For example, you intend to fold when it is your turn to act and you check the "fold in turn box" to save you the time.
You will experience greater bankroll swings in the short-run when playing at multiple tables. At times you will lose at all tables and, at times, you will win at all. You must prepare yourself to handle these swings. If winning is important to you, only play at multiple tables if you are already a winning player. Otherwise you will just increase your hourly losing rate.
There are different ways to play at multiple tables. For example, you can manually switch back and forth between the tables, or you can let the software tell you when it is your turn to act. It is often good to use the pre-action fold button on all trash hands to give you more time for the real decisions.
If you have a screen with 1600 by 1200 pixels resolution you will be able to fit four tables in the screen without overlap. Some online poker software (like for instance Cryptologic with poker rooms like Inter Poker) will still give you a minimal overlap, but only at about 10%. If you play multiple table play, a 1600 by 1200 screen will benefit you greatly as you will be able to follow your opponent's actions much more accurately. This can be the difference between breaking even and making a decent profit. This is in particular true if you are playing high stakes no-limit games, where higher attention is required. Good flat screen 21 inch monitors with 1600 by 1200 pixels sell for as low as $800-$900 in the US.
One technique some players prefer for multi table play is to just open up two tables first and play until they feel comfortable at these tables, getting a good picture of how the opponents are playing. Only then, after for example 30-40 minutes they open up a third and maybe forth table and work on getting a good picture of the opponents there as well.
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