Tonight I thought I’d try out multi-tabling some Holdem on PokerStars. I started out on the waiting lists for 6 tables. Four were $1-$2 Limit Holdem. The other two were .25c-.50c NL Holdem. I had a shocking 100BB losing streak earlier this week playing 50c-$1 NL. So I was keen to grind out some money to get me at least some of the way back to where my bankroll was.
As I started to join more and more tables I was getting more and more frantic with making it to the Fold, Check and Raise buttons for each table. The most I had multi-tabled before was 3 tables. Even worse, all the tables I was playing were high speed tables (dealing and blinds and decision time are really quick). At one stage I considered maybe knocking 1 or 2 tables off to be more comfortable. However I started to realise that because I had less time to make a decision, I found myself playing a lot better poker! I think when I play poker, I seem to want to outplay everyone on every hand. When playing limit this makes my problem even worse. My pre-flop standards went up very quickly (even more so when I had a good hand on another table). I think I’m way to loose preflop in limit poker. Hopefully this session has improved my game just from this one realisation.
I played all 6 tables for about 2.5 hours. I was up for the session (only about 20BB). I don’t know if playing limit and no limit at the same time is a good idea. I’d like to know if other people do this. I can’t see how people multi table more then 6 or 7 tables. At one point I had pocket 10’s, pocket Jacks, and pocket Kings all at the same time. I only won the Kings. I made most of the money on the two no limit tables. I think I will stick to 25c – 50c NL now. It seems like I can beat this level pretty easily so until I make up for the huge loss at .50-1, I will stick to that level.
