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[RickC1883]

Does anyone have suggestions for how to keep track of a table? Are there any tricks to memorizing what the people at the table are doing when you are playing live games? I just started to use poker tracker and gametime plus for my online play but don't always keep track of a table when I play with my buddies. I have an idea of how they play so I am not as worried about keeping track but I want to learn so when I go to the brick and mortar casinos I will have a better chance. Thanks in Advance.

Rick

[tskillz187]

I don't know if this is a tourney question or not. It is far easier to keep track of how people are playing live because you are watching the game and can look at the people. Most of the time you can tell how someone plays just by looking at them.

If you are talking about keeping track of stack sizes without continuously asking how much they have, well that just takes effort and time. The biggest adjustment for me in live MTTs is trying to keep track of the stacks at the table and continuously thinking about my stack etc. I assume with more time you get used to it.

[copernicus]

A player classification system helps. Either Hellmuth's or Snyder's. If you can then associate something about their feature/clothing with their classfication, you'll generally remember both their style and specifics about why you classified them that way. Gus Hansen uses a dictation machine and keeps notes on players and hands, more for future review than game time (probably illegal to listen to it game time?), but even the process of making notes helps remember them without listening.