As many online poker players know, multi-tabling is the best way to play more hands and exploit your edge (if you have one) at a certain limit. Most players are pretty good about gradually working their way up from two tables, to three tables, four tables, and so on. However, unless you’re Bertrand Grospellier or Randy Lew, there’s going to come a point where you just can’t keep up with the action. Maybe it will be six tables, maybe it will be 12 tables, but trust me – all multi-tablers will reach a wall at some point.
And when this happens, you’ll get timed out on hands, be forced to sit out on some tables, and make plenty of poor decisions. All of these problems could arise because the action is too fast for you, or because your monitor/computer hardware just can’t keep up with everything. In either case, it’s important to focus on what you need to do better when these things happen.
Sometimes it’s the simple stuff, such as your computer programs and/or equipment just not being up to date. For example, if you’re running Windows XP and can’t keep up with the action, perhaps an upgrade to Windows 7 is your problem. Likewise, if you’re having trouble tiling tables and being able to see on a 19″ monitor, you should get a 24″ monitor or bigger, provided you can afford it.
Of course, most people’s dilemma is that they have trouble paying attention to all of the tables and making good moves. The solution to this problem is to have hotkeys ready for all of the actions you’ll be making. To make things easier on yourself, it’s highly suggested you find a program that will help you set the correct hotkeys up for each action.
Assuming you can get all of the basics ironed out when moving up in multi-tabling, you’ll be able to make more profits with less stress!
