Tips on multi-tabling

If you have only just began to play Texas Holdem online the thought of sitting down at more than one table probably scares you half to death. Whilst the thought of playing multiple tables simultaneously can be quite daunting at first, once you have learned how to do it efficiently and effectively you will wonder why you were so worried in the first place.

The first thing you need to do is to take your time and add tables gradually. If you attempt to go from playing a single table to play four at a time you will quickly become overwhelmed with the increased number of decisions you need to make, more likely lose money and quit your quest to be a multi-tabling regular in an instant poker is here for the long term so there is no race to add extra tables. Start by adding an extra table and once you are comfortable with two add a third and so on, until you reach your maximum.

Ensure that you have no distractions around you such as the television in the background or your favourite messenger service on your laptop. Playing multiple tables requires you to concentrate fully so minimising anything that can take away some of your brain power needs to be done before you start playing.

Increasing the number of tables you are playing will reduce your ability to obtain reads on your opponents so using poker software such as Holdem Manager or Poker Tracker is essential. These programs take the hand histories that the poker site writes to your hard drive and displays them in a database format so that you can view all your statistics and those of your opponents. Whilst this in itself is worth the price of the software, the Heads-Up Display, or HUD, is the crown jewel as it takes the aforementioned information and displays it on your screen in real time. This allows you to instantly know exactly how your opponents are playing and some say having a HUD is better than having a dozen reads on your opponent.

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