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Once you get comfortable online, you may find it profitable to play two games at the same time. This will allow you to get involved in more hands and theoretically, if you're a good player, more profits. Some professional online players and action junkies will play as many as eight games simultaneously. These players are looking to maximize the number of hands they receive per hour. However, I would caution you about trying to play too many tables. Theoretically, the-more-tables-the-more-profit idea sounds good. But practically, it's not so easy. And there is a price to pay. Each table you add to your mix adds more stress, more chances to get confused, and will take a heavier toll on your overal concentration. The mental stress will cause fatigue to set in more rapidly and erod your sharpness. At some point you'll reach a critical mass, at which time that one extra table transforms all your tables indo a puddle of chaos. You'll have to find a comfort zone that works for you. For many players, one table is all they can or want to handle. For others, it may be two, and ever others, as mentioned above, eight tables. Whatever the number of tables you play, don't overdo yourself to the point where you lose all enjoyment of the game, and run yourself at maximum stress levels. Adjustment 1: Online poker pros make a furtune playing multiple tables. Not only do they earn profit from beating up on one table, they multiply those profits by taking advantage of the ability to play many tables. There is a lot of money to be made online playing multiple tables. Adjustment 2: If you are considering playing multiple games, keep in mind this key tip: Avoid playing tricky marginal hands that show little long-term profit! The concentration you need to finesse victories with marginal hands will be difficult when you're flying back and forth between multiple games. Profits in the other games will suffer as your concentration is focused on the tricky marginal hand. Adjustment 3: When you know your opponents are playing multiple situations when playing against them. Their split concentration makes it more valuable for them to abandon tricky situations with small profit potential and makes those situations more profitable for you. |


