Guide

How to record poker hand history for review

A useful hand history is not a long essay. It keeps the pieces needed to reconstruct the spot later: positions, stacks, actions, board, and player context.

• Capture positions, stacks, and action order first
• Add board and showdown information while it is fresh
• Separate shared hand data from private player notes

The order to capture live hand details

The easiest details to lose are action order and bet sizes. Capture positions, stacks, and preflop action before trying to write a perfect story.

• Hero and villain positions
• Effective stack or individual stacks
• Bet sizes and action order by street

Clean the hand before solver review

Solver review needs stacks, positions, sizes, and board cards. Keep live uncertainty as a note rather than mixing it into the core hand history.

Do not leak private reads into shared hands

Player tendencies, names, and private labels should stay outside public share links or external review text. Keep shared data and personal notes separated.

Start recording hand histories