diff --git a/pyfpdb/Hand.py b/pyfpdb/Hand.py
index 48d2c38f..d8995f8c 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/Hand.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/Hand.py
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@ dealt   whether they were seen in a 'dealt to' line
 
         self.holecards[street][player] = [open, closed]
 
+    def prepInsert(self, db):
+        pass
+
     def insert(self, db):
         """ Function to insert Hand into database
 Should not commit, and do minimal selects. Callers may want to cache commits