In my opinion keeping a buddy lists is a waste of time because if they are bad enough to rate on your buddy list they just aren't going to be around for very long. Go ahead and try it and after adding 20 or so names on your list check it everytime you log on and you will see a bunch of nonlit smily faces.
My way of handling this is when I see a shitty player I just open up the notepad and hit whatever keys my fingers connect with so that the notepad icon shows up on their name. That way I know that they are shitty if I get involved in a hand with them. GT+ has helped in this way greatly as I play 4 to 5 tables at all times and without that I would miss out on some of the subleties of play by these shitty players but when I see they are entering pots at a clip greater than 30% they are a fish and I can handle them accordingly. If I was playing fewer tables I might take more precise notes but I doubt it because as I said previously you are probably going to be playing 30-50 hands with these chumps and you never see them again.
In over 94K hands since mid November I have played with only 68 players more than 400 hands and among them are NO fish symbols and only one calling station that have been autorated. When I see these guys at the table I know how to handle them because they play very few hands and I know how to deal with that. Very rarely do we ever come into conflict. For the other multitude of players that I have played I just don't worry much about keeping track of their actual play beyond noting they are shitty. Perhaps this is not the most beneficial way to do things but it is quick and clean and for me serves the short term purpose that in all likelihood is all that is necessary.
I believe that the note taking in NL games is a much more serious matter especially with the better players and how they handle certain situations.Statistics: Posted by piersmajestyk — Fri Apr 15, 2005 12:47 pm
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