[RemyXO]

The skill of getting and using reads against your opponents is of paramount importance in poker. Once single reads that saves or earns you just one big bet per hour can double your earn rate for the session! Yet most of the posts here start with "No reads on villain". Sometimes he's new at the table or there are really no reads, but I suspect that most of the time people don't bother to follow the hands and detect patterns in villains' play. Or they just don't know how to.

In this thread, I would like you to share you rexperience in getting reads at the table (beyond PT stats). Please, answer the followiing, and add more information that you think is helpful:

(1) What are you looking for during the hand progress?
(2) How do you document your findings?
(3) Have you developed a nice shorthand notation for notes on villain?
(4) When do you feel that a ceratin read is solid?
(5) How do you classify your opponents? Standard two-dimensional tight/loose aggro/passive, or more elaborate?
(6) What are the KEY moves that you should observe that will potentially save/earn you money? (E.g. does turn C/R from tis villain ALWAYS mean the nuts?)


Pooh-Bahs, the stage is yours!