Taking notes at the table...

[Yepitis]

Does taking notes at a small limit game make you look way to serious?

I normally step away from the table every hour or so and jot stuff down but this don't work when I have something specific to keep track of. I don't want to try to remember something when I should be focused on the game but I also don't want to look like I am really trying to win.

Your thoughts?

[shuinthehouse]

search for posts by me ,look at the foxwoods trip reports, i track a lot of info, few notice, and when inquired what i'm writing i laugh and say i like to keep track of how much i'm losing and it gives me something to do between hands so i don't get bored ha ha. they don't notice or care you are playing less than half the hands they are, they don't notice or care you are taking notes, at least at 4-8 foxwoods.

[Bob T.]

I used to keep a notebook, and write down a quick summary of what happened on every hand that I put money into the pot. If the hand was particularly interesting, I would put in the board, the betting action, and any hands that my opponents showed.

It might look something like this.

84 3 KQ+ 2X3 2X2 1X2

84 - hand number
3 position at the table 0 = button,
KQ+ the plus = suited.
2X3 Three players for two bets.

If I won the hand, I would underline it. That was usually enough information, so that if I had to remember the hand afterward, to think about it, I could.

A couple people asked me about it, but I don't think anyone minded, and most didn't notice. Whenever a big hand came up, someone might make a joke about, remember to put that in your book.