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10-23-2008 , 12:47 AM

idmtchris

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Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,036

I have seen many posts from people saying they play 24 ring games at one time and still win. While I do not doubt these folks, I just cannot understand how...I play two tables and sometimes things are moving too fast to keep up and make proper decsions, let alone trying to put someone on a hand and keep track of the action.

Can someone explain how you can play 5,10,20 tables at a time? It is just mindboggling to me.

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10-23-2008 , 12:54 AM

DonkaDonuts

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Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 578

I limit myself to 3-4 tables. Once you get a feel for what cards you should and shouldn't play its much easier to make decisions.

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10-23-2008 , 02:05 AM

RoSeeker

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Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 6,008

When you play a lot, you start to see similar situations very often and be able to react to them (+ stats and reads) very quickly, so it becomes possible to play multiple tables at once. Also, lots of these players play a tight preflop style so while they have many tables open, they are not actually in too many hands at once (relatively speaking).

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10-23-2008 , 02:51 AM

Cry Me A River

Orange is the new Green

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 23,783

Not really any different than this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnZgXa16sSE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsG7sdF4X8k

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10-23-2008 , 04:01 AM

burden2

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Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 969

The chess analogy would be better if a little buzzer started going off as soon as any player was ready for the grandmaster to make a move.

I really have to give credit to those who play 20 tables at once. Unless you play big pairs and AK only, I dont see how they do it.

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10-23-2008 , 05:06 AM

CBorders

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Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 16,498

1. Play games/stakes you know you have a decent edge in
2. Stack tables
3. Watch HUD/check HH's for people that splash around
4. Valuetown said players
5. ???
6. Profit.

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10-23-2008 , 06:34 AM

brokekid

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Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2,598

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Originally Posted by CBorders

1. Play games/stakes you know you have a decent edge in
2. Stack tables
3. Watch HUD/check HH's for people that splash around
4. Valuetown said players
5. Click fast
6. Profit.

+1
I cascade tables when I 24 table. Much easier for me to watch a movie too.

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10-23-2008 , 07:36 AM

sweeng8

adept

Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,192

I generally 12 table when I want to make money. In short most players are pretty bad, and when you get used to playing there are many hands that dont require much thought. You certainly give up a bit of an edge when you do this and I generally dont do anything but ABC poker. You dont learn much, and its not much fun, but if you are grinding to make money I find it is worth it. That said, if you are just beginning and playing micro limit, I would just concentrate on beating the games and moving up before bothering to multitable a lot of tables.

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10-23-2008 , 10:24 AM

SellingtheDrama

old hand

Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,630

Yup - its the difference between hourly rate and bb/100. Usually maximizing one does not maximize the other. Personally I prefer hourly

And as far as how to get better at playing more tables - oddly enough practice and gradually adding them.

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10-23-2008 , 10:39 AM

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chubber8

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Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 481

Some sort of shortcut program would help tremendously, so you can bind common actions to a single keystroke, instead of clicking furiously at all the tables.

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10-23-2008 , 12:09 PM

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HeWhoRoams

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Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,042

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Originally Posted by chubber8

Some sort of shortcut program would help tremendously, so you can bind common actions to a single keystroke, instead of clicking furiously at all the tables.

I believe thats a script called AHK. check the software forum