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Mulit-Tabling Poker Tips
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Mulit-Tabling Poker Tips
March 2nd, 2010 by Nick
Back in the “old days” of poker, you played one hand, one table at a time. However, with the advent of online poker rooms this changed several years ago. While it’s not clear which poker room was the first to offer multi-tabling options, what is clear is the benefits one will receive from learning this strategy. Dur to the slow nature of Stud Poker most players find multi-tabling to be an excellent way to increase revenue.
The term multi-tabling means that a player is seated at more than one table during his online session. Not to be confused with a MTT (Multi Table Tournament), it just means that a player may be sat at as many as 4,8, or more tables. An effective multi-tabler can increase his profits accordingly based on how many tables he’s playing at once. Let’s dive in and talk about how to maximize your time spent playing online leveraging this strategy.
You play how many tables at once?
If you’re new to this, you have to take baby steps before diving in with a multiple monitor setup playing 32 tables simultaneously! Of course, the natural suggestion is to play two tables at once, progress to three, then four and so on. The primary objective as you increase the number of tables you can effectively play is to get a cadence going.
In other words, you’re setting up the screen accordingly to view the tables, and you’re able to navigate well with your mouse as you click the various actions (fold, bet, raise). For beginners, you’re well advised to try a limit variant of your game as it tends to be more “mechanical” and less prone to a mis-click. Some of the greatest multi-tablers play upwards of 32 tables at once over multiple poker rooms, with multiple monitors.
Technology plays a big role for the successful multi-tabler
Of course, it’s almost impossible to read players when you’re against 8, 16, 24, 32, or more players spread across many tables. Again, this is why limit games are popular for multi table players. However, there are tools available that are of great value to any player, especially the multi-tabler. By using a tool such as Poker Office you can overlay the stats collected on your opponents. With this critical information, you can quickly surmise whether a player is prone to a check-raise or will fold to a four bet based on the flop. Poker Office and other similar tools can provide you with this information in an easy to read, logical manner. This becomes paramount as you factor in the time bank that almost all online poker rooms use to keep the action going.
The well equipped multi-tabler
The successful multi table player will ultimately wind up with a powerful PC or Mac to ensure that the games don’t slow as more tables are opened. A multiple monitor set up of at least two or more monitors compliments this, ideally you will only have 4-6 tables per monitor so that you can avoid overlap. Don’t forget to use the latest odds software such as Poker Office or Poker Tracker with the overlay feature. It’s critical that this information is at your fingertips! You can’t close a screen to go check stats on a player when multi tabling.
So remember to take baby steps, start with a limit variant, and when your bankroll can afford it make the move to more tables. This is often more beneficial than just stepping up limits, as the player level stays the same and you’re able to spread your bankroll over more than one table at a time. It can really pay off in the long run as long as you stick to your game plan.
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