Most basic of all- What is your system for remembering cards?

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What about pen and paper? (I'm not being facetious here.)


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I couldn't write fast enough when I used to try and write down all the hands played and board cards in hold em. There's no way I can keep track of all the folded cards in stud without developing some sort of shorthand notation.