[frob23]

I tried to read it... I did. But could you please convert your hands Krahsami? It was way too much work to slog though the raw hand histories.

For example, compare the following two quotes:

Table #10752477 - Celestial Spirit Starting Hand #535855547 Start time of hand: 03 Oct 2008 07:33:09 Last Hand #535855319 Game Type: HOLD'EM Limit Type: NO LIMIT Table Type: RING Money Type: REAL MONEY Blinds are now $0.05/$0.10 Button is at seat 8 Seat 2: SweetAngeleyes - $5.70 Seat 3: Betso - $2.50 Seat 4: waylay - $3.89 Seat 5: tonafita - $5.71 Seat 6: PinkEvilMonkey - $42.73 Seat 7: leighleo - $13.26 Seat 8: irihka - $7.95 Seat 9: tolac - $10 Seat 10: ketasztkerek - $7.70 Moving Button to seat 10 SweetAngeleyes posts small blind ($0.05) Betso posts big blind ($0.10) tolac posts $0.10 Shuffling Deck Dealing Cards Dealing [6c 7h] to waylay tonafita: r u shagin the dealer pink ? PinkEvilMonkey: not only woman SweetAngeleyes: yeah i would think so SweetAngeleyes laughs his *** off. waylay calls $0.10 tonafita calls $0.10 PinkEvilMonkey folds leighleo folds irihka folds tolac raises to $0.30 tonafita: every pair he makes trips on flop.... ffs ketasztkerek calls $0.30 SweetAngeleyes folds Betso calls $0.30 waylay calls $0.30 tonafita calls $0.30 Dealing Flop [8h 8c 4s] PinkEvilMonkey: i lost a lot too this night Betso checks waylay checks Player [***NO PLAYER***] brings $5 to table [10752477] tonafita checks ifukinghatepoker: stop fukin greetin tonafita SweetAngeleyes: maybe you must play higher pink its your lucky day tolac bets $0.30 ketasztkerek calls $0.30 Betso folds tonafita: hes lucky as fck scott waylay raises to $0.60 PinkEvilMonkey: but first place in 2 tourneys and second in 3^^ tonafita folds tolac calls $0.60 SweetAngeleyes: omg PinkEvilMonkey: no chance ketasztkerek folds Dealing Turn [As] waylay bets $2.99 (all-in) ifukinghatepoker: hmm shuttin down SweetAngeleyes: shutting us down? tolac folds Taking Rake of $0.30 from pot 1 SweetAngeleyes: yeah waylay shows [6c 7h] waylay has One Pair: 8s waylay wins $2.75 Seat 1: mrsifters - $5 Seat 2: SweetAngeleyes - $5.65 Seat 3: Betso - $2.20 Seat 4: waylay - $5.74 Seat 5: tonafita - $5.41 Seat 6: PinkEvilMonkey - $42.73 Seat 7: leighleo - $13.26 Seat 8: irihka - $7.95 Seat 9: tolac - $9.10 Seat 10: ketasztkerek - $7.10 End Of Hand #53585554

Is so much harder to read than:

Seat 2: SweetAngeleyes - $5.70 Seat 3: Betso - $2.50 Seat 4: waylay - $3.89 Seat 5: tonafita - $5.71 Seat 6: PinkEvilMonkey - $42.73 Seat 7: leighleo - $13.26 Seat 8: irihka - $7.95 Seat 9: tolac - $10 Seat 10: ketasztkerek - $7.70 Saw Flop Dealt: 6 7 SweetAngeleyes posts $0.05, Betso posts $0.10, tolac posts $0.10, waylay calls $0.10, tonafita calls $0.10, 3 folds, tolac raises to $0.30, ketasztkerek calls $0.30, 1 fold, Betso calls $0.20, waylay calls $0.20, tonafita calls $0.20 Flop: (5 players) [8 8 4] $1.55 Betso checks. waylay checks, tonafita checks, tolac bets $0.30, ketasztkerek calls $0.30, 1 fold, waylay raises to $0.60, 1 fold, tolac calls $0.30, 1 fold Turn: (2 players) [8 8 4] [A] $3.05 waylay bets $2.99 (all-in), 1 fold [And I will delete the horrific show -- what were you saying about table image?]

This includes more information, is easier to read, omits all the table chatter and messages we don't care about, and shows the board in a manner that we can see. This is an example and there are other ways to convert hands to be easily seen. There are even programs which will do this for you (depending on the site) but sometimes you have to do them by hand. It takes a little bit more effort but it's worth it, if you want people to give you their own effort in reading your thoughts.


Edit: The ugliest thing about these hands has to be the 10% rake.