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How to get your hand history

Step-by-step instructions for each poker site

GGPoker on mobile (Android and iPhone)

  1. 1
    Open the GGPoker app and tap the red cube icon near the top of the home screen (second icon from the left).
  2. 2
    Tap the ☰ three-line menu (top left) to open the sidebar.
  3. 3
    Tap your game type — e.g. Hold'em, Mystery Battle Royale, Rush & Cash.
  4. 4
    Tick the checkbox next to the session you want to analyse.
  5. 5
    Tap the red Download Game Histories button.
  6. 6
    When the download finishes — on Android: tap Open on the notification bar, or open your Downloads app and tap the file. On iPhone: find the file in the Files app under Downloads.
  7. 7
    Tap the ZIP file to open it. On Android: tap Extract, then Extract again to confirm. On iPhone: the ZIP extracts automatically — just tap it.
  8. 8
    Tap the .txt file to open it.
  9. 9
    Long-press on the text → tap Select All → tap Copy → paste into RecPokerCoach and hit Analyse.
💡 Works on both Android and iPhone.

GGPoker on desktop or laptop

  1. 1
    Open PokerCraft — click the PokerCraft icon while GGPoker is open, or go to my.pokercraft.com in your browser.
  2. 2
    In the left sidebar, click your game type — Hold'em, Rush & Cash, Mystery Battle Royale etc.
  3. 3
    Tick the checkbox next to one session.
  4. 4
    Click the red Download Game Histories button (top right).
  5. 5
    A ZIP file downloads — double-click it to unzip.
  6. 6
    Open the .txt file inside — on Mac it opens in TextEdit, on Windows open it with Notepad.
  7. 7
    Select all (Cmd+A on Mac / Ctrl+A on Windows) and copy (Cmd+C / Ctrl+C).
  8. 8
    Paste into RecPokerCoach and hit Analyse.

PokerStars on mobile

  1. 1
    PokerStars doesn't let you export hand histories from the mobile app.
  2. 2
    Use the desktop steps below on a computer — PokerStars will email the history to you.
  3. 3
    Or, once your session is over, open RecPokerCoach, choose Analyse a hand and describe the hand from memory.

PokerStars on desktop or laptop

  1. 1
    Open PokerStars and click Tools in the right sidebar.
  2. 2
    Click Get Hand History.
  3. 3
    Select "My hands for last" and choose 1 hour (or however long you played).
  4. 4
    Click Submit — PokerStars emails the history to your registered email address.
  5. 5
    Open the email and copy all the hand text.
  6. 6
    Paste into RecPokerCoach and hit Analyse.
The email usually arrives within a few minutes.
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