note taking?

[Nikita]

I mostly note betting patterns. For example if their bet size determines their hand. Or if they fold to 3 bets etc. I've never bothered with the colours, I don't know why, I guess because HUD has the colours I need. But, I'm not a great notetaker. I tend to only get notes on a couple players a table.

[jillaj]

I use colors and then add some comments on patterns and leaks. With the colors I have 2 for good and 2 for bad players based on their agression.

[hackers238]

SOL - Stacks off Light. Value bet him thin!
3BL - 3Bets light. Set mining 3bs go down in implied, 4bet your AK.
s/f - Steal fold
s/c - Steal call -- These help me resteal from the SB/BB, or BT. If he's the kind who calls I need a high FCBet, especially if I'm OOP because then I'll be firing into the dark a fair amount of the time.

ATB - Attached to bluffs. Good to trap with the nuts rather than raise early and scare them off.

DF/DS - Draws fast/ Draws Slow. Good to add draws to their range when they're betting the flop/turn.

MBS/MBW - Minbet strong, minbet weak. I generally assume weak, but if someone is minbet/3b me on the flop I generally take a note.

SP/SSP - Slow Play / Super Slow Play - If someone checks a wet flop with a set, they might get a slow play. if they check it 4-way and in position, they definitely get one. And if they check it down until the river, and then bet 2x or 3xBB, they get a super slow play.

Short stacks are pretty easy to read just by using a HUD, but if you're not running one you might want different colors or notations for bad (passive) short stacks, and good aggressive ones. It helps you call the good one's shoves with weaker holdings on the flop.

All of these are also mostly used for non-tag players. I generally try to think more in depth with tags because they're like me and I can relate to their style. They're also more likely to be thinking players than 70/10/0.5 players, so I don't want to pigeon hole them as much.

[hackers238]

Sorry if this post was too intense, I've just been looking into table selection and note taking a lot more recently, so this helped me voice my patterns outloud. Use any of them if they're helpful, or ask questions or whatev.

[Talking Poker]

When 6 max cash was my main game, I kept pretty basic notes about the general style of each player and maybe a few things about how they play. All color coded, of course, so at a quick glance of a table, I could tell how many weak players are sitting. I mostly used it for table selection.

Focusing on HU SNGs, as I have been recently, every opponent I play gets a color coded note. It starts off basic, with their SS stats, but as we play, it gets more and more detailed about how they play specific streets in various situations.

[MAYHEM45]

Im taking more and more notes these days, Its alot more important for HU, but still very important for 6max. Playing less tables is helping me take more detailed notes as well.

I have a note from a long time ago on a bad player that says simply "sf". No fucking clue what that means lol.

[Reel Deal]

Shit faced?

[de-coder]

spewtard fuckwad
suckout frenzy
simply folds
showdown fanatic
shortstack fool

[Talking Poker]

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