Writing down exposed cards

[dandy_don]

The more I have played stud, the better my memorization of exposed cards has improved.

Early on, while playing online, I used a chart I created in Excel that listed each card in columns by suit--as the cards were dealt, I'd use a blue highlighter to mark off the exposed cards. There would be about 12 of these charts on a sheet of paper, and I'd only bother with the hands I'd get involved.

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Now I try to use the "Doc AZ method" of repeated the exposed cards at least 4 or 5 times silently as they are dealt, arrange them in numeric order and focus more on the cards that would improve my hand and a little on the cards that would improve my opponents hand(s)--this works.