The biggest debate in poker has got to be the one over which playing style is better: tight or loose. By most people’s accounts, playing loose is the best method of play because it enables a person to steal lots of pots and blinds from others. In addition to this logic, many of the best poker players in the world use a more aggressive style of play so this only furthers the argument for loose poker play being the best.
So where does that leave tight players? Are you seemingly hopeless if you choose to go with a more conservative approach while waiting for the cards to come? Of course not! In fact, you will be a leg up on the more aggressive players by choosing to tighten your play up in certain instances.
And the main instance where playing tight will help you is when you are mutlitabling. Tight players tend to be a lot better multi-tablers because they’re able to make the correct play over and over again without putting too much thought into the matter. By playing based off of mathematics and quick reads, you enable yourself to make more profits because you’re making correct plays on several tables at once.
Loose players, on the other hand, have a lot more difficulty multi-tabling because they spend too much time trying to analyze everyone on each table. And this is a recipe for disaster if you’re trying to play 4 or more tables at once because you can’t divulge the information in a reasonable amount of time. So if you are used to multi-tabling in poker, you should stick to a tight approach so that you avoid making the same mistakes that loose players do.