so i'm interested about the time it took to start seeing players with previously made notes... from the time you started making notes to the time seeing players with notes again regularly and having a chance to use those previously made notes.

i'm talking about MTT format.
post about your experience.
i've been making notes on players daily for a couple of weeks now... just wondering how long till it would start paying off the usfulness.

Have just started playing low buy-in MTTs regularly on WPN recently. Because some are Card Chat freerolls, I've come across a fair number I've made notes on. Even recognize some names, though I don't have notes on them. Obviously, on bigger sites it may be awhile, before you come across some you've made notes on. But, if you're playing a certain level of MTTS, you're bound to see some folks you've noted on sooner or later. Just keep taking them.

I've made so many notes, there's at least one person highlighted at any given table. (Usually).

I've only just started taking note recently in the last month, I started Tagging all the Brits I found sat at my tables during tournaments only as I was more concerned with whom 888Poker was rating me against and i did Tag and Note a few Sharks in the cash games...

As it happens a cash game today popped up Mr Shark lol he probably has a tag on me "Lil Miss Fish" haha I realize he was taking me to the cleaners again so i moved off the table and back to tournaments...

Originally Posted by gillbates21

so i'm interested about the time it took to start seeing players with previously made notes... from the time you started making notes to the time seeing players with notes again regularly and having a chance to use those previously made notes.

i'm talking about MTT format.
post about your experience.
i've been making notes on players daily for a couple of weeks now... just wondering how long till it would start paying off the usfulness.

The time it took was pretty short.

Mostly you are looking at MTT regulars in that structure / price / or time of day.

Also, the more notes you take the more likely you will see them again.

And to answer your question - notes are useful as soon as you see them on your opponents.

Good luck !

I have made a lot of notes. Hell, when I play live tournaments I make notes of some players on my phone.

Originally Posted by B1731898

I've made so many notes, there's at least one person highlighted at any given table. (Usually).

how long have you been taking notes?

Originally Posted by gillbates21

how long have you been taking notes?

In May will be two years for taking notes on this site.

in the united states the sites we have access to are smaller so you often run across players you have taken notes on , or color coded .

I always take notes on the players, but if I note them in another tournament, I first look at them, if the opinion about them does not change, then I do not change the label, and add if I notice.

on the cache tables are often found the same people, so notes are very helpful

where I usually play, I can just watch the table and evaluate the actions of the players when I see the showdown .. from this I draw conclusions about each player and take notes on them without even taking part.
In the future, these notes will be useful to me at the table, when these people will play against me

For the On Demand tournaments on ACR, you tend to see the same group that grind the micros so not long. Also seem to see the same players in the higher stake games as well. So a cycle of every other tournament if not every tournament.

Originally Posted by Nikolay Nakhaev

where I usually play, I can just watch the table and evaluate the actions of the players when I see the showdown .. from this I draw conclusions about each player and take notes on them without even taking part.
In the future, these notes will be useful to me at the table, when these people will play against me

it is useful? yes
is this optimal use of the play time? ...

Originally Posted by gillbates21

it is useful? yes
is this optimal use of the play time? ...

when I wait for my tournament, I just watch the others on another table at any time and make notes about the players. why not

Originally Posted by gillbates21

so i'm interested about the time it took to start seeing players with previously made notes... from the time you started making notes to the time seeing players with notes again regularly and having a chance to use those previously made notes.

i'm talking about MTT format.
post about your experience.
i've been making notes on players daily for a couple of weeks now... just wondering how long till it would start paying off the usfulness.

Taking notes on players, I saw the first player somewhere after a couple of weeks, but there I immediately changed the note, as the person changed the tactics of the game where I got caught, I am very sorry for this situation.

Originally Posted by Nikolay Nakhaev

when I wait for my tournament, I just watch the others on another table at any time and make notes about the players. why not

personal preferences, i understand.

but a person, who's goal is to maximize profits, would probably use the waiting time to play some other table(s)? and then do notes while actually in the game for better time management?

Originally Posted by gillbates21

personal preferences, i understand.

but a person, who's goal is to maximize profits, would probably use the waiting time to play some other table(s)? and then do notes while actually in the game for better time management?

I prefer to take breaks after the game and rest at the same time just watching other tables before my next tournament.
I need rest between games

I also always make notes about the players I play with. Most often, however, I designate their colors, defining their ranges of starting hands.

I usually tag guys I played with at final tables separately from other tags. After about a month of playing I start to see a few of those guys playing almost everyday.

Never have I seen a guy I made notes on . Maybe i dont log enough hrs. Very interesting. Would you tag players with various degrees of donkeyness.!

in MTT has never met the same player) more often you meet at the cash tables

I do not have this custom of making notes simply put colors.

You can take notes from a donk player, but the sharks don't leave any trace for they change their speed from time to time.

Originally Posted by Rob Hobson

You can take notes from a donk player, but the sharks don't leave any trace for they change their speed from time to time.

but one can make a note about somebody being a shark, which can remind to be careful.

I often play freerolls and satellites for 888. and there are always a lot of players I used to take notes. it helps a lot

Originally Posted by gillbates21

so i'm interested about the time it took to start seeing players with previously made notes... from the time you started making notes to the time seeing players with notes again regularly and having a chance to use those previously made notes.

i'm talking about MTT format.
post about your experience.
i've been making notes on players daily for a couple of weeks now... just wondering how long till it would start paying off the usfulness.

its not telling when you will see them again. i use notes for that table alone

I have this mostly players with MTT tournaments, with regular or cardschat freeroll players.

Originally Posted by gillbates21

but one can make a note about somebody being a shark, which can remind to be careful.

That's right.

Almost immediately. I play tournaments with a small field and often meet the same opponents. That's just important not to forget that a person can change his playing skills over time and your notes will create a lot of problems for you.

Originally Posted by Tenek26

Almost immediately. I play tournaments with a small field and often meet the same opponents. That's just important not to forget that a person can change his playing skills over time and your notes will create a lot of problems for you.

I completely agree. even if there is information on the opponent, additional attention is still needed. a person can improve their playing skills or play even worse than before.
I already had such mistakes when making decisions regarding such opponents.

I believe the first time I started taking notes on a player was at Pokerstars in '08. I kept a tablet next to my mouse, lol.

I think i only made one note ever, then after that considdered it a waste of time ^^ now many years later i'm starting to thi9nk it was a misstake to not make them haha ^^ but for me it has not showed in 8 years (kinda would expect that from that one note thoe! xD)

Is there a standard on color codes ?

Well sometimes notes payed off at same session.

On ACR i dont make notes on everyone, usually 5-10 per day but im starting to notice several every day. If you playing on Pokerstars or Partypoker then it will probably take a while because of how many players there are but i wouldnt know because im from US

Originally Posted by filsoum

Is there a standard on color codes ?

the standard is probably missing. I take notes in colors as convenient for me for memory and meaning

If you play the same stakes or tournament buy-ins you'll be playing with lots of the same players.

In cash games regularly and after 1 or 2 weeks in tournaments aswell

sometimes they pop out although if u play on a daily basis you wont see them too often. there are so many tables online its not like u go in some casino and meet lol.

Depending on the site... yeah if you play tournaments on pokerstars with those big fields, yeah it might take a while.. Smaller sites like 888 Poker, or others, you'll see them in the same week for sure.

I am trying to figure out if some poker add on is worth the investment in time and moinry
Thoughts

I think coz of time zone differences in the tournaments I play in I met around 20% players that I have notes on

You shook have a note of some kind on anyone you've ever played.

This game is repetition so studying hands and player’s style only gonna help you but you can survive without them if you got good poker recall

From practice, in order to start seeing people on which notes have been taken it is necessary to play the same tournaments, then the probability is greater, and for the game process it is better

I usually put notes on players that I've met at least once. When I face them I read the notes beforehand and make my strategy, I add more information if necessary.

Other players have notes about me than I do about other players. I will not be surprised how the notes about me will be mainly: donkey or fish.

As such, I do not make notes, because I note the players with whom I often play at the same table