Quote Originally Posted by Miffed22001
Quote Originally Posted by bode
Quote Originally Posted by Miffed22001
im a huge donk for not using all the resources available to me!
reading hands owns without needing stats.
Miffed, your comment, while probably true, is off target. This guy is a newbie asking about multi-tabling. Playing one table at a time, I am nearly as good at hand reading with or w/o a HUD. But when quad tabling, a quick reminder of who's playing how is extremely helpful. I don't see how you could think differently (but let me know if you do).

Example: I flip back to a table, in late position, with K2 suited. Everyone has folded a to MP raiser (4xBB), the everyone folds to me. All right, if he's 25/10 and AF > 2, I'm out of there, knowing my hand is so dominated that even position won't save me, and he won't leave me pot odds to call. If he's 75/45 (like a guy I played last night), I'm calling or raising with what otherwise would be completely unplayable hands.

That's extreme, but many other decisions have completely opposite answers based on just those 3 numbers. I don't see how I personally could keep accurate track of them while multitabling.

For me, not using a HUD on 1 table may be almost the same EV as with one. But my EV on 4 tables at once would see a HUGE drop off. If the new guy wants to be successful multitabling, he needs more than DSL and big high-res monitor. PT is a definite must. HUD should be seriously considered.