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Rating System for Online Players

My suggestion to any serious player is to always keep notes on your opponents. A note takes just a few seconds to type into the note box of a player but has the potential to earn or save a lot of money. For many players my notes have made me tons of money or saved me tons of money. Here is how I keep track of my players. Why a 1 to 5 scale when many books say 1-10? Its easier to remember. Assume a full table game when I mention facts.

"X X": This is their looseness and aggression factor. The higher the numbers the more loose and aggressive they are. A typical bad player in my notes is a 2 2 or a 2 3. There are some players I rank between the numbers like a 2.5 rating on looseness. They are between two styles.

Looseness (limit play mostly)

1: Donator The player plays any hand in any position, even trash hands. They play 50%+ of their hands

2: Typical This player is the typical bad player found online. They play all the proper hands and any ace, any 2 suited cards, any connectors, any two face cards. They usually see the flop 30-50% of the time.

3: Solid These are players that perhaps read a book or two and are playing mostly hands listed in the pre-flop section of the site. but they are playing them out of position. These players usually see the flop 22-30%.

4: Tight This player is very tight probably folding many marginal hands and only playing premium stuff. They see 15-21% of the time.

5: Rock Only plays premium hands. Does not like suited connectors or anything that might make him chase unless they are getting rediculous odds. 15% or less seeing the flop.


Aggression (limit play mostly)

1: Wimp Always limps, never raises even with the nuts. Limps in pots with (AA, KK, QQ) and calls down. Just calls with their made hand all the way down. Won't raise unless they are sure they have the absolute nuts.

2: Nut Raiser Raises only with the top hands, AA, KK, QQ, AK, AQ, JJ. They will generally call down with trips fearing a higher kicker if they are reraised or a flush fearing a higher flush. These players won't raise unless they are sure they have the nuts or are pretty close to it.

3: Typical This is your standard poker player. He raises when he hits a two pair, a set, trips, quads, a full house, a flush, a straight, or straight flush. But half the time they do this without looking at the vulnerablilty of their hand. They typically wait till the turn to raise with 2 pair or better even if it warrents raising the flop.

4: Aggressive Two types fit here. 1st is a player who raises with solid made hands when they feel they have the best of it. They also raise to get a free card or build a pot for their draw. They raise on the semi-bluff when appropriate and check raise opponents. They raise pre-flop with good hands up front and positive expectation hands in position. The 2nd type is the maniac that raises with top pair when he has any kicker thats about a 7 or higher, raises any 2 face cards before the flop, raises any pair before the flop, or just raises on the flop if he feels he has the best hand.

5: Super Aggressive This is the guy that tosses in a raise for the hell of it. This player will raise and reraise just on a pure bluff with trash. He will cap it without concern for his bankroll or your sanity. Typically I find these type of players have tons of money to blow and just get a kick at frustrating others. Also they try to ram and jam the pot so they can win on aggression alone.


Abbreviations for notes (limit and NL)

EP, MP, LP, BUT, SB, BB: Early position, middle position, late position, button, small blind, big blind.

CS0: Calling station Zero This player will call you down with hand, and I mean ANY hand. It is impossible to bluff this player, but he will pay you off. This player rarely bluffs.

CSA: Calling station Ace This player will call down with ace high unless the board looks really ugly with draws that hit.

CSK: Calling station King This player will call down with king high unless the board looks really ugly with draws that hit or an ace.

CS: Calling station This player will call down with 2nd pair or 3rd pair on an any board just in case your bluffing. Its very hard to bluff this player. They gotta pay to see your hand.

PAA: Plays any Ace This player will play any ace in an unraised or raised pot. If they hit their ace they will call you down no matter what the kicker. A times they will not bet their ace until the river fearing they are out kicked. Usually if a preflop raiser bets all the way down then checks the river this player will assume his ace if good and bet.

PASA: Plays any Suited Ace This player will play any suited ace in an unraised or raised pot. If they hit their ace they will call you down no matter what the kicker. A times they will not bet their ace until the river fearing they are out kicked. Usually if a preflop raiser bets all the way down then checks the river this player will assume his ace if good and bet.

(xx"s") Hole cards This is used to represent how a player plays a particular hand. For example... "folds (AKs) unimproved on the turn" means this player folds AK suited when unimproved on the turn. Add an "s" after the cards to represent if its suited.

PF: Preflop This is a symbol to represent preflop action.

LI: Limps This player will limp in with premium hands. "LI PF (AA)

SC: Suited connectors just refers to a hand type the player plays

SP: Small pair usually refers to 22-66 in most cases.

FI: First In When the player in question performs an action first in the pot.
example... "LI SC FI EP" this player limps suited connectors when first in to the pot in early position.

RS: Raises This is a symbol to represent when a player raises for example... "RS any ace PF" this means this player will raise any ace pre-flop.

RRS: Reraises This is a symbol to represent when a player reraises for example... "RS/RRS on bluffs" this means this player will raise and reraise when he bluffs.

CC: Cold Calls This player cold calls with hands "CC PF (AA, KK)" This means cold calls preflop with AA and KK.

TPTK: Top pair / top kicker This is a symbol to represent top pair and top kicker for example... "RS/RRS TP TK on flop" means this player raises and reraised top pair with top kicker on the flop.

TPGK: Top pair / good kicker This is a symbol to represent top pair and good kicker for example... "RS/RRS TP TK on flop" means this player raises and reraised top pair with top kicker on the flop.

HU: Headsup This is a symbol to represent a players action when heads up

BvB, SBvB, BvBB: (blind vs blind) Relates to his behavior when in blind vs blind position. SBvB means he is the SB, BvBB means he is the BB. example "RSes BvBB if I limp FI" means this player raises when in the BB when I limp first in on the SB.

?: Questionable Use this when you belive a player does something but there is not enough evidence to support it for example... "LI (AA) PF UTG?" means you think this player might be capable of limping under the gun with AA by his action but you have not seen his cards.

!: Occurances Use this to signify occurances of a particular action. This is very helpful in identifying patterns for example... "bluffs!!!!!!!" this player has attempted bluffing 7 times since I have played with him.

Also make your own little notes on the player's style of play. These shortcuts assist me in popping up notes on any player and having a quick read on them. here are some real examples of players I have notes on. As you can see these notes are quick and simple to read.

Player #1: 2 3 CSA PAA, bluffs!!! at missed draws on river, Bets draws

Player #2: 1 3 CS0 PAA, LI (AA-TT).

Player #3: 2? 3 RS/RRS PF any pair into callers

Player #4: 2 3 CS PAA, RS/RRS suited face PF in EP.

Player #5: 2 4 RS/RRS TP any kicker, bluffs!!!!!

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