Multitabling
by empphiliac
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Target Group
This article is directed towards low limit players who contemplate starting multitabling, meaning to play many tables at once. They want to either make more money faster or produce a larger amount of raked hands or StrategyPoints in a shorter amount of time, which is necessary to clear most bonuses and promotions. As a beginner, never (!) play more than 3-4 tables at a time.
Since raked hands and StrategyPoints will proportionately rise, every player will wonder at some point, whether it makes sense to significantly increase the number of tables. The pros and cons will be discussed in this article.
Knock-out criteria against Multitabling
Before we start, let's talk about some limitations: In case one of the following aspects applies, it is better to invest your time into Poker and into reading articles in our forum...
Are there weaknesses which do not hinder multitabling?
A weakness might even be improved through multitabling: playing too loosely! If you are playing enough tables at one time, you might thank the God of Poker for every hand you can fold. It will be easier for you to fold "marginal" hands, and you are not playing for a single pot anymore - you will often times barely notice a win. The opposing hand will not be the most important criterion anymore, but more on that later.
This article is directed towards low limit players who contemplate starting multitabling, meaning to play many tables at once. They want to either make more money faster or produce a larger amount of raked hands or StrategyPoints in a shorter amount of time, which is necessary to clear most bonuses and promotions. As a beginner, never (!) play more than 3-4 tables at a time.
Since raked hands and StrategyPoints will proportionately rise, every player will wonder at some point, whether it makes sense to significantly increase the number of tables. The pros and cons will be discussed in this article.
Knock-out criteria against Multitabling
Before we start, let's talk about some limitations: In case one of the following aspects applies, it is better to invest your time into Poker and into reading articles in our forum...
- You just started at your current limit (less than 5k hands)
- You have little experience with more than 2 tables. (less than a total of 5k hands)
- You noticed a lot of obvious mistakes when adding a lot of tables in the past: Clicking the wrong button, timeouts, and chaos situations in which you let your intuition decide...
- You want to relax while playing Poker, maybe eat something in between - forget about multitabling!
- You want to improve your game and work on your leaks - forget about multitabling!
- You are currently in a downswing and want to get back on track as soon as possible - forget about multitabling!
- You want to play depending on what your opponent does, to improve your hand reading.
- Your biggest weakness is a lack of aggressiveness - the risk of calling instead of raising increases at multitabling. The following criteria should not pose problems outside of the beginner area, but would also be co-criteria for multitabling:
- You still have to consult the SHC quite frequently.
- When playing post-flop, your thoughts still depend on the situation. You are thinking from one street to the other, not yet in so-called lines or standard situations. Every game always seems "different and new" to you.
- It takes a lot of time for you to calculate outs and odds. Time will run out at 2-3 tables.
Are there weaknesses which do not hinder multitabling?
A weakness might even be improved through multitabling: playing too loosely! If you are playing enough tables at one time, you might thank the God of Poker for every hand you can fold. It will be easier for you to fold "marginal" hands, and you are not playing for a single pot anymore - you will often times barely notice a win. The opposing hand will not be the most important criterion anymore, but more on that later.
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