Just a quick word to those of you who multi-table. You may think you're handling playing 6 tables at once (or more...or less), I can tell you do by the posting in blogs and comments in forums, but there is a factor that I don't think one of you take into consideration. It's got nothing to do with the fact that you're more prone to making mistakes by multi-tabling rather than devoting your concentration to a single table.
The factor I'm talking about is common courtesy to your fellow players.
If you were playing live, you wouldn't consider for a moment getting up mid-hand and walking over to another table to play a second hand, meanwhile making the players at the first hand to wait until you deign to return to check how the progress of the first is going. For starters, your fellow players wouldn't stand for being made to wait time and again - and nor should they.
I was playing at a Sit N Go today and there were 2 players at the table who were obviously multi-tabling. Almost without exception, every time it was their turn to act the game was held up while we were waiting for them to bother to turn their attention to our table. These self-indulgent bastards thought it would be quite OK to make everyone wait - blind-time slipping away - just because they were under the misguided impression that they can multi-table efficiently.
I've got news for you boys, you can't.
Plus, there's another little secret you might like to know about...the tells are much more obvious when a multi-tabler is around. If the calls, checks and raises are made promptly all of a sudden, I know that the hand you hold is big and important enough to make my table the centre of your attention. You're pretty much announcing "I've got a hand." If it takes ages for you to get back to us, well, your hand is obviously not quite so important and you're willing to risk it being folded down through a failure to act in time.
By all means guys, multi-table to your hearts content, just remember to be considerate to others. Poker is a social game and you're part of that society just like the rest of us.
Sunday, November 4, 2007
An Observation on Multi-Tabling
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
It sounds like you are a little irritated over the multi-tablers. I wouldn't be. They are the easiest players at the table to beat--not because they lack skill or talent, but because they are unable to give proper attention to any one given situation. Therefore, they are the easiest to steal from on the flop and the easiest to read after the flop.
As for the waiting, each player is alloted a certain amount of time to make decisions at the table. Whether they use that time to play 5 other tables, use it to think about the situation and take notes, or just pick their nose, is of no consequence. Personally, I prefer to take the time to think about every situation carefully because poker is more about playing the situation than playing your cards. Most player that make fast decisions are playing their cards and they too are easy to beat at the table.
Food for thought.
You're right of course, put it down to my impatient nature. I just need to learn how to use the knowledge that I'm playing a multi-tabler to my advantage.
I appreciate the comment.
Post a Comment