Hand history

A hand history is a record of the action in an online poker hand. These records are generated by poker sites, and used internally to track player behavior and provide a verifiable log to resolve player disputes. If the poker site and client permit it, plain text versions of hand histories may be made available to players, which facilitates personal record-keeping and the sharing of interesting or problematic hands. A typical hand history will contain the following information:


 * The game type and limit for the table (for example, limit Texas hold 'em $3/$6).
 * The names and seating positions of all players at the table.
 * The size of player stacks at the beginning of hand.
 * Any hole cards known to the requestor.
 * Any cards dealt face up on the table.
 * The betting actions of each player in each betting round.

While the internal version of the hand history will display all hole cards, the version made available to a player will show only those of the player himself and any hole cards revealed at showdown or voluntarily shown by a player. Some commercial software products make use of hand histories to assemble a record of a player's winnings and losses, and track their playing habits as well as those of their opponents.

Sample hand history
PokerStars Hand #156605842579: Tournament #1618015625, $2.00+$2.00+$0.40 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XVIII (300/600) - 2016/07/29 23:25:05 MSK [2016/07/29 16:25:05 ET] Table '1618015625 40' 9-max Seat #7 is the button Seat 1: nossoff (22844 in chips) Seat 2: Gr0z3LB (27895 in chips) Seat 3: yarikkkkk (7005 in chips) Seat 4: sigis1313 (18222 in chips) Seat 5: S21berlin (25318 in chips) Seat 6: Hero (8240 in chips) Seat 7: tommesk (8185 in chips) Seat 8: gergelyt3 (17912 in chips) Seat 9: endreooo (50289 in chips) nossoff: posts the ante 90 Gr0z3LB: posts the ante 90 yarikkkkk: posts the ante 90 sigis1313: posts the ante 90 S21berlin: posts the ante 90 Hero: posts the ante 90 tommesk: posts the ante 90 gergelyt3: posts the ante 90 endreooo: posts the ante 90 gergelyt3: posts small blind 300 endreooo: posts big blind 600 Dealt to Hero [Jd Ac] nossoff: raises 600 to 1200 Gr0z3LB: folds yarikkkkk: folds sigis1313: folds S21berlin: folds Hero: raises 6950 to 8150 and is all-in tommesk: folds gergelyt3: folds endreooo: folds nossoff: calls 6950 nossoff: shows [Qd Ah] (a pair of Fives) Hero: shows [Jd Ac] (a pair of Fives - lower kicker) nossoff collected 18010 from pot nossoff wins $1 for eliminating Hero and their own bounty increases by $1 to $6 Hero finished the tournament in 5028th place Total pot 18010 | Rake 0 Board [7h 2h 5s 5d 4d] Seat 1: nossoff showed [Qd Ah] and won (18010) with a pair of Fives Seat 2: Gr0z3LB folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 3: yarikkkkk folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 4: sigis1313 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 5: S21berlin folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 6: Hero showed [Jd Ac] and lost with a pair of Fives Seat 7: tommesk (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 8: gergelyt3 (small blind) folded before Flop Seat 9: endreooo (big blind) folded before Flop
 * HOLE CARDS ***
 * FLOP *** [7h 2h 5s]
 * TURN *** [7h 2h 5s] [5d]
 * RIVER *** [7h 2h 5s 5d] [4d]
 * SHOW DOWN ***
 * SUMMARY ***

PokerStars Hand #156624936552: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10 USD) - 2016/07/30 4:59:02 ET Table 'Shenzhen' 9-max Seat #3 is the button Seat 3: Hero ($10.05 in chips) Seat 8: Alpha242 ($10.89 in chips) Hero: posts small blind $0.05 Alpha242: posts big blind $0.10 Dealt to Hero [6h 7h] Hero: raises $0.10 to $0.20 Alpha242: calls $0.10 Alpha242: checks Hero: bets $0.20 Alpha242: raises $0.51 to $0.71 Hero: calls $0.51 Alpha242: bets $1 Hero: raises $1.60 to $2.60 Alpha242: folds Uncalled bet ($1.60) returned to Hero Hero collected $3.65 from pot Hero: doesn't show hand Total pot $3.82 | Rake $0.17 Board [5s Jd Jc 2s] Seat 3: Hero (button) (small blind) collected ($3.65) Seat 8: Alpha242 (big blind) folded on the Turn
 * HOLE CARDS ***
 * FLOP *** [5s Jd Jc]
 * TURN *** [5s Jd Jc] [2s]
 * SUMMARY ***

PokerStars Hand #156632473469: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10 USD) - 2016/07/30 10:40:31 AT [2016/07/30 9:40:31 ET] Table 'Eltigen' 9-max Seat #8 is the button Seat 1: raika14 ($10 in chips) Seat 2: mazi161 ($11 in chips) Seat 3: Hero ($10.10 in chips) Seat 4: 5amevang ($10.42 in chips) Seat 6: dinqua ($10.15 in chips) Seat 7: gragasinha ($5.55 in chips) Seat 8: MilonTl ($15.46 in chips) Seat 9: enchantressA ($10.30 in chips) enchantressA: posts small blind $0.05 raika14: posts big blind $0.10 Dealt to Hero [Jh Jc] mazi161: folds Hero: raises $0.20 to $0.30 5amevang: folds dinqua: raises $0.60 to $0.90 gragasinha: folds MilonTl: folds enchantressA: folds raika14: folds Hero: calls $0.60 Hero: checks dinqua: bets $1.30 Hero: calls $1.30 Hero: checks dinqua: bets $2.90 Hero: folds Uncalled bet ($2.90) returned to dinqua dinqua collected $4.35 from pot Total pot $4.55 | Rake $0.20 Board [7h 8d 5c 8c] Seat 1: raika14 (big blind) folded before Flop Seat 2: mazi161 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 3: Hero folded on the Turn Seat 4: 5amevang folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 6: dinqua collected ($4.35) Seat 7: gragasinha folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 8: MilonTl (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 9: enchantressA (small blind) folded before Flop
 * HOLE CARDS ***
 * FLOP *** [7h 8d 5c]
 * TURN *** [7h 8d 5c] [8c]
 * SUMMARY ***

PokerStars Game #27738502010: Tournament #160417133, $0.25+$0.00 Hold'em No Limit - Level XV (250/500) - 2009/05/02 13:32:38 ET Table '160417133 3' 9-max Seat #8 is the button Seat 1: LLC 4Eva (9182 in chips) Seat 2: 618shooter (25711 in chips) is sitting out Seat 3: suposd2bRich (21475 in chips) Seat 4: ElT007 (60940 in chips) Seat 5: Orlando I (18044 in chips) Seat 6: ih82bcool2 (8338 in chips) Seat 7: kovilen007 (8353 in chips) Seat 8: GerKingTiger (4404 in chips) Seat 9: Phontaz (23553 in chips) LLC 4Eva: posts the ante 60 618shooter: posts the ante 60 suposd2bRich: posts the ante 60 ElT007: posts the ante 60 Orlando I: posts the ante 60 ih82bcool2: posts the ante 60 kovilen007: posts the ante 60 GerKingTiger: posts the ante 60 Phontaz: posts the ante 60 Phontaz: posts small blind 250 LLC 4Eva: posts big blind 500 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to ElT007 [Qd Qc] 618shooter: folds suposd2bRich: folds ElT007: raises 2000 to 2500 Orlando I: raises 15484 to 17984 and is all-in ih82bcool2: folds kovilen007: calls 8293 and is all-in GerKingTiger: folds Phontaz: calls 17734 LLC 4Eva: folds ElT007: raises 15484 to 33468 Phontaz: calls 5509 and is all-in Uncalled bet (9975) returned to ElT007 *** FLOP *** [2d 2c 3c] *** TURN *** [2d 2c 3c] [8h] *** RIVER *** [2d 2c 3c 8h] [4d] *** SHOW DOWN *** Phontaz: shows [9s 9h] (two pair, Nines and Deuces) ElT007: shows [Qd Qc] (two pair, Queens and Deuces) 618shooter has returned ElT007 collected 11018 from side pot-2 Orlando I: shows [5d 5h] (two pair, Fives and Deuces) ElT007 collected 29073 from side pot-1 kovilen007: shows [Kh As] (a pair of Deuces) ElT007 collected 34212 from main pot *** SUMMARY *** Total pot 74303 Main pot 34212. Side pot-1 29073. Side pot-2 11018. | Rake 0 Board [2d 2c 3c 8h 4d] Seat 1: LLC 4Eva (big blind) folded before Flop Seat 2: 618shooter folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 3: suposd2bRich folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 4: ElT007 showed [Qd Qc] and won (74303) with two pair, Queens and Deuces Seat 5: Orlando I showed [5d 5h] and lost with two pair, Fives and Deuces Seat 6: ih82bcool2 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 7: kovilen007 showed [Kh As] and lost with a pair of Deuces Seat 8: GerKingTiger (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 9: Phontaz (small blind) showed [9s 9h] and lost with two pair, Nines and Deuces