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SuckMyTilt
Enthusiast
Silver Level
I use labels and notes.
I used to wrote out hands and long arse bits and soon realised there was to much info to quickly scan and re-digest.
Now I try to keep it very simple.. I'm definitely not the best at note taking and quite intreagued as to what responses you get on this.
With labelling / colour coding I tend to have colours for... the obvious solid regs, lags, fish, whales, semi tags/half know what there doing and one for those I presume to be bad regs.
Dzob
Visionary
Silver Level
I play mainly hyper turbo games where players are mostly on shortstacks. I mark players with three colors, depending on which cards all in. :
green - any two cards
yellow - pairs 22 - TT, Connectors TJ, QJ, KJ, KT, AQ, AJ, AT
red - JJ-AA pairs, and AK
I also take notes when bluffing or have specific games.
green - any two cards
yellow - pairs 22 - TT, Connectors TJ, QJ, KJ, KT, AQ, AJ, AT
red - JJ-AA pairs, and AK
I also take notes when bluffing or have specific games.
GreenDaddy1
Rock Star
Silver Level
I was using labels when I was playing a lot of micro cash games. Tried to keep it simple. Green for fish, orange for decent TAG, red for NIT. What I found over time though was that by adding a colour range to the VPIP stat on my hud it did the job for me just about as well, and I still employ that today no matter what game I am playing. Occasionally players will have fishy habits but a reasonable VPIP, so just have to keep an eye out for that and I may occasionally still tag someone.
I do like to add notes too and definitely don't do it enough. Notes are particularly good when you are up against mostly the same players day after day, eg cash games and some tourneys (eg cardschat freeroll where field is often the same players). Most commonly my notes will be on starting hands (eg Limped AA from UTG+2 with 15BB) or actions post flop (eg Bluffed river with air). Try to keep it short, simple and to the same format, so I can quickly make sense of it during the action.
I do like to add notes too and definitely don't do it enough. Notes are particularly good when you are up against mostly the same players day after day, eg cash games and some tourneys (eg cardschat freeroll where field is often the same players). Most commonly my notes will be on starting hands (eg Limped AA from UTG+2 with 15BB) or actions post flop (eg Bluffed river with air). Try to keep it short, simple and to the same format, so I can quickly make sense of it during the action.
slicheri93
Legend
Bronze Level
I use 2 dark colours for stronger players (with notes) And 2 light colours for light/loose players (with notes) Having 6+ colours can confuse you sometimes if you don't pay 100% attention to the tables if you're playing more than 2/3 tables
That's why i use 4 colours it won't confuse me at all if i play long hours.
That's why i use 4 colours it won't confuse me at all if i play long hours.
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Pokerblitz
Enthusiast
Silver Level
Yes, I use color marking for players, and the note I make starts with the type of game played and how a certain hand played out.
I have 10+ colors and player types, like: calling station, TAG, nit, maniac, floatable etc.
Example of a note I make while playing NL10 would be:
nov18 NL10 SH 88BB, potb KQs COvsBB, cbet f, b/c t AsK3s2sT
Which means I was playing this month, NL10 and villain having 88BB stack opened KQs from CO, cbetted the flop cbet-called the turn and checked river bh when the board was AK32T and the turn was the third suited card.
When playing mtt's I also note the blind level.
I have 10+ colors and player types, like: calling station, TAG, nit, maniac, floatable etc.
Example of a note I make while playing NL10 would be:
nov18 NL10 SH 88BB, potb KQs COvsBB, cbet f, b/c t AsK3s2sT
Which means I was playing this month, NL10 and villain having 88BB stack opened KQs from CO, cbetted the flop cbet-called the turn and checked river bh when the board was AK32T and the turn was the third suited card.
When playing mtt's I also note the blind level.
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akmost
Rising Star
Loyaler
I use labels as the vast majority of the online players.
I have labels for the following categories:
Fish / Regular / Very Tight / Calling Station / Whale / Very Strong Regular
but to be honest they are not as useful as they seem to be. I will change them the following days
. Some labels may mislead you at some point and sometimes you label a player based on only one play and this is totally wrong IMO.
The 2 super useful labels for me are ''Super Tight'' and ''Calling Station''. You can exploit those 2 categories but the rest of them are not so obvious. A labeled player as ''fish'' can easily outplay you because of the label etc.
My notes include some out of the line plays but the most useful notes are the general behaviours as you mentioned at the initial post! Likewise ''sticky with drawing hands till the river card'' etc.
I have labels for the following categories:
Fish / Regular / Very Tight / Calling Station / Whale / Very Strong Regular
but to be honest they are not as useful as they seem to be. I will change them the following days
. Some labels may mislead you at some point and sometimes you label a player based on only one play and this is totally wrong IMO. The 2 super useful labels for me are ''Super Tight'' and ''Calling Station''. You can exploit those 2 categories but the rest of them are not so obvious. A labeled player as ''fish'' can easily outplay you because of the label etc.
My notes include some out of the line plays but the most useful notes are the general behaviours as you mentioned at the initial post! Likewise ''sticky with drawing hands till the river card'' etc.
MikeCarasone
Legend
Platinum Level
I definitely take a lot of notes. Labeling by color is fine too. But I like to write in hand histories and raise trends and calls made. If a player is 3 bet shoving 76 on an ace king 3 flop it’s in my notes. Those players that 3 bet shove limpers from the big blind get my attention quickly. I will write as much down as possible to exploit later. I have made hero calls based on maniacs past poor plays and won big pots. Then when they bitch why I called with 2nd pair I often say little but sometimes I remind them of there 6k shove with 6 high. Most times I will let them keep bleeding chips. If I perceive a player as good or bad or tight or LAG I am surely making a note. The more information I have the easier my decisions will bel
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Ricardo_lhp
Rock Star
Silver Level
hello my friend yes I use them But I do not like to put them by the graph of the players, not by the way they play. It's easier for me to catch my eye and know what kind of adversary I'm facing, whether it's titgh, maniac, recreational and etc ...
ChickenArise
Legend
Bronze Level
I use a color system and notes
Yellow is the default color so this just means I have notes on them.
If I change your color to orange that means youre AGRO (Aggressive). I actually have to peak at the notes to see if it says AGROTARD (Too Aggressive).
If they make dumb calls they earn the green label for well....green (newbie).
Blue is a variation of green but a little better than green. A call station might earn this.
Red is a warning label that indicates talent and trickiness.
Purple is to keep an eye this player until I can label them one of the other colors.
I would use the HUD stats to gather all of my other general data. If they play a marginal hand out of position this also goes in the notes. If they carry a high VPIP this also goes in the notes as it is a hard habit to break.
I also include the dollar amount of the tourney and type (bounty, satellite, etc).
I didnt model this system from anyone else, it just evolved to what it is.
Yellow is the default color so this just means I have notes on them.
If I change your color to orange that means youre AGRO (Aggressive). I actually have to peak at the notes to see if it says AGROTARD (Too Aggressive).
If they make dumb calls they earn the green label for well....green (newbie).
Blue is a variation of green but a little better than green. A call station might earn this.
Red is a warning label that indicates talent and trickiness.
Purple is to keep an eye this player until I can label them one of the other colors.
I would use the HUD stats to gather all of my other general data. If they play a marginal hand out of position this also goes in the notes. If they carry a high VPIP this also goes in the notes as it is a hard habit to break.
I also include the dollar amount of the tourney and type (bounty, satellite, etc).
I didnt model this system from anyone else, it just evolved to what it is.