Most of my notes consist of things I feel I can quickly exploit. For example, late in 45-player SnGs, I try to note what players will do after limping (limp/fold, or limp/call with the hand they called with).

Some of my notes include: doesnt understand stack sizes, doesnt understand pot odds, stations too wide in blinds, bad at poker. Other than that I just make nots of specific hands they played at whatever blinds, stack size, position, etc.

My notes are sort of a cross between Dunkman's and CBorders's.

I'll make notes of specific lines when villain does something that absolutely means he's a donk. If I would have played it the same, I don't make a specific note of it unless I sit at the same table for long enough where I believe he's a thinking player.

An example would be,
"L1: 3xbbor EP2 T8s, checked thru TT4 flop w 2 behind, crai turn" <--- [made a 3xbb open raise from utg+1/early position 2, checked thru flop and made a check-raise all-in on hte turn]...
"L7: M~9 called M~6's AIR [all-in raise] closing action K9o" and will also put down "Doesn't understand pot odds,"
"Doesn't understand position"
"Just wants to move up final table ladder"
"Doesn't understand inflection points", etc.

A couple suggestions: Always note the blind level and note if their M is <15 since their actions won't be the same at the end of the tournament as htey would in the beginning.

when he calls down light (ie middle pair, or top pair weak kicker, even a horrid pair)
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"Notes should really be used in conjunction with PT, neither can play the role of the other." - zedveron



Yeah I can agree with that. PT might be able to tell you how often an opponent bets the turn, but it will never tell you "made a blocking bet of one third of the pot with a flush draw"

How are my notes here?



Overall seems TAG.

Folded to my 3x BB preflop raise from the cutoff here with a big stack, (my Image was TAG)

PokerStars Game #19215166384: Tournament #98908309, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (200/400) - 2008/07/30 - 04:41:24 (ET)
Table '98908309 10' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: LirvA (7670 in chips)
Seat 2: Lester1955 (1845 in chips)
Seat 3: uwek1965 (6478 in chips)
Seat 4: LadyBadBeat (4845 in chips)
Seat 5: ORIOL73 (19092 in chips)
Seat 6: Tahoetylt (2125 in chips)
Seat 7: Jens Moeck (3975 in chips)
Seat 8: EuraDoosh (5060 in chips)
LirvA: posts the ante 50
Lester1955: posts the ante 50
uwek1965: posts the ante 50
LadyBadBeat: posts the ante 50
ORIOL73: posts the ante 50
Tahoetylt: posts the ante 50
Jens Moeck: posts the ante 50
EuraDoosh: posts the ante 50
LadyBadBeat: posts small blind 200
ORIOL73: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to LirvA [Tc Ah]
Tahoetylt: folds
Jens Moeck: folds
EuraDoosh: folds
LirvA: raises 800 to 1200
Lester1955: folds
uwek1965: folds
LadyBadBeat: folds
ORIOL73: folds
Uncalled bet (800) returned to LirvA
ara2corse is connected
LirvA collected 1400 from pot
LirvA: doesn't show hand

Reraised a 5x BB preflop raise all in here with 1010.
PokerStars Game #19215291105: Tournament #98908309, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level XII (500/1000) - 2008/07/30 - 04:54:29 (ET)
Table '98908309 10' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: LirvA (15490 in chips)
Seat 2: diegobrons (5548 in chips)
Seat 3: uwek1965 (8916 in chips)
Seat 4: LadyBadBeat (2295 in chips)
Seat 5: ORIOL73 (19112 in chips)
Seat 8: Marcelbecari (25635 in chips)
Seat 9: carmelo55 (19680 in chips)
LirvA: posts the ante 100
diegobrons: posts the ante 100
uwek1965: posts the ante 100
LadyBadBeat: posts the ante 100
ORIOL73: posts the ante 100
Marcelbecari: posts the ante 100
carmelo55: posts the ante 100
carmelo55: posts small blind 500
LirvA: posts big blind 1000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to LirvA [Ac 9s]
diegobrons: raises 4448 to 5448 and is all-in
uwek1965: folds
LadyBadBeat: folds
ORIOL73: raises 13564 to 19012 and is all-in
Marcelbecari: folds
carmelo55: folds
LirvA: folds
Uncalled bet (13564) returned to ORIOL73
*** FLOP *** [9c 3h 5d]
*** TURN *** [9c 3h 5d] [Jd]
*** RIVER *** [9c 3h 5d Jd] [8d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
diegobrons: shows [6s Qc] (high card Queen)
ORIOL73: shows [Td Th] (a pair of Tens)
ORIOL73 collected 13096 from pot

Check folded the paired flop here to my half pot bet. (Bluffable on paired flops?)

PokerStars Game #19215307007: Tournament #98908309, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level XII (500/1000) - 2008/07/30 - 04:56:10 (ET)
Table '98908309 10' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: LirvA (13690 in chips)
Seat 3: uwek1965 (7116 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 4: LadyBadBeat (995 in chips)
Seat 5: ORIOL73 (30560 in chips)
Seat 6: SoneColdKing (4963 in chips)
Seat 8: Marcelbecari (25335 in chips)
Seat 9: carmelo55 (19080 in chips)
LirvA: posts the ante 100
uwek1965: posts the ante 100
LadyBadBeat: posts the ante 100
ORIOL73: posts the ante 100
SoneColdKing: posts the ante 100
Marcelbecari: posts the ante 100
carmelo55: posts the ante 100
LadyBadBeat: posts small blind 500
ORIOL73: posts big blind 1000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to LirvA [4s Ad]
SoneColdKing: folds
Marcelbecari: folds
carmelo55: folds
LirvA: calls 1000
uwek1965: folds
LadyBadBeat: calls 395 and is all-in
ORIOL73: checks
*** FLOP *** [Tc 4h Td]
ORIOL73: checks
uwek1965 has returned
LirvA: bets 1500
ORIOL73: folds
Uncalled bet (1500) returned to LirvA
*** TURN *** [Tc 4h Td] [3d]
*** RIVER *** [Tc 4h Td 3d] [5s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
LirvA: shows [4s Ad] (two pair, Tens and Fours)
LirvA collected 210 from side pot
LadyBadBeat: shows [2h Kc] (a pair of Tens)
LirvA collected 3385 from main pot





Just an example, but they seem pretty decent. Not a whole lot accessible though because of the length, I think I need to put the captions in CAPS.

My notes consist of only people that need to be slowrolled. I assumed thats what the notes were primarily used for.

I dont know if this has already been said (tldr) but i like to know who limp folds/limp calls.
Peoples calling range, peoples shoving range if they are a station/ if they like to raise light.
Just stuff that might help me later in the tourny or if i bump into them again.

In addition to the good suggestions so far, I have found a really good note is to track the "flush masters" (keeps all sooted) and the "ace masters" (keeps all Aces)

I am a lot more wary on a 3flush board when I have a flush master in the hand, and the A on board slows me down more when there's an ace master in the hand (unless I have one!).

Of course, this is about 90% of all players at the bargain levels where I play

Along with what everyone else has said ...

Donkey, station, maniac, loose, TAG, need to 2 barrel, tough, too tough, steals often, steals from SB, weak PF, weak - always fold to 3-bet, min-raises premium hands, limps pps, and any other random junk that crosses my mind.

Edit: Ya and as per the above... loves any 2 sooted when I see K2 sooted.

can't forget about the telepaths.

Also, with pokerstars always use the instant hand history to see mucked cards if you aren't using pokertracker.