Do you mark opponents with colors? Does it help?

wushibala · Jul 10, 2025

I’d like to ask the community — do you use the player note and color tagging features in your poker rooms?
Almost every site allows you to mark players with different colors (tight, loose, aggressive, etc.), but I’m wondering how many people actually use it regularly.
Do you find it helpful?
Or do you mostly just rely on your memory and instincts?

Mario7 · Jul 10, 2025

Yes, of course. I use both notes and color marking.

hardongear · Jul 10, 2025

I use the colors mostly. I'll take notes on guys who I know are regs thou. Yes I find it helps. With that said I also use my memory and instincts are as well. I also have notes for every stake level from 2nl-50nl overall player pool and how the avg player plays overall in the pool. After all one has to know how to adjust to exploit each stake level player pool separately.

Me I kinda work it like this. I use memory and instincts more for the current/recent sessions or MTTs I can remember playing with villain. If I don't see a player for awhile I won't remember how they play so that's when I'll use the colors until I get feel for how that player is playing the current session. Very few players play solidly every session and some study and learn...... meaning sometimes I end up having to change a players color based on new info/knowledge.

In short you wanna use all the info, knowledge and tools you have available to you.

Cheers!!!

fundiver199 · Jul 10, 2025

Yes I use the colour tags. They give a quick visual representation of, what going on at a table, and if I even want to be there, if its a cash game. Its only a supplement to my HUD though, since I use HUD data when assigning or changing the labels.

Stringy · Jul 10, 2025

I don't but never knew that was a thing. I might start doing this

Omar.Imrane · Jul 10, 2025

To be honest, I didn’t use color tags much at first, but once I started playing more tables, they became super helpful. Just being able to glance and remember, "oh yeah, this guy shoves a lot" or "this one is tight-passive" without digging through hand history saves a lot of time. It’s like having a shortcut to your own notes.

doom · Jul 10, 2025

I use for poker rooms with no huds

black and · Jul 10, 2025

wushibala said:
I’d like to ask the community — do you use the player note and color tagging features in your poker rooms?
Almost every site allows you to mark players with different colors (tight, loose, aggressive, etc.), but I’m wondering how many people actually use it regularly.
Do you find it helpful?
Or do you mostly just rely on your memory and instincts?

I rely on skills and experience. No instincts.
I've always taken notes. I'm taking notes and I'll definitely continue to do so. Thanks to my notes, I actually get a profit. And for me, this function is a necessity.

Zennnyy · Jul 11, 2025

Looks like something i may need to adopt! good tip ty ty

sandy358 · Jul 11, 2025

wushibala said:
I’d like to ask the community — do you use the player note and color tagging features in your poker rooms?
Almost every site allows you to mark players with different colors (tight, loose, aggressive, etc.), but I’m wondering how many people actually use it regularly.
Do you find it helpful?
Or do you mostly just rely on your memory and instincts?

As a wpt user, I tag my opponents in notepad. But the color thing sounds interesting, maybe I should consider marking them in wordpad instead

antonis32123 · Jul 12, 2025

Yes I do . It helps . It helps with future decisions when you play against them . If sb is very loose or tight or bingo player I will take a note or tag him with the appropriate colour

Rmi · Jul 12, 2025

Always, and tmb I take notes. That's how I got out of a lot of trouble

MishkaZL · Jul 12, 2025

wushibala said:
I’d like to ask the community — do you use the player note and color tagging features in your poker rooms?
Almost every site allows you to mark players with different colors (tight, loose, aggressive, etc.), but I’m wondering how many people actually use it regularly.
Do you find it helpful?
Or do you mostly just rely on your memory and instincts?

I have been using notes for a long time. They often help me make the right decision. I use a very simple tagging system that was suggested by one of our community members. Take a look, maybe this system will work for you too.

Identify Villains

I want to share the way I have decided to mark the players at the tables. I found it the easiest to not go so crazy and I found it very useful. Villains: fish - loose pasive (green) maniac - loose agressive (yellow) rock - tight pasive (red) shark - tight agressive (blue) Surely you will have...

www.cardschat.com

tagece · Jul 12, 2025

I use colors and take notes to categorize players every time some way of play calls my attention. This it is very useful to me.

martinoni · Jul 12, 2025

Yeah with colors and notes... helps a lot!

Sparta77 · Jul 12, 2025

Yes, I always use.Colors and notes.Because it helps me gather information about the players.

NKGB13 · Jul 12, 2025

green for fish, purple for fish with luck, yellow for attention, orange for shark, red for team member.

gloria_marga · Jul 12, 2025

Yes, not only with colors, but also with notes. This is very important when you play several tournaments at once.
But it is also important, at the end of the tournament, to delete all notes and marks. Because not all tournaments will be played the same way, and if they are not deleted, it can have a negative impact on the next game.

Sherlock77 · Jul 12, 2025

Yes I do. I try to avoid the color red, except for the "invincible" players. When someone that strong is at the table, I rarely play.
I usually use less strong colors like orange for strong players, green for fairly strong, yellow for the fish, etc.
Of course, I also write notes nearby, like: good player, crazy player, call station, etc.

psycodelic1 · Jul 12, 2025

For is very important to marc with color and take some notes for aggro players pasive and loss calling stationetc......

ramdon p358 · Jul 12, 2025

Yes, I do tend to guard some players. I usually guard those who bluff a lot and those who are very aggressive.

TeUnit · Jul 13, 2025

I color code, its great help in game selection.

R.Melnyk77 · Jul 13, 2025

I mark donkeys, fish, and inadequates with different colours. It helps me. In my opinion, this information is quite valuable and can help make decisions.

Tadi · Jul 13, 2025

wushibala said:
I’d like to ask the community — do you use the player note and color tagging features in your poker rooms?

I color code the players and make notes.

Marshmalo1994 · Jul 13, 2025

wushibala said:
I’d like to ask the community — do you use the player note and color tagging features in your poker rooms?
Almost every site allows you to mark players with different colors (tight, loose, aggressive, etc.), but I’m wondering how many people actually use it regularly.
Do you find it helpful?
Or do you mostly just rely on your memory and instincts?

I only tag them if I see something meaningful like if they open with garbage, if they call everything or if they only bet with something.
I think that I should tag more players that I actually do, but I use a HUD, so generally I realize if I already know other player.

Do you mark opponents with colors? Does it help?

wushibala

Rock Star

Mario7

Rock Star

hardongear

Legend

fundiver199

Legend

Stringy

Legend

Omar.Imrane

Rock Star

doom

Visionary

black and

Legend

Zennnyy

Enthusiast

sandy358

Rock Star

antonis32123

Legend

Rmi

Visionary

MishkaZL

Legend

Identify Villains

tagece

Legend

martinoni

Visionary

Sparta77

Visionary

NKGB13

Legend

gloria_marga

Rock Star

Sherlock77

Rock Star

psycodelic1

Visionary

ramdon p358

Legend

TeUnit

Legend

R.Melnyk77

Legend

Tadi

Visionary

Marshmalo1994

Legend

About CardsChat

Our Community

Our Site