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Adapting to tables played @ micros Adapting to tables played @ micros

06-19-2017 , 06:12 AM
I play primary on PS, where if you cannot click on a player to see how many tables they play (players can disable the feature), you can scroll through the lobby (zoom in this case) to find how many tables a player is playing.

I see a lot of streamers and good players looking up how many tables there opponents are playing, usually this is in spots where a slight information edge can make a huge different in terms of money won (3b/4b pots, overbets etc.), but I also see players looking up how many tables there opponent is playing vs fairly standard lines (V firing 3 barrels on a run-out that misses flopped draws etc.). These players seem to often make decisions based on the information they uncover in spots where there is no clear line to take ('he's only playing one tables, I'm for sure making X play here').
I also obviously see a lot of great players who do not do this.

I have recently started doing this in spots where I feel slight information can provide an edge worth the time of looking up players.
This post is mainly based on how to interpret that information. Do more or fewer tables indicate a more basic or complex strategy, a more aggressive style w/ higher bluffing frequencies, or passive w/ fewer bluffs etc.
The only real information I tend to draw from looking up players at the moment, is that the fewer tables, the weaker the player - is this a fair deduction/assumption?

I am interested to hear if readers look up how many tables their opponent/s is/are playing, and under what circumstances they take the time to do so - frequently, or fairly infrequently - in what spots?
I am most eager to know what information you draw from how many tables they are playing, and how you allow this to impact your play/line.
Any other info/advice you can give relating to this topic will be well received.
Cheers.
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06-19-2017 , 06:53 AM
Dunno but it strikes me that bluff raises on turn or river would be more profitable vs multi tabling bot regs.
Single tabling whales are noticeable by their entering every pot, weird sizings, stack sizes and doing random s*** all the time. Play less tables ourselves and notice these plays rather than relying on number of tables played as a less reliable read.
Fwiw I play 4 on hud-less unibet, which is about enough to make informed decisions while keeping the action going. I think fish tend to play 1-2, though if you have a 16 tabling machine he is probably playing like a fish and exploitable by 3 betting to death etc..
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06-19-2017 , 07:10 AM
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Originally Posted by tomj
Dunno but it strikes me that bluff raises on turn or river would be more profitable vs multi tabling bot regs.
Agreed, thanks.

Quote:
Originally Posted by tomj
Single tabling whales are noticeable by their entering every pot, weird sizings, stack sizes and doing random s*** all the time. Play less tables ourselves and notice these plays rather than relying on number of tables played as a less reliable read.
Fwiw I play 4 on hud-less unibet, which is about enough to make informed decisions while keeping the action going. I think fish tend to play 1-2, though if you have a 16 tabling machine he is probably playing like a fish and exploitable by 3 betting to death etc..
I play an amount of tables where I notice almost all the information I can gather about a player at the table, without using a HUD - as you mentioned, stack sizes, weird bet sizing's/lines/opening sizes etc. This post is more about whether that extra information (how many tables they are playing) is at all useful, and how (on top of all other info we can already gather at the table).
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