So a few nights ago I was playing poker online.
(no big news there…)
I was determined to NOT make the same mistakes I always make.
And I didn’t.
I sat down at a low stake No Limit table (.50/$1) and pretty quickly doubled my money.
The next night I did almost as well.
So LAST night I think…
I’m gonna try two tables at once.
What’s the worst that could happen? Even if I only do half as well… that’s still pretty good.
Meanwhile I’ll be adjusting to multi-tables and in the long run that’s where the money is at!
So I opened up TWO low stake No Limit tables (.50/$1).
Bought in with $60 on the first and $50 on the second.
I have to admit the first thirty minutes were rough.
It was a real challenge adjusting to that. Even though I played pretty tight pre-flop and folded a lot of hands… it was still a much faster pace than I was used to.
I was down a bit on each table for that first half hour.
Then things started to turn around.
.. well at least at ONE of the tables.
I Played for an hour or two, and after I had settled in and adjusted to the pace was actually enjoying the multi table experiment.
The end results though weren’t as glorious as I had hoped.
Table one was up 54 bucks!
Table two was down 50.
For those of you drawing math problems in the air that boils down to four dollars positive.
After an hour or two… not so hot.
But it WAS positive.
If I can at least stay ITM (in the money) while I learn to handle multiple tables I’ll consider it a big win.
I have a live game tonight so I must go.
I’ll report the results soon.











Well…
I did ok most of the night.
Thought I was gonna go home even.
Then one of the guys … in an effort to recoup some of his losses decided to call the game 5/10 Hold ‘em.
Relatively high stakes per hand.
(though the other games were pot builders so over all not much worse)
Not the time to make mistakes.
The good news is … I didn’t make all three of my standard mistakes.
The bad news is…
I made one.
The worst one.
Down $35
The next hand was the last of the evening.
Apparently the tradition at this game is that the last hand is a $10 ante… and every one gets 5 cards face up… no draw that’s it.
Down $45
But all in all a very fun game, and I hope to go again. I gotta get playing more LIVE if I ever want to conquer these mistakes.