Sort Your $*%&in' Life Out!

One of my leaks is that I don't make anywhere near enough notes, as I'm not always really sure what to write and my labelling system is awful. Recently I've just been marking people as nits or fish, which I imagine will stop working well as I move up.

I was wondering if anyone would be kind enough to post some examples of notes that they have made on villains so I can see some examples.

Also if anyone has any suggestions on good 6max videos on DC, I'd be grateful to hear them.

/beg

dunno if this is of any use, but Harrington suggests organizing notes like this:

Notes unrelated to Specific Hands
Number of tables this opponent plays at once
His standard Buy-In amount
Whether or not he auto-rebuys

Preflop Notes
Whether this opponent Limp/Calls
How this opponent makes and responds to 3Bets
How this opponent makes and responds to 4Bets
How this opponent makes and responds to preflop All-Ins

Postflop notes which apply generally to all actions after the flop
How strong a hand does this player need to bet or call a series of bets all the way to the river
What do unusual bet sizes mean for this player

Flop Notes
How strong a hand does this player need to make or call an All-In bet on the flop
Do they slow-play big hands?
How do they play draws?
Do they Donk bet, and what does it mean?

Turn Notes
How strong a hand does this player need to make or call an All-In bet on the turn
Do they play for Pot Control with Medium/Good hands?

River Notes
Does an All-In mean the nuts?
Is he capable of making a big bluff on the river?
Will he check down a strong hand out of fear?

Originally Posted by DoubleJ

dunno if this is of any use, but Harrington suggests organizing notes like this:

Notes unrelated to Specific Hands
Number of tables this opponent plays at once
His standard Buy-In amount
Whether or not he auto-rebuys

Preflop Notes
Whether this opponent Limp/Calls
How this opponent makes and responds to 3Bets
How this opponent makes and responds to 4Bets
How this opponent makes and responds to preflop All-Ins

Postflop notes which apply generally to all actions after the flop
How strong a hand does this player need to bet or call a series of bets all the way to the river
What do unusual bet sizes mean for this player

Flop Notes
How strong a hand does this player need to make or call an All-In bet on the flop
Do they slow-play big hands?
How do they play draws?
Do they Donk bet, and what does it mean?

Turn Notes
How strong a hand does this player need to make or call an All-In bet on the turn
Do they play for Pot Control with Medium/Good hands?

River Notes
Does an All-In mean the nuts?
Is he capable of making a big bluff on the river?
Will he check down a strong hand out of fear?

hey this is a really good post. i think after a certain amount of time playing vs someone it's better to start making general profiles though, if you play that much volume vs anybody at 10nl and lower?. so instead of looking up certain reads for certain streets in a list of notes while you play, you'd be playing off something like "loose/passive pre, over-values middle pairs, will call 3 with TP, generally passive postflop unless holding perceived nuts, makes -EV calls with draws on F+T, unlikely to have a bluff range on any street". find it easier to do it that way. you can plan a whole hand vs a villain's tendencies with that info, rather than checking your reads on each street and consequently playing each street in a vacuum

Originally Posted by ImSavy

Recently I've just been marking people as nits or fish, which I imagine will stop working well as I move up

also...do u use the Auto-Rate feature in HM?

Originally Posted by DoubleJ

also...do u use the Auto-Rate feature in HM?

It's their by default yeah, I tend to not look into it a huge amount though, prefer to look at their stats.

edit - & Thanks for the above

Originally Posted by ImSavy

Thanks for the above

ur welcome. must brush up on this myself, too

Originally Posted by ImSavy

I tend to not look into it a huge amount though, prefer to look at their stats.

FWIW - u can customise it - i find it's pretty useful for summarising a bunch of stats into a "type" which u can then combine w/ colour-coding

NoteCaddy is altogether more comprehensive, but that's extra $$$s