this is going to be kind of long, i only play live so i take lots of different kinds of notes…

1. i don’t worry about what people will think of my note taking (or anything else i feel like doing at the table for that matter) if anything it makes me look like a better player and can intimidate my opponents before i even play a hand.

2. i don’t take notes that i plan on using during the session, they are for study and analysis later. i would find it impossible and distracting to be referring back to them during the game.

3. i take notes on all of my significant hands, i developed my own shorthand so i can quickly write down what i will need to know for hand analysis later. i pre mark my pages with columns and other ways of organizing the info so i can quickly write down what i need during and after the hand. this is the only way i have found to do meaningful analysis of how i am playing

4. i take notes on specific bets, raises or situations. it helps me identify good strategies or leaks. an example would be noting 3 betting from the button vs just calling. i will get 100 examples to find out the difference between them. I might find that it is more profitable to just call from the button, (unless that would be an obvious big blunder…) and i will adjust my game

5. i sometimes track my dealt cards if i feel like i am card dead. it tells me if i really am card dead or just feeling sorry for myself…

i have never really played much on line, so your software might track useful stuff that you could develop your own note taking methods for.

hope this helps