Do bad players multi-table?

Well, I can say that my experiment with multitabling (12 tables) at 25nl on stars was a bad idea. All I want from my poker is $50 a day and then I can call it a job, so I figured m-tabling at 25s was the answer. It wasn't as simple as that, I started to run bad and in turn this caused me to play bad.

I think it's safe to assume that those playing 12 tables at least know what they're doing, but they'll have less time to analyse stats and less time for maths, so they're more exploitable, especially since no sooner do they fold they're at another table and forgetting what just happened, so their notes are not as detailed as they could be.

If you know someone is heavily m-tabling, put pressure on them. It annoys the fuck out of me when I'm trying to think through the hand again, and all the time I'm timing out of my other tables, folding fuck knows what (my VPIP with AA is not 100%) and being massively distracted by tables flashing and trying to pop up while I'm trying to crunch numbers and ranges. I end up folding because it's the easiest and safest thing to do. This trait is heavily exploitable.

I have a better winrate both in terms of bb/h and $/h when playing 4 tables and less, so my experiment with 12-tabling at 25s is well and truly finished, with an 8 buy-in loss over 25k hands.

My opinion is big m-tablers are good players, but heavily exploitable.

Great players multi-table and Bad players multi-table but IMO a great player multitabling becomes a good player and a bad player multitabling becomes a horrible player.

Originally Posted by Sasquach991

Great players multi-table and Bad players multi-table but IMO a great player multitabling becomes a good player and a bad player multitabling becomes a horrible player.

And decent players who multitable too much can often become poor players.

On a side note I just figured out why I'm on a downswing

Originally Posted by Sasquach991

Great players multi-table and Bad players multi-table but IMO a great player multitabling becomes a good player and a bad player multitabling becomes a horrible player.

If I try to play four tables I become pretty horrible, guess that makes me bad to start? I dont see how you can play more than three tables and really have a clue whats happening, but I guess people do it. Seriously been wondering how bad I am since my play falls apart when multi tabling.

What stakes? 02-05 micro? I see people trying to be aggressive pre flop with any decent hand. Spend all day to make a couple bucks, and lose it all in one hand when somebody calls the the big pre flop bet with 79s and flops a straight. The aggressive player keeps pushing his AJ, that hit nothing, until he's all in at the river.

I've been playing the $1.08 fifty50 sng at stars. I dont think TAG's will last early or late in the game. Tight and passive dont work either, need a middle ground. Not going to make any money there, maybe 10 cents an hour, but it makes me play solid and maintain discipline. I havent tried it yet but I think i could play 3 of those sng's and play decent poker, instead of trying to multi table 10 cash games.

Originally Posted by redzuk

I've been playing the $1.08 fifty50 sng at stars. I dont think TAG's will last early or late in the game. Tight and passive dont work either, need a middle ground.

IMO it's much easier to m-table the 50/50's than a cash game. Unless you've got a great hand, most of the time you'll be folding until there's about 7 players left. Then most of the oppenents get so tight trying to get their BI back that you can take your chip stack from 1150ish to the lead at over 4K pretty easily running 6 tables or more.

Originally Posted by redzuk

What stakes? 02-05 micro? I see people trying to be aggressive pre flop with any decent hand. Spend all day to make a couple bucks, and lose it all in one hand when somebody calls the the big pre flop bet with 79s and flops a straight. The aggressive player keeps pushing his AJ, that hit nothing, until he's all in at the river.



I'm the one who flopped the straight. I dont limp in with crappy hands often, but I'll do it once in a while against a really aggressive player

Calling a big bet pre with 79o is not limping.

Originally Posted by Shotglass

Calling a big bet pre with 79o is not limping.

What do you call it, just something you should never do. I admit i did it, I remember calling the same size bet with j4 and flopping a full house once also, the guy was super aggressive and didnt take him long to put me all in with his top pair. I know better, dont do it often. But its amazing how hard some people will push with nothing or top pair. If I try playing their game seems like I always lose. I dont like to get all in with top pair, but I run into a lot that do, or even just a bluff.

I'm probably too tight, and so temping them to push. Thats the part I like about the sng, mid game when you are trying to get a little aggressive and get a stack. Its easier for me in the 50/50 turbo sng. Trying to use that controlled aggression to improve my play at cash games.