diff --git a/pyfpdb/Database.py b/pyfpdb/Database.py
index e83daac0..d59c879c 100755
--- a/pyfpdb/Database.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/Database.py
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ class Database:
         q = "SELECT name, id FROM Players WHERE siteid=%s and name=%s"
         q = q.replace('%s', self.sql.query['placeholder'])
 
-        print "DEBUG: name: %s site: %s" %(name, site_id)
+        #print "DEBUG: name: %s site: %s" %(name, site_id)
 
         c.execute (q, (site_id, name))
 
@@ -1121,70 +1121,70 @@ class Database:
 
     def storeHand(self, p):
         #stores into table hands:
-        self.cursor.execute ("""INSERT INTO Hands ( 
+        q = """INSERT INTO Hands ( 
             tablename, 
-            sitehandno,
             gametypeid, 
+            sitehandno,
             handstart, 
             importtime,
-            seats, 
             maxseats,
             boardcard1, 
             boardcard2, 
             boardcard3, 
             boardcard4, 
-            boardcard5,
---            texture,
-            playersVpi,
-            playersAtStreet1, 
-            playersAtStreet2,
-            playersAtStreet3, 
-            playersAtStreet4, 
-            playersAtShowdown,
-            street0Raises,
-            street1Raises,
-            street2Raises,
-            street3Raises,
-            street4Raises,
---            street1Pot,
---            street2Pot,
---            street3Pot,
---            street4Pot,
---            showdownPot
+            boardcard5
              ) 
              VALUES 
-              (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s,
-            %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)""",
-            (
-                p['tablename'], 
-                p['sitehandno'], 
+              (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)"""
+#---            texture,
+#--            playersVpi,
+#--            playersAtStreet1, 
+#--            playersAtStreet2,
+#--            playersAtStreet3, 
+#--            playersAtStreet4, 
+#--            playersAtShowdown,
+#--            street0Raises,
+#--            street1Raises,
+#--            street2Raises,
+#--            street3Raises,
+#--            street4Raises,
+#--            street1Pot,
+#--            street2Pot,
+#--            street3Pot,
+#--            street4Pot,
+#--            showdownPot
+#--            seats, 
+
+        q = q.replace('%s', self.sql.query['placeholder'])
+        self.cursor.execute(q, (
+                p['tableName'], 
+                p['siteHandNo'], 
                 p['gametypeid'], 
                 p['handStart'], 
-                datetime.datetime.today(), 
-                len(p['names']),
+                datetime.today(), #importtime
+#                len(p['names']), #seats
                 p['maxSeats'],
                 p['boardcard1'], 
                 p['boardcard2'], 
                 p['boardcard3'], 
                 p['boardcard4'], 
-                p['boardcard5'],
-                hudCache['playersVpi'], 
-                hudCache['playersAtStreet1'], 
-                hudCache['playersAtStreet2'],
-                hudCache['playersAtStreet3'], 
-                hudCache['playersAtStreet4'], 
-                hudCache['playersAtShowdown'],
-                hudCache['street0Raises'], 
-                hudCache['street1Raises'], 
-                hudCache['street2Raises'],
-                hudCache['street3Raises'], 
-                hudCache['street4Raises'], 
-                hudCache['street1Pot'],
-                hudCache['street2Pot'], 
-                hudCache['street3Pot'],
-                hudCache['street4Pot'],
-                hudCache['showdownPot']
-            )
+                p['boardcard5'])
+#                hudCache['playersVpi'], 
+#                hudCache['playersAtStreet1'], 
+#                hudCache['playersAtStreet2'],
+#                hudCache['playersAtStreet3'], 
+#                hudCache['playersAtStreet4'], 
+#                hudCache['playersAtShowdown'],
+#                hudCache['street0Raises'], 
+#                hudCache['street1Raises'], 
+#                hudCache['street2Raises'],
+#                hudCache['street3Raises'], 
+#                hudCache['street4Raises'], 
+#                hudCache['street1Pot'],
+#                hudCache['street2Pot'], 
+#                hudCache['street3Pot'],
+#                hudCache['street4Pot'],
+#                hudCache['showdownPot']
         )
         #return getLastInsertId(backend, conn, cursor)
     # def storeHand
diff --git a/pyfpdb/Hand.py b/pyfpdb/Hand.py
index 75aab808..f28e654d 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/Hand.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/Hand.py
@@ -187,29 +187,28 @@ db: a connected fpdb_db object"""
         sqlids = db.getSqlPlayerIDs([p[1] for p in self.players], self.siteId)
         # HudCache data to come from DerivedStats class
         # HandsActions - all actions for all players for all streets - self.actions
-        # BoardCards - Skip - no longer necessary
         # Hands - Summary information of hand indexed by handId - gameinfo
-             #hh['siteHandNo'] =  self.handid
-             # gametypeId SMALLINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL, FOREIGN KEY (gametypeId) REFERENCES Gametypes(id),
-                #
-             #hh['handStart'] = self.starttime
-             # seats TINYINT NOT NULL,
-                #
-             #hh['tableName'] = self.tablenam
-             #hh['maxSeats'] = self.maxseats
+        #This should be moved to prepInsert
+        hh = {}
+        hh['siteHandNo'] =  self.handid
+        hh['handStart'] = self.starttime
+        # seats TINYINT NOT NULL,
+        hh['tableName'] = self.tablename
+        hh['maxSeats'] = self.maxseats
              # boardcard1 smallint,  /* 0=none, 1-13=2-Ah 14-26=2-Ad 27-39=2-Ac 40-52=2-As */
              # boardcard2 smallint,
              # boardcard3 smallint,
              # boardcard4 smallint,
              # boardcard5 smallint,
-                 # Flop turn and river may all be empty - add (likely) too many elements and trim with range
-                 # boardcards = board['FLOP'] + board['TURN'] + board['RIVER'] + [u'0x', u'0x', u'0x', u'0x', u'0x']
-                 # cards = [Card.cardFromValueSuit(v,s) for v,s in boardcards[0:4]]
-                 # hh['boardcard1'] = cards[0]
-                 # hh['boardcard2'] = cards[1]
-                 # hh['boardcard3'] = cards[2]
-                 # hh['boardcard4'] = cards[3]
-                 # hh['boardcard5'] = cards[4]
+        # Flop turn and river may all be empty - add (likely) too many elements and trim with range
+        boardcards = self.board['FLOP'] + self.board['TURN'] + self.board['RIVER'] + [u'0x', u'0x', u'0x', u'0x', u'0x']
+        cards = [Card.encodeCard(c) for c in boardcards[0:5]]
+        hh['boardcard1'] = cards[0]
+        hh['boardcard2'] = cards[1]
+        hh['boardcard3'] = cards[2]
+        hh['boardcard4'] = cards[3]
+        hh['boardcard5'] = cards[4]
+        print hh
              # texture smallint,
              # playersVpi SMALLINT NOT NULL,         /* num of players vpi */
                 # Needs to be recorded
@@ -244,7 +243,7 @@ db: a connected fpdb_db object"""
              # showdownPot INT,                 /* pot size at sd/street7 */
              # comment TEXT,
              # commentTs DATETIME
-        # handid = db.storeHand(hh)
+        handid = db.storeHand(hh)
         # HandsPlayers - ? ... Do we fix winnings?
         # Tourneys ?
         # TourneysPlayers