Double tabling

Last night, I double tabled most of the session. I was playing $100,000 BI+EF SNG NLHE on one table, and $20,000 BI+EF SNG 8-game on another. I've noticed this before, but it bears repeating - I seem to play better when I double table. In an earlier post I attributed this to being forced to make decisions faster, and that's certainly a part of it, but I think I've found another important reason - I'm not focusing nearly as much on the size of my stack. When you're just playing at a single table, it's all too easy to get overly caught up with how you're doing, and how many chips you have left. That can't help but influence some of the decisions you make, which is more often than not a bad thing. When you're double tabling, you're focusing most of your attention on the hand you were dealt, the community cards, and the actions your opponents have taken. It's of secondary importance how many chips you have left, which is just as it should be :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players hands place winnings

SNG   NLHE    85000 15000       6    12     2   178500
SNG   NLHE    85000 15000       6    91     1   331500
SNG   8-Game  17000  3000       6    89     2    35700
SNG   NLHE    85000 15000       6    30     5        0
SNG   8-Game  17000  3000       6    79     2    35700

delta: $241,400
Sit and go no limit hold'em balance: $2,615,340
balance: $10,859,655