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Keeping Poker Records:

The object of the game of poker is to win $$$
without poker records - how can you possibly know if you're winning or losing?
How can you expect to improve without knowing your strengths or your weaknesses?

Here's a sample of how simple keeping poker records can be:

Sample Poker Record
time in/out	buyin/cashout	stakes	location/date	date	notes
5pm/7:3Opm	$160/$240	$2/$4 fixed	ultimatebet.com	22aug04	loose-passive
4pm/7Pm	$100/$349	$1/$2nl	horseshoe casino	23aug04	tight-passive My AA got cracked by 72offsuit!
10am/12pm	$320/$189	$4/$8	mirage casino	26aug04	loose-aggressive 2 Maniacs. My Set got cracked on the River.

So what to do with all these poker logs? I recommend you upload the data onto a poker spreadsheet like pokerdominator.com:

pokerdominator.com - is a free poker session tracker that can actually import .csv files from pokercharts!

pokercharts.com - is a totally free* online poker spreadsheet! It can also do specific graphs & display many interesting poker statistics!

* (02/23/2005 update: it's no longer free)