Top two pair vs river aggression

Originally Posted by Shizu

Yes, notes are something I need to put more work on...it surely needs to be more organized...

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 outr of fear?

Dunno wot people here think of this as a 'template'?

PS - i'd really love to know what "Catches nut straight and shoves 15x on river" is in Italian

Curse you for posting results so fast!

FWIW, I was going to post easy call before I saw the results...

This guy's blocking bets on the turn + river suggest he got into a bigger pot than he really wanted to. Sometimes when that happens, they just freak out on the river and push because they feel so lost in the hand.

Originally Posted by DoubleJ

• Do they play for Pot Control with Medium/Good hands?
• Will he check down a strong hand outr of fear?

These are both VERY important reads you can use to narrow ranges in a wide range of situations against someone.

Good stuff DoubleJ, thanks. Some of that is done by poker tracker, but some needs way more effort than what I'm currently putting into notes.
So I'll look more into that part of the game.

Italian poker translations aren't very glamorous at all.
Most terms don't have a direct translation and most competent italian players learn from US players/books/sites, so the majority of the terms aren't translated.

Originally Posted by Shizu

Italian poker translations aren't very glamorous at all.

ahh dammit!

When you say "Some of that is done by poker tracker", do you mean it makes notes for you, or that you can infer stuff from stats?

Stats. Stuff like preflop limp/raise, reaction to 3-bet/4-bet, c-bet/fold to c-bet %.