Multi-tabling

[two-headedboy 0]

I've always wondered how some people do it. I mean, how are some players able to play and concentrate on more than one table online? Wouldn't you miss out on some reads? At least that's how it works for me, generally when I have 2+ tables up, I always find myself just playing my cards and not able to pay attention to anything else. Is there some trick or something? *shrugs*

[antistuff 0]

drop down in limits and add another one. when you get comfortable with that add one more. keep going.people seem to have limitations when it comes to this. i can't really do more than four, and to do three or four comfortably i need pokertracker and a hud.

[simo_8ball 0]

Of course you lose reads. Of course you don't play as well on each table. The main thing though is that playing (say) 4 tables, you only need 1/4 of the winrate for the same profit (well, even less if you count rakeback/FPPs/etc).Then you have pokerplayer24 who is a bot.

[No_Neck 0]

Then you have pokerplayer24 who a sick sick individual and I would give my left foot to be able to play the volume and quality he does.

FYP

[rdtedm 0]

I've always wondered how some people do it. I mean, how are some players able to play and concentrate on more than one table online? Wouldn't you miss out on some reads? At least that's how it works for me, generally when I have 2+ tables up, I always find myself just playing my cards and not able to pay attention to anything else. Is there some trick or something? *shrugs*

It's best for SNG's, not cash games I'd say. SNG's have a very systematic and mathematical approach, especially the turbos.

[iggymcfly 0]

When you're first figuring out how to play, of course you need more attention for each decision. As you play longer though and figure more things out, even complicated decisions can start to become "automatic". Then, what happens is that your play begins to suffer not from not having enough time to think your decisions through or enough attention to pay to the other players, but because you're so bored while waiting to make a decision. Personally, I can't play just one table at a time unless I'm playing HU with a fast player and even then, I usually have at least 1 or 2 full tables for the dead spots. Most of the time, I can comfortably 4-table 6-max and still be able to make good reads and find my bluffing spots and make occasional big calls. The only time my reads really suffer and I go on auto-pilot is when I'm paying more attention to reading forums/articles/porn than I am to my 4 tables.

[rdtedm 0]

When you're first figuring out how to play, of course you need more attention for each decision. As you play longer though and figure more things out, even complicated decisions can start to become "automatic". Then, what happens is that your play begins to suffer not from not having enough time to think your decisions through or enough attention to pay to the other players, but because you're so bored while waiting to make a decision. Personally, I can't play just one table at a time unless I'm playing HU with a fast player and even then, I usually have at least 1 or 2 full tables for the dead spots. Most of the time, I can comfortably 4-table 6-max and still be able to make good reads and find my bluffing spots and make occasional big calls. The only time my reads really suffer and I go on auto-pilot is when I'm paying more attention to watching porn than I am to my 4 tables.

FYP

[iggymcfly 0]

That's so funny, you must have found that in the 60 seconds or so before I edited and put in watching porn myself.Anyway, one thing I forgot to mention is how long it took me before I started 4-tabling. I think the two months or so that I played online poker, I only played one table at a time, and then I kept it to tables for about another year after that. It wasn't until I'd been playing online poker for about 16 months that I really got comfortable with playing 4 tables at once. Just focus on learning the basics for now, and you'll know you're ready to add more tables when you start getting bored and going on auto-pilot and it feels like it takes forever until it's your turn to act again.

[jmbreslin 0]

I'll now often play 2 tables at once at my micro limits but partly because I'm trying to clear my deposit bonus. There have definitely been times, though, when my play has been less than optimal because I'm in the middle of thinking about one table and then the other one pops up and I make a quick decision on that one so I can focus back on the first one.I actually find it easier to play either two cash tables or one cash and one SnG at once, rather than two SnGs, because I hate being deep into two SnGs at the same time. One time I was HU in two at the same time and it drove me nuts, bouncing back and forth between the two. Since cash games are more relaxed and slower-paced, I find it much easier to 2-table cash games or combine a cash table and a SnG.

[jmkiser 0]

I'm bumped this thread just so I didn't have to start a new one about multi-tabling.I play 4 tables of full ring limit hold'em using Poker Tracker and GameTime+. I'd like to start adding tables, but I'm in a bit of a predicament.My monitor's max resolution is only 1280x1024.I want to start adding tables one by one. What are people's experiences with using the screen like that? Are they able to tile and have it still work? I tried to do so with play money, but I have no idea if GameTime+ would size down to the smaller tables. Seeing as I play micro-limits, it would cost me a good portion of my bankroll just to "test" it out. Is there a way to get around it without actually playing that I'm just not thinking of?What is YOUR poker gaming setup? Feel free to describe in detail.

[finztotheleft 0]

Go down to the lowest limits possible and see how it goes. If you don't have 5 buyins at the lowest limits to spare, I would think that you shouldn't be playing 5 a time anyhow (no offense)A lot of people do it on more than 1 monitor or with a larger flat screen.Personally, I'm more comfortable with only 2 tables open so I can watch tv and/or surf the net. I only do 3 or 4 shlhe when I'm at my top speed

[jmkiser 0]

Go down to the lowest limits possible and see how it goes. If you don't have 5 buyins at the lowest limits to spare, I would think that you shouldn't be playing 5 a time anyhow (no offense)A lot of people do it on more than 1 monitor or with a larger flat screen.Personally, I'm more comfortable with only 2 tables open so I can watch tv and/or surf the net. I only do 3 or 4 shlhe when I'm at my top speed

Oh, I don't need advice on how to multi-table. I already do 4 very comfortably (one to each corner of the screen). Sorry if I wasn't too clear on that.My point is that I want to do more, but still use my own monitor and an efficient use of Gametime+. I guess in my asking for solutions, I figured that I would open up the topic to hear what people's poker setups are for those who don't tile or for those who have more then 4 going at once.

[Lucoo_ 0]

I'm bumped this thread just so I didn't have to start a new one about multi-tabling.I play 4 tables of full ring limit hold'em using Poker Tracker and GameTime+. I'd like to start adding tables, but I'm in a bit of a predicament.My monitor's max resolution is only 1280x1024.I want to start adding tables one by one. What are people's experiences with using the screen like that? Are they able to tile and have it still work? I tried to do so with play money, but I have no idea if GameTime+ would size down to the smaller tables. Seeing as I play micro-limits, it would cost me a good portion of my bankroll just to "test" it out. Is there a way to get around it without actually playing that I'm just not thinking of?What is YOUR poker gaming setup? Feel free to describe in detail.

I have been playing 8-10 SNGs at a time lately and i just put the first 4 in each corner and then put the other 4 or 6 like leaping over very much in the middle of my screen. But it really doesnt matter that much since the screen where you will have to act will pop up anyway, if you got to youtube you can see some guys like 20 tabling and they have a real mess on their computerscreens.

[HollywoodAFD 0]

I usually play 3 at a time. Where I run into trouble is when I have 2 rings open PLUS a NLHE tourney because obviously betting strategy is different on a limit table as opposed to a NL table.

[Poker Addict 0]

I have been playing 8-10 SNGs at a time lately and i just put the first 4 in each corner and then put the other 4 or 6 like leaping over very much in the middle of my screen. But it really doesnt matter that much since the screen where you will have to act will pop up anyway, if you got to youtube you can see some guys like 20 tabling and they have a real mess on their computerscreens.

8-10 SNG's. That's pretty good. I normally multi table like 3 cash, FL games and maybe run one or two tournys at max.Are you using PokerTracker with some kind of HUD like Poker Ace on your SNG's?

[Merby 3]

I'm bumped this thread just so I didn't have to start a new one about multi-tabling.I play 4 tables of full ring limit hold'em using Poker Tracker and GameTime+. I'd like to start adding tables, but I'm in a bit of a predicament.My monitor's max resolution is only 1280x1024.I want to start adding tables one by one. What are people's experiences with using the screen like that? Are they able to tile and have it still work? I tried to do so with play money, but I have no idea if GameTime+ would size down to the smaller tables. Seeing as I play micro-limits, it would cost me a good portion of my bankroll just to "test" it out. Is there a way to get around it without actually playing that I'm just not thinking of?What is YOUR poker gaming setup? Feel free to describe in detail.

I recently made the same leap from 4-tabling to 5 or 6-tabling. I ended up dropping the table sizes to ~2/3 their default size and have had no problems on my 1600x1200 resolution screen. There is only a slight overlap in each table (I have it set up so that I can see all my cards at all the tables at once... if necessary). I have PAHud which adapts to the smaller tables with no difficulty --I don't know about GameTime+, but I would assume it is up to the task too.When I get home, I will try to remember to post a screen shot of my setup.

[Merby 3]

Here's my setup. The tables are ~3/4 the size of the default table, rather than the 2/3 I originally stated. I'm certain you can adapt a similar setup for a 1280x1025 monitor.I hope that helps, and good luck adding those tables!

[jmkiser 0]

Here's my setup. The tables are ~3/4 the size of the default table, rather than the 2/3 I originally stated. I'm certain you can adapt a similar setup for a 1280x1025 monitor.I hope that helps, and good luck adding those tables!

hey, that looks great!Thanks for the response.Hopefully, gt+ will adjust the way pahud does

[Poker Addict 0]

hey, that looks great!Thanks for the response.Hopefully, gt+ will adjust the way pahud does

I prefer gt+ but my experience is it doesn't. You can manually move the boxes around though and it might memorize it. Still messing with it.

[jmkiser 0]

I prefer gt+ but my experience is it doesn't. You can manually move the boxes around though and it might memorize it. Still messing with it.

Do the gt+ boxes have a way to adjust to the size of the tables? (example: making the tables smaller to fit more tables on the screen so the GT+ displays are smaller)

[Zach6668 513]

Nope.I found it next to impossible to use GT+ if I had the tables sized too small.

[king1305 0]

Nope.I found it next to impossible to use GT+ if I had the tables sized too small.

Yea that's one of the poor things about GT+, the stats are the same size no matter how big the table is.

[Merby 3]

Yea that's one of the poor things about GT+, the stats are the same size no matter how big the table is.

You can always shrink your own stats: just play tighter! I doubt you can convince your opponents to oblige you by also playing tighter...

[AcesOnFire 0]

I play up to 15 tables, normal size tables, 1280 X 1024 resolution on a 17" monitor, PAHUD.

[vervius 0]

just happened to see this after i checked out a REALLY slow player on my table.... he's doing 10 1-table sng's and losing every single one of them....