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Three tips to protect your bankroll:
So far we’ve discussed the basics of Bankroll Management and Avoiding Distractions while multi-tabling.
In our final installment, we’re going to discuss the mechanics of playing multiple tables as well as the tools that the best multi-tablers in the world use while playing.
To cascade or not to cascade, that is the question,
Using Full Tilt Poker as an example, you will have the option of cascading your poker tables or tiling them on your screen as you play.
While this is a personal decision and at the end of the day, boils down to what you’re comfortable with, it can have an impact your game.
If you’re running a single monitor, you will likely want to tile four to six tables (depends on monitor size) vs. cascading them.
The danger in cascading a table is that if you get two or three live hands, you don’t get to see the actions of the other players in those hands.
This can be important if you miss a player insta-calling or insta-raising your bet. Conversely, you may miss a player attempting to stall or even time out in an effort to get an angle on you.
For this reason alone, the author recommends you tile your tables for the time being.
If you’re willing to invest in multiple monitors, the sky is the limit as some players use as many as eight monitors or more to multi-table.
Information overload:
So let’s take the following example into account and discuss the best practices to maximize your time spent multi-tabling:
You’re now multi-tabling and have your game at a decent level of return on investment. You fire up Poker Stars and proceed to open four 2/4NL tables that are full 9 man ring games.
You are new to the site and have no info or notes on these players. You’re now faced with the prospect of tangling with 32 strangers that you know nothing about.
No need to worry!
If you’re leveraging a tool such as Poker Office, you now have a graphic layover of your opponent’s history and tendencies, betting patterns, and a statistical window with your hand probabilities.
This information is layered over the top of each table you’ve opened. So there’s no need to open up player notes, or try to watch a players patterns while playing multiple tables.
Poker Calculators like Poker Office, Pokerbility or Texas Calculatem are great tools to improve your game, regardless of whether you multi or not.
The scope of multi-tabling is so large, that it’s impossible to cover in just a series of three articles. I’ve tried to lay down the basics here to get you off to a good start.
We will offer more information in the future on this strategy but in the meantime, best of luck at the tables!
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