I've started to get a notion about poker 1-2 years ago and started playing on-line 10 months ago, although I've started really constantly studying the game cca. 4 moths. I didn't want to introduce myself on the thread because I'm a mixed up player and I think that's the reason I started this subject.
So I've tried playing cash games, sngs, mtts (mostly NLH, but some LH as well) at different limits, from nl1 to nl25 and on almost all the well-known sites just for the sake of experiment. I mostly lost my mini-bankrolls on every room, except when I got into PartyPoker. I don't know how influential this could be, but I sometimes question myself. ANYHOWS, I've played mostly nl4 and nl10 cash game, depending on how many tables I played, and I've seen that my bankroll was going up and then all of the sudden gradually going down again - in the end I broke even with my bankroll with some little profit winning 2 MTTs and I quickly cashed out and took 1 month off. Then I decided I make a smallish deposit just for burning time and I've deposited like 30$ and started playing nl1, 12 tables and since then I'm constantly winning (although i have bad days). Ok, problem is that I play 12 tables almost automatic ABC poker, but I don't feel challenge and I don't feel I improve my game, although it's the limit that I can 100% crush. Playing 12 tables I don't have time to get bored and I don't really tilt - and i've noticed that playing a personal-setup strategy always the same it's turning me profit. If I play 2-3-4 tables, I always make mistakes. And I'm questioning myself is this normal? is this how it should be? when you're multitabling massive you really don't get the chance to enjoy the game and I wonder if at different higher stakes SHOULD be different. Massive multitable is always taking some of your full observation, but still with some setup good strategy, you can turn profit. Is this, in fact, what's online poker about?
I was always comparing online with live and one of the things that I was thinking is that playing live cash game is so hard in making real profit. You can double up just once, but you can rebuy a lot more (ofc depends on the game at hand) - and you need that patience which in fact is dead-time-money as I call it. You can end up a cash game session of several hours with the same exact amount you've bought. That is frustrating. But nevertheless, should players experiment on different limits at few tables until they setup a strategy, then move on to massive multitabling - or playing higher limits just doesn't let you multitable the same? I know limits are extremely different at playing type, but how would that affect a player that has to effective assimilate information and experience? how determinant is massive multitabling in your learning path, in fact? i often hear people say "play as much tables as you're confortable" - ok, but the truth is that multitabling covers a lot of elements that i do not see to be debated, like the ones I've named upper. Should players at low limits keep up with multitabling automatic plays for a while, eventhough they don't have that insight in the game? is that even normal at these limits or higher limits? how should multitabling influence your bankroll management? playing just 10% of your br should mean 1 buyin of 10$ out of 300$, or it should mean 10 buyins of 1$ out of 300$? how much time should you dedicate to playing for profit in comparison to the time playing for the love of the game, or for experiencing new things? how can you combine all of these?
