The moment you sit at a live poker table the only type of notes that you can take are the mental ones. However the moment you play an online game of Texas Holdem you will get the tremendous opportunity to use the player notes feature which is not granted in the live play. We consider that taking player’s notes is very important in order to keep track of your opponents. When you start doing this we think that you should do it the right way. Every note that you add to your opponents should be relevant and offer the key information about that player. Only this way you are going to actually use the notes in the future.

When you make a note on a player we consider being very important specifying also the date along with the information about that player. If for example you make a note on a player today and you encounter that player 6 months later, his playing style might have changed in such a big time span, so the player note will become outdated. In case you add the date you will become aware of the changed that might have accrued quickly and most important before you lose any money.

In case you see a player using a certain strategy just once you should not tag him as he will always do that, you can make a note on him with the question mark and only after you see the same behavior 3-4 times delete that question mark. We suggest that you try to see a pattern in every player that you encounter online, since only this way you will get the chance to make the notes as accurate as possible.

The player notes should always give as much information as possible. We consider it very important that you add as much information as possible about a certain player. It’s good to first add only a few bits of information and as you encounter again that player and manage to see more about his playing behavior to add more information to that note. A note that is going to says it all it’s worth more than just a couple of words.

The moment you notice a player that is going to post the blinds straight from the moment they are going to sit down at a cash table instead of waiting for their turn, make sure you make a note that player. This type of behavior means that the player is not an experienced one. This type of action demonstrates impatience and it tells a lot about how that person is going to act in the future at the game.
There are of course two different aspects about note taking. As you can take notes about the other players they will have the opportunity to do the same thing about you. This is why you should come up with more than one strategy and mix your play. This way the other opponents will not be able to see a pattern and predict what actions you are going to make.

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