Hand history

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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.

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 *** HOLE CARDS *** 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 *** FLOP *** [7h 2h 5s] *** TURN *** [7h 2h 5s] [5d] *** RIVER *** [7h 2h 5s 5d] [4d] *** SHOW DOWN *** 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 *** SUMMARY *** 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 

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 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Hero [6h 7h] Hero: raises $0.10 to $0.20 Alpha242: calls $0.10 *** FLOP *** [5s Jd Jc] Alpha242: checks  Hero: bets $0.20 Alpha242: raises $0.51 to $0.71 Hero: calls $0.51 *** TURN *** [5s Jd Jc] [2s] 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  *** SUMMARY *** 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 

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 *** HOLE CARDS *** 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 *** FLOP *** [7h 8d 5c] Hero: checks dinqua: bets $1.30 Hero: calls $1.30 *** TURN *** [7h 8d 5c] [8c] Hero: checks dinqua: bets $2.90 Hero: folds Uncalled bet ($2.90) returned to dinqua dinqua collected $4.35 from pot *** SUMMARY *** 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

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

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