Been a while since we had a thread like this, and the discussion in another thread prompted my thoughts, so I thought I'd start a discussion on the types of notes that we make on our opps.
Below are the types of notes that I make:
- What sorts of hands they show down in big pots (the nuts? bottom pair? busted draws?)
- What sort of hands they limp, in what situations and what they do when somebody raises behind is probably the #1 note that I make.
- Whether they shove much looser or tighter than expected considering their position (eg. if I see them shoving A2s with 10x BB on a 7-handed table I'll feel much better about calling in the BB with my AJo). Similarly if they only shove big hands when they should be shoving ATC this is a useful read
- What it means when they overbet the pot at any point - is this a bluff or is it a monster hand? Can make a big difference whether they do this on the flop or on the river
- What it means when they bet smaller on each subsequent street (almost invariably a weak hand)
- How tight/loose they call short/big stack pushes or if they fold when they're getting monster pot odds
- How they play monster hands like flopped sets - do they lead? check/raise? check/call?
- If they do stuff like shove the nuts or a busted draw on the river
- Their Sharkscope stats and over how many games