Anyone still take notes??

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I not odd plays and possible bet sizing tells. As far as the HUD goes, I've been playing live exclusively (and rarely) for a while, just coming back to online. Seems my PT3 doesn't work on ACR, so I'm flying blind for now. Notes are a huge advantage in this situation.
 
Yes I take notes. That's the best thing you can do. Keep your HUDs. You won't be able to access them when you grow some nuts and play some big live tournaments with the big boys.
 
Criplgamer said:
Yes I take notes. That's the best thing you can do. Keep your HUDs. You won't be able to access them when you grow some nuts and play some big live tournaments with the big boys.
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Some people don't care about playing live poker so hud's are enough and alot better than some random note in a few months when you play with the same player
 
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I was having a discussion with my league teammates about the value of note taking. With a lot of players using HUDs and others wanting to act "organically" and still others who multi-table so much that they don't have time to focus on individual opponents, I have come to think that I am the only player left who takes notes on the other players at the table or if anyone else still does it and if they see the value in it?

Personally, I think this is one of the greatest tools in online poker. There are very few "tells" that you can get from the online game. Yes, I do know there are others, such as timing tells (which I fool around with the throw off my opponents from time to time, but generally I have a system where I wait the same amount of time before taking any action to combat this tell). For me, recording that a certain player likes to raise from the button 80-90% of hands in an unopened pot and will cbet no matter what comes on the flop is terrific information that I can use (that is not necessarily evident from the info you gain from a HUD...or at least not specific) to combat that player. And the best thing is, that when you save it, next time you play that player, you have a great idea of how he (or she) is going to play.

You can track all sorts of information through note taking. I have a personal system that I use to detect where other players seem to have leaks in their games that I can exploit. I also have abbreviations for certain things (CB for cbets when player has raised preflop and then cbets the flop every time). I even take notes on myself and when I successfully run a bluff or when I make a bad play (yes, it happens...more than I would like actually LOL).

I think that taking notes, updating notes as the other players adapt to different tournaments or adjust to different levels of tournaments; or finding differences between the way they play different tournaments and cash games gives me a real advantage when I am playing against these people. I would like everyone else's perspective.
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Definately helpful
 
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I use a HUD and take notes whenever I can.
I write down their sizings and betting/calling ranges which help me making decisions if I Play against them.
The labeling on pokerstars is also very important for me. Whenever I take notes I try to give them a proper label.


hugh blair said:
No hud no notes about as useful as week old rotten box of chicken wings just use your head and start playing poker like a savant.🙂
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sounds like an stubborn opinion from an Old-school poker Player 😛


with tenthousands of People playing online it's impossible to Keep track of their playstyle, therefor you will lose a lot of Information and Money if you don't use a HUD or at least take notes.
you will be able to improve your game A LOT if you use a HUD properly
 
I never use a HUD I think it confuses things. Keep it simple. As for note taking I usually jot something down if the player does something really odd or note worthy
 
Hello
I would love to take notes.
My problem I play off a hand held device and dont have a facility to litrally take notes.
But obviously mental notes help too.
 
Someone makes notes, someone is already gone. I think this is no longer relevant. If you are careful, you can remember the level of the player and so on. As for his playing lines, then in different situations he can play in different ways (maybe he was in tilt) Sometimes you see stupid game from the one you do not expect and vice versa.
 
The same range of hands means different hands. Some1 loves A9s, some1 2-2, some1 3-4s. Notes give us more accurasy.
 
Of course.
HUDS might tell you somebodies three bet squeeze out of position percentage. But it isnt telling you what hands they are doing it with.
 
While I've used HUDs off and on for years, my most valuable took by far is my own note-taking. HUDs require a lot of hands to be statistically valid (varying with the particular stat). Notes only require a couple of instances to size up "some" players very accurately. I say "some" because the better players intentionally vary their play so notes are less effective with them (other than to note that this is a strong player). Plus the automated tools are gradually being disallowed by the big poker sites. Notes will always be available.
 
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I play on my mobile so I can't take notes. This is a huge disadvantage and I want not things like if the sb will push with 9 4o or if a player will limp in early pos with a big hand. I tried doing this with a notebook but it didn't work too well.
 
I think its not easy to take serious notes, which a made cause of one hand.
Some Twitch Streamers do....

Often they lose a silly hand, but its only one hand and they are taking the note "fun player" , maybe it was a bad play , but on my opinion there should be a few steps.

Like one ridiculous hand fun player 1 , then a second time fun player 2 and then after third hand for example they could take notes.

they are losing one hand and immediately the opponent is a fun player....
 
Notes help a lot when you play with the same people in small tournaments. The answer is yes!
 
I try to take notes on every player I'm with for at least more than a few hands. It helps to identify regs and to put players on certain styles that will hopefully help in future tough spots.
 
I have seen some young guys taking notes at the card room live,
I thought of it but the games I play on a regular basis, I know the same players each week, or it’s a card room with people I will never likely face again.

Sitting at one table I catch a young fellow snapping my photo, and making notes, I told him that would cost him 10 bucks, as I have to pay my agent as a performer! LOL
 
I tried it for awhile, but the size tournaments I play in, they're not much good. some of the tournaments closely resemble a Saturday night in the garage game. oh, well
 
Taking notes are useful in a small field of players, in tournaments like CC FRC ones, in large fields like on poker stars, probability to play twice against same player is very thin. I generally mark players in colours and if they make some bad play, then write a note.
 
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