: 09/2009

Multi Tabling: it's Perils and Benefits.

One of the greatest advantages online poker offers against live poker is the possibility to play at several tables in the same time. That, coupled with the fact that online poker play is infinitely faster than live poker, makes it possible for players to log about 1,000 hands per hour, instead of the 20 or 30 they’d be able to complete live. Such a huge hands-volume increase should automatically lead to an increase in the hourly rates of every winning poker player. It will also definitely lead to an MGR increase (players contribute more rake) which means they’ll earn more rakeback as well, rakeback deals like the Full Tilt rakeback represent a direct percentage of this MGR.

Making the Move from Online to Live Play.

Every online poker player’s ultimate dream is to one day make the switch from the virtual tables to the real green felt and play in large, high prize-pool live events. After all, with poker players getting more and more educated these days, online tables have grown to be much more difficult to beat than live ones. While live tables do tend to be juicier indeed than the online ones, it’s needless to say that the game itself is quite radically different from what you may have gotten used to at PokerStars or Full Tilt. It’s a bit like making the jump from the play money tables to the real money ones, only it’s a more radical change.

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