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LemOn[5thF] Czech Republic. Jun 30 2009 12:37. Posts 15163

Last month I played over 100k hands.
I think it was too much.

Its like an addiction, and I can't keep myself from 9+ tabling. The obvious symptoms are inevitable.

I read an article about Human Psychology and the ability of the Brain to multi-task, and I am observing some symptoms of overflow - lowered enjoyment, less focus even outside poker and increased stress levels, and its even affecting my social life.

And why do I multitable?

-Well I don't know really, perhaps I am used to it from the Starcraft days where I always tried to do as many relevant actions as possible.

-Perhaps is it my fear of losing and despair which inevitably occurs with a bad beat that is not offset on other tables and just one pot can ruin my session on 4 tables.

-Another reason may be the Pokerstars VIP level - Since May I had some hardcore milestones to pass and they were pushing my multi-tabling habits.

Yet I play much better when 4 tabling, and my learning curve increases, I hardly tilt and am much likely to cut my session when I am losing.

What to do?

As my Job starts in less than one month, I MUST get used to play super effective sessions where I improve rapidly.

The money will not be a motivation any more, my wage is going to be around $1.8k per month while my living expenses are around $1k.

Fun will be my main concern and the better people I play, the more correct marginal plays, bluffs and reads I make, the more fun and satisfaction I get from poker.

How?

I can't stop 9 -12 tabling before one last VPP milestone is reached - Supernova.

It is so close I don't think I could force myself to 4table. I won't. I will give myself few last days of grinding, and I will try to stay at least break even at 9-12 tables to own those last 3k VPP and get the red stars.

After that I will read psychology articles at Pokerstrategy, which I neglected completely so far, and after that I will try to get myself rid of the multi-tabling addiction, and try to faster achieve my ultimate goal in poker:

Play high stakes, the pinnacle of fun in poker.