Notes are helpful to take some main points down.. As mentioned, I really want to see if people will put their tournament on the line on top pair (as do a lot in micro tourneys), limping or raising with big pairs.. what a min-raise means (common at these levels), etc etc..

Sometimes I make notes, sometimes I don't.. right now I am trying not to so that it can be preparation for live tournaments where you just need to observe.. also sometimes when I'm taking a note on something, I miss something else that's going on..

If you can multi-task, it's a great tool and I highly reccommend it.. if your predominantly online player, I highlyy recommend it.. if you want to eventually try some live tourneys and are trying to qualify through satellites to WPT, EPT stuff, i'd just work on the observation part