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06-13-05, 06:40 PM
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I'm sure I've pissed people off occasionally. But, I'm folding most of the hands anyway pre-flop. Post flop at a couple of tables can get a little sticky and I do drain the timers occasionally. Like TP said, that's why they're there.
One thing about my multi-tabling that I was going to make a post on a while ago: I cannot play 3 tables. I've played up to 4 in a full ring, but my winrate sucks. I am making more playing 2 tables than 3 at six-max so far. Yeah, I haven't been playing that long, I know. It changed for me last Monday when I dropped about 50BB 3-tabling. I cut back to 2 the next day and won a few pots with some awesome reads. I made a killer call in a huge pot with AK that I know I wouldn't have made without a specific read. It made me realize that these are plays I just don't make with 3 tables up. I think I was getting run over a lot. I was making cookie cutter plays and not playing my opponents as much. At the risk of sounding arrogant or full or myself, I have made some fucking awesome plays in the last week that definitely were "by the book" based on a feel and reads of opponents. I'm sticking to two tables from now on. If I can solidify 2BB/100 hands playing 3/6 short, I'll take that cash. $20-$25/hr not including rakeback, which looks like it could be insane. Sweet!
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06-13-05, 08:05 PM
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Sorry for the gross generalizations:
Let’s say I sit at a table with two people who are multi-tabling. Both of these people are running approximately at 75% of their potential. Now, let’s say that both of these people are taking 5 seconds extra each time they bet, fold, etc. I say 5 seconds, because I’m sure they will be auto folding a lot and will not be 30 seconds late in doing this a lot of the time. Those players see about 25% of the flops, 15-20% of the turns, and see about 10-15% of the rivers. (very gross generalization, I know) Out of 100 hands, I’m missing out on 5 seconds for each flop = 500 seconds 5 seconds for the turn = 75-100 seconds 5 seconds for the river = 50-75 seconds 500 + 75 + 50 = 625 seconds 625 (2 players) = 1250 seconds 1250/60 seconds per minute = around 21 minutes extra for 100 hands Now, each of these guys is playing at 75%. So say they normally win 10% of all hands dealt to them. Now for every 100 hands they are dealt they will lose an extra 2.5 hands each, or 5 all together. These hands are distributed evenly amongst the players so that I get 1/10 of them. This means out of 100 hands I’m going to get ½ hand. This means that I need to play for 42 minutes to win 1 extra hand--just because they take an extra 5 seconds to bet each time. |
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06-13-05, 08:18 PM
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Fun with numbers...
....but I don't think so.
For starters, I multi-table, and no way am I 5 seconds slower per action (on average) than the average player. I can't prove it, but I would venture a guess that I am actually FASTER than the average player, even including the rare occasions when I get caught up in something and the clock starts ticking. Of course, that's just me. In an extreme example, I could see a multi-tabler taking an extra 5 seconds per action maybe 10% of the time... so really, that's only an extra 1/2 second per action. Rerun your numbers and you'll want to play with the multi-tablers. If you don't, so be it. Change tables. One more piece of advice: You'll never be successful at poker if you don't learn to be patient.... This is as good a place as any to start. |
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06-13-05, 08:40 PM
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Maybe it's the website I'm at then. I don't think Pokerroom lets you see multiple tables at the same time. I think most people stay at one table until the other table(s) starts flashing at the bottom of their screen, then switch, look and think, and bet.
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