Turn Notes Start With the Flop
By the turn, you already have information from the preflop and flop streets.
Your preflop notes established the opponent's starting range. Your flop notes showed how they interacted with the first three community cards.
The turn gives you another opportunity to see which parts of that range continue, slow down, or become more aggressive.
CB on the Turn
In PokerNotesPro, CB means the player was the aggressor and continues their aggression after missing the current street.
For example, the player bets the flop, misses the turn, and continues betting.
You can record:
- CB → 50% Pot
- CB → 75% Pot
- CB → 100% Pot
This can reveal whether the opponent continues applying pressure even when their hand does not improve.
When the Opponent Gives Up
Not every flop aggressor continues betting on the turn.
If the player misses the turn and stops their aggression, record that behavior.
For example:
CH → Give Up
A pattern such as:
Flop: CB → 30%
Turn: CH → Give Up
can tell you that the opponent frequently attacks the flop but abandons the hand when they fail to improve.
Turn Bets With Made Hands
When the opponent has a known made hand, record the action, sizing, and hand strength.
- B → 50% → TPTK
- B → 75% → Set
- B → 50% → Two Pair
- B → 75% → Overpair
After several observations, you may discover that an opponent uses different turn sizings depending on the strength of their hand.
Turn All-In Notes
A turn all-in can represent a very strong made hand or a powerful drawing hand.
Record what the opponent showed whenever you have reliable information.
- AI → Flush Draw
- AI → Nut Flush Draw
- AI → Straight Draw
- AI → TPTK
- AI → Two Pair
- AI → Set
This is particularly useful because some players only move all-in with very strong made hands, while others are willing to put strong draws into their turn all-in range.
Turn Notes Help Narrow the Range
The turn is where your previous observations become increasingly useful.
For example:
Preflop: RP → 22+, Axs, K9s+, QTs+
Flop: CB → 30%
Turn: CH → Give Up
This tells you that the player can apply pressure on the flop but may abandon weaker holdings when the hand reaches the turn.
Another player might show:
Preflop: RP → 22+, Axs, K9s+, QTs+
Flop: CB → 30%
Turn: AI → Flush Draw
Now you know that this opponent is capable of turning a strong draw into an aggressive all-in.
Record What Changes on the Turn
The most useful turn notes often describe a change in behavior.
- CB → 50% Pot — continues aggression after missing
- CH → Give Up — stops aggression after missing
- B → 50% → TPTK — bets a medium-strength made hand
- B → 75% → Set — uses larger sizing with a strong hand
- AI → Flush Draw — willing to commit with a strong draw
- AI → Set — commits strongly with a made hand
These observations help you understand how the opponent's range changes as the hand progresses.
Build Patterns Over Multiple Hands
One turn observation is only one piece of information. Repeated observations are much more valuable.
For example, you might record:
- CB → 50% Pot
- CB → 75% Pot
- CH → Give Up
- B → 75% → TPTK
- AI → Flush Draw
Over time, these observations can show whether the player keeps applying pressure, gives up frequently, or is willing to commit with draws as well as made hands.
Why PokerNotesPro?
PokerNotesPro lets you organize your opponent observations by street, so your turn notes can build directly on the information you recorded preflop and on the flop.
Record short observations such as:
- CB → 50% Pot
- CH → Give Up
- B → 75% → Set
- AI → Flush Draw
Over multiple hands, these observations can help you build a clearer picture of how an opponent's range behaves when the pressure increases.
Conclusion
Turn poker notes should focus on what changed after the flop.
Did the opponent continue aggression after missing? Did they check and give up? Did they increase their sizing with a strong made hand? Did they commit all-in with a draw?
Record the action, sizing, and hand information whenever it is known.
The goal is not to record every turn action. The goal is to identify repeated behaviors that help you understand and predict how the opponent plays their range.