Live Note Taking

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I have been pleasantly surprised at the small amount of attention my note-taking has gotten. I take a small notepad and simply make a one-line entry for each pot I enter telling me what I played, what position it was in, and how many small bets I won or lost. It only takes a second to write down 89o/SB/-2 or whatever. I still rely on memory to remember things about players, I just write down what I want to put in my database when I get home.

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I dont know how else to say it so I'm be blunt - your notes and your database has no redeeming value. You should be making notes of your session profit/loss, limit, and time - not notes of the size of each pot you enter, it doesnt matter how much you win/lose in a hand - thats just nitty. Additionally you should be making notes about the hand itself if you want to think about it in the future.

I recently advised someone who happened to post in this thread in private to take notes when a hand he is in includes a concept that I noted he was having problems with. So for the next few sessions he will record the action of every time he slowplays, check/raises, check/calls, or folds because "he doesn't have the right odds". With each notes he must describe his profile of the opponent. His goal will be to send each hand to me via PM, and we will discuss the ones where I can find a better course of action, and some we will repost in the strat forums for additional comments.