Divided attention

Divided attention is bad for most pursuits, but turns out to be just fine for poker. Indeed, more than just fine - actively good. Last night, I played two tournaments simultaneously, and made the money in both. I've noted before that I seem to play better when I'm double tabling. I've come up with some theories about why this might be so. One of the simplest is that it's good not to spend too long on poker decisions, and you're forced not to spend too long on them when you have twice as many to make :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT   8-Game  45000  5000       6    85      64   12     8   108000
MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9    91      72   15    12   433000

delta: $391,000
MTT with rebuys NLHE balance: $36,340,500
2019 balance: $2,360,250
balance: $48,944,510