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.

Online Poker Operators

If the specification does not meet your needs for a particular use case, please see the 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.

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 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.