When taking notes on players what exactly do you look for? In what terms do you put it so you may remember the next time you see it? Which could be weeks or months!

I have a few that are like:

Limps with AA,
or Flat calls raise with AA.

Is that sufficient or should I be adding position, stack size, etc? I am sure more information is better, but it could get a bit time consuming going through how the hand was played to jot down bet sizing and such, especially if you are multi tabling.

Basically, what do you notes look like, and how much information is sufficient for you?

I note stack off ranges, weird lines with nut hands, how they play sets, responses in 3bet pots and anything else unusual. I try to include as much relevant info as possible particularly position. Stack size is not so impt, regs are usually always 100bb and fish dont adjust to stack sizes so it doesnt matter. I try to include any recent history that may provide a framework for the action noted eg if you 3bet a guy 3times in an orbit, and he stacks off light the 4th time, it probably doesnt mean he stacks off light in 3bet pots.


When playing a session, I often just mark the hand for review and take the notes later if it is a reg. If it is a fish i dont expect to see again, then i quickly scramble the note in whilst playing because it is more likely to come in handy straight away.

There is an excellent post by Zeth: Note Taking

Thanks!

I didn't think about doing it when you review the hand! That totally escaped me.

I will definitely check out the link too!

Appreciate it!

does anyone have any advice on taking notes outside of the poker client. This is without the use of PT3 or HEM.
im thinking excel is a good option? or is there something better to use?