Online Poker Forum - Playing more tables help your LIMIT game??

Pokit2s · Message Board Junkie Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 1261

Well, I have noticed that my biggest weakness in my game is playing a little too loose when I start running bad. I start calling a few too many raises from the blind and see a few too many showdowns with marginal hands. Many times I do this because I havent seen a good hand in so long its hard to let it go. Would playing a few more tables maybe help in this situation? If I am seeing twice or three times as many hands, wouldnt I be able to make sure I play a bit tighter?

deadmoney314 · Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 10:38 am Post subject: good question

If you haven't multitabled before, go down in limits before you try it so you can get used to the speed. You will only compound your mistakes if you have to make decisions on two tables or more and arent prepared.

Personally I think I play two tables optimumly. Also, think about the toughness of the game you are in, if the game is better you will have to focus more on the game in order to make good decisions and you wouldn't want to 3 table games like that. On the other hand, if there are 3-4 unusually soft games--I don't mind playing all of them. If you are playing 9 handed, you only have 8 players to keep track of, when you are two tabling now you have to keep track of 16 players and 24 players if you 3 table, etc.

The advantage, of course, is you will have twice as many hands to look at. If you feel you are a winning player against your opponents, you are presenting yourself with more decisions per hour which in turn will turn into more profit--as long as you can keep up. Unfortunately, if you don't have the patience single tabling you will eventually get bored with the pace of two tabling and double your mistakes if you go a while without seeing a hand as well--don't look to multitabling as a cure for your problem in other words.

Make yourself a spectrum of hands that you are willing to raise with, willing to play against a raise, willing to limp in with, willing to play in late position, etc. and don't vary from it. Add and subtract hands depending on how you do with them over the long run. It will help your problem more than multitabling.

griffinlord · Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:05 pm Post subject:

Pretty much ditto what deadmoney said. I regularly two table and that usually keeps me occupied, especially if one or both tables are short handed. Right now two tabling 6 handed is the fastest play that I can handle.

Moving down limits or even playing play money for your first few adventures with multitabling is good advice. The first time I tried two tables I did it with real money at my regular limits and got spanked. After that I tried several times at play money before I felt comfortable two tabling real money.

bashtoreth · Pair Joined: 16 Nov 2005 Posts: 46

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michaellewis · Flush Joined: 04 Dec 2005 Posts: 126

Make sure to set your screens so you don't overlap your tables. I got **** after I killed 2 tabling for like 3 hours and went and got another table but it was overlaping. Long story short I meant to click call on one table but the other table just popped up just as I was clicking and I called some dudes all in with like Q7o! LoL Simply tip!

I'm trying to get comfortable 3/4 tabling, However this monitor is so jacked up it doesn't look right when I reset the resolution for no overlaping tables that I sometimes lose concentration.

Jaconda78 · Moderator Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Posts: 4179

It certainly helps mine. I'm extremely aggressive by nature, and that doesn't always work very well in limit. More tables helps my patience. So basically: ditto.

qt3point14 · Pair Joined: 21 Dec 2005 Posts: 45

Often when i multi-table for limit games i find that there are 5 of the same people at each table. So, if im playing 2 tables, its bascially like playing one table.

chardbs · Two Pair Joined: 02 Feb 2006 Posts: 56

Sorry about being off-topic, but I believe it was Vince Lombardi who was originally quoted "Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser"

reissmgr · Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 11:24 am Post subject:

i have recently found a good way of multi-tabling that helps keep me focused, i usually bring up two fixed limit holdem games and one NL SNG. it mixes things up a bit, and while i may get robotic with my limit play (fold/fold/fold/fold/raise) it allows me to really concentrate on the SNG when i need to, maybe closing down one of the limit games once at the bubble when things get busy.

djsranger · Guest

One tip I have used when playing more than 1 table is to change the backgrounds on the tables so as to avoid confusing them. Sometimes if you get pop-ups for action on more than 1 table at once you can accidently make the wrong play - the different backgrounds helps avaoid this mistake.

CardDivine · Straight Joined: 13 Jan 2006 Posts: 114

Considering poker is all about patience and overcoming your opponents, you should first try to discipline yourself at one table and make sure you play well regardless of your situation. Limit poker is much more involved with strategy, and it seems counterproductive to open a bunch of tables and pay half attention to 3 when you could pay full attention to one. If you're bored, move up a limit, nothing gets the blood flowing like a new and bigger limit. I think in this fast paced world where we have to have everything now, you can benefit from doing it right. In fact, seek out those people who you know play multiple tables, they are much more likely to make a mistake and raise your hourly rate.

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