy playing with the selfproclaimed pros in vegas. i enjoy spewing at low stakes tables on party. i enjoy trying to play my best at mid and higher limits.

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I agree that poker played properly is very boring alot of times. An emotionless data entry type job. Yes there are brief stretches where fun things happen but by and large its mostly a grind after awhile. The trick is to find ways to entertain yourself while doing all that folding and still maintain an A game. The slow stretches in live play are increasingly dull for me these days. Boring & hard to maintain intense focus.

Online I do play 2-3 6-max tables at a time and enjoy it. 200 hands per hour is nice. I play on a notebook with screen 1200x1024 and there is some overlap but I don't care.

TTFN.. BB

[me454555]

I'm currently working out of a single room in a house w/out room for a monitor. It sux but i'd buy that monitor in a heartbeat if I had a place to put it

[kiddo]

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Yes there are brief stretches where fun things happen but by and large its mostly a grind after awhile. The trick is to find ways to entertain yourself while doing all that folding and still maintain an A game.

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Yep, I think this is a big problem for most that have played poker daily for a living over a couple of years.

To get this straight: I enjoy thinking about poker problems. And I love to play poker against good players that are at my own level of thinking or higher. But since I do it for a living this is excatly what I cant do. I have to play people worse then me. If I sit down and find they are good I have 2 options: 1) Enjoy myself and make no money (that is: I dont play for a living anymore) or 2) Leave table.

How it can be fun to play poker with 2 guys seeing 50% of all flops and often going to showgdown is beyond me. Its like playing tennis with your wife. Enjoyable at moments (when she does something funny or good) but not something you like to do 3 hours/day.

[kiddo]

If u have played poker 3-4 hours/day for more then a year against people worse then you and still think its fun, well, you are a very lucky guy.

If I want to enjoy myself I normally play a NL HU tourney. Then I have to think poker.

[Victor]

i totally see where you are coming from. i have played for a living for 8monthes thru many ups and downs. i always enjoyed it. i am a gambler tho. there is no doubt. i am also a drug addict so whe i combine the two poker is ver yfun. i can now think like my opponents. fun game. i love it.

btw. above all, the most fun i had playin poker was in the hula matches.

[MrBig30]

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I've been 4-5 tabling 5-10 (6 max) on 1024 x 786 with ridiculous overlap. I mean it's a 15" laptop.

I sort of have not know anything else and I am used to it after many months. Krishan, your post makes me wonder if this is a big oversight on my part. I also figured a fancy resolution monitor would be expensive, not under $200. Ugh, thoughts?

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Please. $200 is 20 big bets at 5/10. Play 2 hours extra at 2 bb/100 and it is yours. Just get it.

I bought the 19" dell monitor and realized too late it didnt have the resolution for multitabling without overlap. So I bought the 2001 (20") too a year ago. I love having two big monitors, I payed perhaps 1000$ for them and have never regretted it.
I usually just 2-3 table but its very nice to have some extra room for PT and for checking handhistories and for notes. Trying hard not to use the extra space for surfing/watching movies. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[surfdoc]

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I'm currently working out of a single room in a house w/out room for a monitor. It sux but i'd buy that monitor in a heartbeat if I had a place to put it

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I think you realized the value that krishan is talking about when you came over and played at my pad with good dual monitor setup (I run 2 2001fps). I think that having no physical space for a proper monitor is the only real excuse for not having 1600X1200 resolution and even that is borderline as a laptop can get it done. Anyone capable of beating a game as high as 3/6 will likely have this monitor pay for itself in 4-6 weeks. Mistakes made from overlap and not being able to effectively multitable are very costly and more costly than most people realize.

As far as the OP question, I really enjoy playing but get bored by lack of stimulation if I 1 table even if playing higher. It just feels like whoever runs good gets the money.

[Victor]

the relaxiotion effect of having porn in the backround likeyly adds to your wr in some capacity.