# Overview

A seating file is used to provide information about the players in a hand as soon as that hand is dealt.\
Primarily this is used to facilitate showing a Hud at fast fold tables where players change every hand.

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**Online Poker Operators**

If the specification does not meet your needs for a particular use case, please see the [Change Request Process](https://app.gitbook.com/@handhistory-org/s/open-seating-file/contact-us/change-request-process) to learn how to submit your recommended changes for review and inclusion into the specification.  The specification is versioned to allow for continual improvements.
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**Third Party Developers**

We strongly encourage every third party developer to support consumption of seating files conformed to the specification.  If you believe that certain information is potentially missing or could be a benefit to be included in the hand history, please see the [Change Request Process](https://app.gitbook.com/@handhistory-org/s/open-seating-file/contact-us/change-request-process) to learn how to submit your recommended changes for review and potential inclusion into the specification.  The specification is versioned to allow for continual improvements.
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