Building a player profile

Originally Posted by StarGrinder

I use the color codes at Stars, but mostly just for table/seat selecting, as you can see who's who from the lobby and before you play a hand. I don't put a whole ton of value in these categories much past this though. Solid note-taking is essential and helps a lot.

Thanks for the response. I agree. I used a similar system for S&G's and that was my intention for cash as well, but then I started seeing other guys using a lot of categoreies thought maybe I missed somthing.

The problem with categorizing players is people tend to use them as a crutch for decision making. Just because you categorize players A & B as ________ doesn't mean they open the same range or play the same way throughout a hand. But then again, every player that isn't a decent reg or a maniac is constantly playing their hands face up anyway so...