Sunday, July 20, 2008

Poker Strategies - Multi-Tabling

By Sam Whittaker

When playing more than one table concurrently is called multi-tabling. You are able to have one or more tables opened by using the software from the poker site you have decided to play at. The larger the resolution on your screen the more tables you are able to position. An example of a possible screen layout would be to have four tables, each requiring a quarter of it.

Some players feel that it is very difficult to maintain focus while playing internet poker due to distractions in the home, for example the television or children, but when you are multi-tabling, you are in action numerous times as often, so there is less chance your focus will wander. In addition, if you are a quality player and dividing your attention between multiple games does not have a detrimental affect on your playing skill, you could multiply your win rate by the number of games you can play at once.

Choosing the correct table to play on is a significant aspect of online poker, decisions must be made wisely. When playing poker to earn a living, table selection becomes even more important. Finding the tables with the weakest players is the best option as you would be able to impose your game relatively easily.

More poker tables means the action is coming fast and furious. Unfortunately when playing too many tables, many decisions that really are not tough will appear to be because you have little or no knowledge of your opponents. Poker is a game of observation, even though there is less to observe online than in live games, there is a chance you could miss vital information about an opponent while you are involved at another table.

You are better to begin with a lower amount of tables and increase the number of tables at a steady pace, after you are sure that you can handle your current number of tables. Unless you are proficient enough at multi-tabling, playing various game types together, such as Omaha and Holdem is not recommended.

This requires several adjustments to both your poker strategy and to bankroll management. Winning poker players find it relatively easy to beat low-limit/stakes tables. They have a very simple basic strategy working for these tables, the only problem is the amount of money they generate per hour is minute.

No-limit is harder than limit poker to multi-table, but saying that, some players with practice can play numerous tables at the same time for no-limit poker. Since limit poker is the quickest and easiest to multi-table due to its choices being typical. Playing tightly and assertively, while at the same time sticking to the basics will earn you the highest reward.

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