If you 'pyramid' your session, you can start off with a few tournies that might go the longest. Bigs or Deepstacks, then register reg speeds for a bit, then after a while switch to smaller fields, turbos, sit and gos. That way when you are deep in something big you can stop regging and focus on those tables.
I usually avoid 6 max and colour code the felt on Stars depending on what type of tourney it is. Satty, turbo, KO etc
Still I usually play too many as I can't resist the good comps. 10-11 is probably my sweetspot
Some pretty good advice here. I usually allow for a 10 hour session and I usually enter reg speeds for about 5 hours. For the remaining 3 hours it's just turbos I reg otherwise you can end up with a nightmare of a session.
I also colour code my tables but I usually just have green for mtt and blue for stt. However I think I am going to apply blue to satellites as I think that will help.
I play up to 20 tables, but at the moment I also throw in small stakes stuff that don't require an enormous amount of brain power. I think my optimal amount is 16 tables but like berg said, I can hardly turn down some of the good ones
. I think the best way to increase your table count is to start off with getting a good mouse and mousepad and have a nice big monitor. I'm currently sporting a 27'' that has a pretty high res. I would also mess around with what works best for you, cascading or tiling. There is also software out there to arrange your tables for you and pop out at you when it's your turn to act. Me, I just tile my 20 tables
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