Player Profiling

[Chipaccrual]

I"ve mentioned in a previous post somewhere about having never kept notes on players.  Although I am sure that I do have thoughts on players in my head when I play against them, and therefore to a certain extent I am actually profiling them as I go, it is something that I give little conscious thought to.

What sort of information do you include on your player notes ?

How many instances of a particular situation do you need to see before you will attribute a trait to a player ?

Do you have a particular system you use (coding, pigeon holing profiles, colours) ?


Maybe I should ask what notes you all have on me ?     Although I"m not sure I could profile my own play myself  

[TheSnapper]

Page open to reply and the voice in my head is screaming, " keep it short"  

For tournies a good start would be to label players....

• loose aggro


• Tight aggro


• loose passive


• tight passive


• rock

If a rock or passive player makes an aggressive action, beware! and of course vice versa.


Some traits I note as exploitable.....

• Folds BB too often.

Steal steal steal and don"t play big pots versus his blind.

• folds to cb too often / limp calls preflop.

These two tendencies are often found as a pair but not exclusively. Isolate this cash cow frequently.

• Steals too often.

Wide 3b bluff or wide 3b for value depending on how player responds to 3b"s

• Opens too wide from early position.

3b"s versus early position opens get lots of respect.


Pay close attention and note how a player plays his monster hands, it is extremely valuable to be able to confidently rule out two pair, sets or greater from our opponents likely holdings. I could go on here but I"m sure you get the picture.

Cliffs:

Think about tendencies you can exploit, note them and remember, they are only useful if you act on them!

[AJDUK]

My notes on you are that you were a regular at APAT events, accurate with your descriptions of key hands and know the names of lots of people. You had a weekness in ensuring that player chip counts equalled the total chips in play. Not much else.

[Chipaccrual]

Thanks Brendan, all useful stuff.

It"s a really tough area to get started on.  I"ve watched and played against loads of APATers over the years.  Not sure how many I could correctly stick in a category.

You had a weekness in ensuring that player chip counts equalled the total chips in play. Not much else.

I knew that was a leak in my game  

[Paulie_D]

You had a weekness in ensuring that player chip counts equalled the total chips in play. Not much else.

I knew that was a leak in my game  

I assume you mean a leek!

[s4ooter]

I colour code catagories:

MTTs:
Beast
Solid Reg
Unknown Reg
Bad Reg
Noted Hand

MTTSngs:
Good Reg
Ok Reg
Bad Reg
Unknown  (all have notes on levels/how many tables etc)

Cash:
Solid Reg
Weak Reg
Fish
Passive


All will have hands and notes etc

[duke3016]

No notes, as I mentioned to a very nice guy at my table in Tallinn as he tabled his AA to my 89 - every hand is 50/50 son.

[poker_jason]

I colour code catagories:

MTTs:
Beast
Solid Reg
Unknown Reg
Bad Reg
Noted Hand

MTTSngs:
Good Reg
Ok Reg
Bad Reg
Unknown  (all have notes on levels/how many tables etc)

Cash:
Solid Reg
Weak Reg
Fish
Passive


All will have hands and notes etc

How have you categorized me!!! Serious question. PM if necessary would love the feedback/perception.

[rudders]

spefic hands theyve played so like called qj suited preflop clicked back on a q72 rainbow flop and called shove.

-David

[George2Loose]

Most of my notes day "slow roll this c@&£"