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I was playing my usual cash game poker at Pokerstars the other day and I saw this one particular player at every one of my tables. I was curious and did a player search on this guy and discovered that he was playing 41 tables at the same time!! Talk about trying to maximize your hourly winning rate!

When I first playing poker at Pokerstars, I obviously played only 1 table at a time. The thought of playing 2 tables never came to mind as I was trying to figure out how to play each hand optimally. But as I got used to playing just one table, I slowly added another table, then another table, and now I can comfortably play 9 tables at the same time. Sure, it becomes complicated at times and you might even time out occasionally or even miss a value bet, but your hourly rate  can double or even triple as opposed to playing just one table.

For example, if I have a winning rate of $5/hr playing just one table at the limit of $100NL, I can win $10/day by playing 2 hours. If I play 2 hours every day, that will equate to $300/mo. Now, by adding another table to the mix and playing two tables at the same time, I can double that amount and earn $600/mo. If I play 9 tables, I will earn $2,700/mo. Now, that’s a nice chunk of change. However, the caveat is the more tables you play, the less optimal you will play each hand. Most likely, unless you’re a super robot, you will not be able to decipher each hand to play optimally since you’ll need to react quicker during each hand.  Due to this nature, you will probably decrease your hourly winning rate per table. If you assume that you will be 50% less optimally playing 9 tables as opposed to 1 table, you will still earn $1,350/mo. That’s a lot more than $300 if you were to play 1 table.

I can play 9 tables comfortably without timing out or losing a value bet on Pokerstars and 6 tables at Ultimatebet. I got there by slowly adding additional table as I became comfortable. I suggest you trying adding one table at a time and find your comfort zone. Then start increasing your winning rate exponentially. I dunno if I’ll ever reach a point where I’m playing 41 tables at once, but I will continue to seek out way to maximize my winning rate.