Hand history 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: While the internal version of the hand history will display all hole cards, the version made available to a player
Cheating in poker sort, like arranging their chips in a certain manner. In a poker tournament, when one player is all in and two other players are active in the pot, it is common for the two players with chips left to "check it down", or check on each round of betting through the end of the hand. Unless they explicitly communicate an agreement about checking it down, this is not collusion. Online play has allowed for new methods of cheating while other methods based on physical objects such as cards or chips are impossible. One new form of cheating is the use