multitabling dilemma
Hi guys, I am new here this is my first post, I am in a real dilemma with multitabling, I play micro stakes mtts upto $11 and am a winning player at that level, at about 22% roi over 1150 games. I have always single tabled, every now and then chuck 2 tables in. But I want to make a real go at this and do it as a full time profession, the problem is my game drops dramatically even when I add just 1 more table, and I have been told/read that your going to have to multitable it's as simple as that. I have tried and tried to add tables but because my game is simply an exploitative one, I really rely on picking out certain opponents etc etc and with more tables this just seems impossible. The sites I play on don't allow HUD's so that's not an option, and it's not even that even with 2 tables I miss spots, check raises sink leads etc etc, my game just simply ain't the same and it's driving me mad and I want to be able to play well even with 4 tables. If anyone has any suggestions tips advice it would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
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Your win rate should drop when you multi table. That is true for most players. The question is how much? If you drop from 22% ROi down to 11% while playing 4 tables,, you should play 4 tables. 22% of an $11 investment is $2.42. On average you are winning $2.42 per game single tabling. If you play 4 tables you invest $44. 11% of $44 is $4.84. You are winning twice as much in a given amount of time by 4 tabling at 11% ROI as you would by single tabling with a 22% ROI.
In reality I have no idea how much your win rate is dropping when multitabling. If you really want to try it, drop down in stakes and track your win rate. That’s good practice anyway and you are bound to get better at multitabling the more you do it. Playing a less exploitive, more GTO-like game could help as well - you don’t need to pay as much attention to opponents if you do so
When I was playing my most online poker (5-8 hours a day) 3-4 tournaments a day I would also run into this. I simply can not multi-table the way other people can. Best I could do was have the overlap of the payout/final table and the start of a new tournament. But I play best when I really focus on my opponents and this simply doesn't allow me that skill set I need. I would really need a HUD, 2 monitors and a lengthy amount of time playing the same tournaments with the same players to allow for me to continue my success with more than 2 tournaments.
Even now with kids and life moving on, I don't have more than a few hours at any given time and there are a few spots were 2 tournaments I like overlap but I often still just pick on.
