I believe that there are two clear and distinctive strategies that are possible in poker and one is to play with a set system where volume can be your primary focus over extended quality and the other where you play far fewer hands but look to achieve a much greater bb/100 figure. The latter strategy is derived by being able to watch your opponents and to really feel the pulse of the game. This is easier to achieve if you happen to be playing against opponents that are multi-tabling.
Players who multi-table usually haven’t got the time to balance their play as well as if they were playing far fewer tables and so this can give an edge in this area to players who are prepared to play poker in this way. Does this mean that you can make more or less money playing this way? Well that isn’t clear because it all depends on what levels you are playing at. If you play NL100 and make 10bb/100 then you are making $10/100 if you play one table.
That is impressive and may be far better than another player who may make 4bb/100 and only $4/100. However the other player may be playing ten tables and seeing 800 hands per hour. In that case than he is making $32/hour while you are making around $8/hour…….some difference despite the fact that they are contributing EV to you.
However if you played say $5-$10 and crushed the game single tabling and made 8bb/100 then you are making $80/100 hands and in full ring that equates to around $60/hour. So even though the other player is playing ten tables then they cannot compensate for your very good earn level at a much high level of play.
