Taking notes & classifying players

[squid300]

TBH, and I haven't read all of the comments, just the first page. So if this has been mentioned before I apologize

But!

I think that you are putting too much stock into stats as far as where people finish. I think as a whole, It isn't a bad thinga nd it is a good way to categorize people. But you learn so much more from just watching people play and learning what they do in certain situations. Stats aren't going to tell you the best way to extract value from a person. All they do is tell you if a person is a winning player or a losing player.

Besides the fact that looking up all these players is taking valuable time away from seeing what they are actually doing.

Just my 2 pennies.

[TheHaversham]

Any advice for using a HUD?

As much as I ramble, this could take me another entire thread, tbh. If you're using one, there is plenty of good advice out there. It's been so long since I used one, but color-coding was also key there (coding the actual stats so bad stats showed up one color, solid stats another, etc). I also knew several top players who never bothered. It's a whole different learning curve to master, IMO.

Very good strategy. I use a similar strategy for base notes when playing against "new to me" players, but I use more personal play notes when sitting at a table with someone plus a HUD. Looking at a person's stats are definitely great for establishing whether someone is "bluffable" or not though. Good players are thinking players and pay attention to your play, so if you are paying attention to your own shown down hands then you can use that to your advantage against them.

Any strat that you are using is likely to be a solid strat. Keep on keepin on, man. Indeed, my system is just the foundation, from which any other notes will be built. Long histories with regs allow for fine tuning and adding details.

TBH, and I haven't read all of the comments, just the first page. So if this has been mentioned before I apologize

But!
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I didn't really read past this

But!

Maybe you missed some parts about it not being for everyone. Just my $1.85.

[lorenz0wns]

TBH, and I haven't read all of the comments, just the first page. So if this has been mentioned before I apologize

But!

I think that you are putting too much stock into stats as far as where people finish. I think as a whole, It isn't a bad thinga nd it is a good way to categorize people. But you learn so much more from just watching people play and learning what they do in certain situations. Stats aren't going to tell you the best way to extract value from a person. All they do is tell you if a person is a winning player or a losing player.

Besides the fact that looking up all these players is taking valuable time away from seeing what they are actually doing.

Just my 2 pennies.

why not do both? it's a significant advantage looking up every player that are in your table because it makes your decisions clearer.