Multi-tabling on-line and putting players into boxes
The following is an excerpt from Dave's article on CanadianPoker.com
Dave (and all you mutli-tablers out there),
Do you have such mad skills that you can quickly put 30 players into boxes right away and still have a profitable night playing high limits? Are you just seeing the same people night after night? Or is everyone playing these higher-limit tables also mutli-table speed junkies which balences out the attention each is paying to a particular table?
I have tried playing two tables at a time on-line and have found it very hard to keep clear in my head how people are playing and what the table's personality is. Whatever I am up on the one I am usually down on the other. When I focus on only one table I usually start to get very good reads on the ranges of hands people play and the overall feel of the table. How do you extend that skill to multiple tables at once? I have been using notes to tag each player based on how they are currenlty playing, but not watching every hand I tend to make little mistakes that I should have normally caught. Adivce?
Online I play more than one game at a time. My usual setup is two full-table ring games and two short-handed ring games. The short handed games play about 120 hands per hour. Now, instead of playing a speedy 60 hands per hour, I am playing 360 hands per hour.
Dave (and all you mutli-tablers out there),
Do you have such mad skills that you can quickly put 30 players into boxes right away and still have a profitable night playing high limits? Are you just seeing the same people night after night? Or is everyone playing these higher-limit tables also mutli-table speed junkies which balences out the attention each is paying to a particular table?
I have tried playing two tables at a time on-line and have found it very hard to keep clear in my head how people are playing and what the table's personality is. Whatever I am up on the one I am usually down on the other. When I focus on only one table I usually start to get very good reads on the ranges of hands people play and the overall feel of the table. How do you extend that skill to multiple tables at once? I have been using notes to tag each player based on how they are currenlty playing, but not watching every hand I tend to make little mistakes that I should have normally caught. Adivce?
Comments
The most I've heard of is player on PokerStars named Gank (Brent Jungblunt (?)) playing something like 27 plus sit'n'goes at once. It is quite common though to see players playing 8 - 12 tables at once.
Myself I only play 2- 4 at most because I'm too cheap to invest in those nice Dell 21" monitors that fit four windows with no overlap.
A tip: Before going out and buying a 19" LCD monitor, make sure the maximum resolution is 1600x1200 (if that's the resolution you actually want of course). Some 19" LCD monitors are 1280x1024 max.
Also, where do these heavy multi-tablers get all of their boxes? I mean, when you have so many huge screen LCD moniotrs, it can start getting difficult to literally put your online opponents into a box.
ScottyZ
Playing with your 'settings' may help prevent tilt but you also need the right video card too. Get one that supports two monitors for future 'expansion' and your 'settings' will be displayed in stereo. :wav:
dual monitor setup
In the other two short handed games I key on one or two dominant players and ignore the rest.
This is EXACLTY why I am not a good online player. I do not have the patience to play one table and box up the opposition. So, I play 4 and get my adrenaline fix.
Thanks for the honest answer Dave.
When I move to $2/4 I will play just the one table for awhile until I get used to it then I will probably go with 2 tables, maybe a $.50/1.00 on the side and then gradually work my way back up to 4 tables, build the bankroll and then start all over again on $3/6