I usually play 2-3 tables at once, but last night I found myself deep in a tournament, another one just starting, plus playing my usual 10NL. All in all I was playing 5 tables for about 45 minutes. I can remember in a couple of instances where I thought I had a different hand than I actually did.

For example, in a $2 Freezeout I could've sworn I had Q9, and was even happier when the flop came JT8. Unfortuanately, it turned out I had 99 and I lost most of my stack.

Also, in one of my ring games I thought I had KQ and went the river with it on a flop of Kxxxx. Then when the cards were revealed I was shocked to figure out I had AQ.

This had never happened to me before until I started playing 5 tables, so the obvious solution would be to play less tables but does anyone have any tips for avoiding this?