Keeping records on your poker opponents is extremely important. Poker is no different than any other sport in this regard. You would be hard pressed to find a sport that doesn’t require the study of their opponent. Basketball and football coaches spend hours upon hours of watching tape on their opponents, all in an effort to determine their weaknesses and strengths. Their goal is to neutralize their strengths and exploit their weaknesses. That should be your goal as well. Doing exactly that online is a bit easier than if you had to do that offline. Unless you participate in weekly games with the same group of people, this might be difficult to do offline.
If you are interested in keeping records on your poker opponents, the first thing that you need to do is find an online poker room equipped with the software that will allow you to do that. Some sites wont’ have the software necessary for you to keep records on your poker opponents but many will. Join those that do.
Once you have found a site that will allow you to keep tabs on your opponents, make sure that you understand how it works. Much of the software of this type is pretty self-explanatory and easy to use. If you have questions, contact someone in customer service.
It is important that you note that such software is not foolproof. There are ways for other players to circumvent it. An individual may change their username or they may sign up for another account so that people can’t gather information on them. They might also change their avatar. This would, thus, make the information that you gathered pretty useless. Nevertheless, it may be worth keeping track of other players. There will be plenty of people who won’t change their username and knowing their strengths and weaknesses can be very beneficial to you.