Forums, strategy articles, tips, and a crash course for new players are all available on 4 King Poker.
4king has a ton of articles and a nice little course for beginners. The strategy is primarily intended for new and intermediate players since it contains few advanced concepts. As with many other sites, their site reviews are old and somewhat outdated.
Poker news, poker tips and poker advice presented in a blog format.
Kris Jones, APA's writer, writes about the online poker world with a skeptical viewpoint. Jones seems decently tuned into the poker world and utilizes poker videos well in his blog.
The official site of Andrew "good2cu" Robl has news and hosts his blog.
The site offers little content - just Robl's schedule, blog and news about his exploits. What's here is good reading though. His blog is entertaining and well written.
Offers to train and back players as they move up in limits. The program is not available to U.S.-based players.
The concept of the site seems too good to be true, leading us to believe it is. Because Bad Beat is not available to U.S. players, we were unable to sign up and test the validity of their claims. Speaking of claims, they really don't have many. In fact, the whole thing is sort of mysterious. Other than assigning players a mentor and helping them with their bankrolls, we are not given any other information. Enter at your own risk.
Beat the Fish has dozens of strategy articles among several poker resources.
Beat The Fish has a ton of strategy articles useful to newer players. Other than that we don't see a ton of useful content. The site reviews are old, they have few player profiles, and the forums are a total wasteland. The strategy and up-to-date poker-on-TV schedule keep Beat the Fish afloat.
Poker stats, blogs, and a forum.
Big Stack has a limited offering with MTT rankings (based on final tables, cashes, and total cash won), a small handful of blogs, and a relatively inactive forum.
A staking site developed by Neill 'badbeat' Channing.
The site is brand new as of March 2009. Nicely presented, Black Belt has developed a 7-level staking system that mimics the progression attaining a black belt. They will offer interviews, blogs and some instruction.
Online poker bonus and reload guide.
The largest bonus site on the net has bonus codes for almost every piece of poker software in the world. The site makes few bones about their content: they are all about bonus whoring.
A free $150 bankroll is offered, if you sign up to one of their affiliated poker sites.
Any time a site is offering $150 for "free" you have to wonder what the catch is. Since Poker Curious has not signed up for their program, we cannot be certain if there is one or not. Proceed with caution.
Site for trading T$ and W$ on PokerStars.
A simple site where you can sell your T$ and W$ for cash on PokerStars. Poker Curious has not attempted a trade on this site and cannot vouch for the quality or safety of a transaction. The site is currently open while renovations continue.
Chip Walkers is a money transfer site that works with Prima, Full Tilt, Absolute Poker, Ultimate Bet, and Martins Poker.
Poker Curious did a $50 transfer from Full Tilt to Ultimate Bet to test the site out. They charged a 3% fee for the transaction, but can be as high as 6% for some sites. The transfer took a little less than four hours to be completed. PC in no way endorses this site and cannot vouch for their credibility, but our experience was a good one.
ChipMeUp is the leader in staking poker players in tournaments online and around the world.
This is a new staking site owned by Pokernews. The main concern people have with staking is the legitmacy of the site. You won’t have any worries about financial transactions with ChipMeUp since PokerNews owns the site and has done everything possible to ensure shares will be bought and sold legitimately as well as properly. And ChipMeUp has already been used in conjunction with several huge events.
Coinflip is a gaming community website that features well known pro blogs, poker news, forums etc.
The highlight of this site is the well known high stakes players that blog here; Ilari 'Ziigmund' Sahamies, Sami 'LarzLuzak' Keleprou, Antonio Esfandiari, Andrew Robl and others.
Lists and reviews poker sites and software compatible with Mac's and Linux.
For people who use non-Window's operating systems, this site can be quite handy. In addition to help for Mac and Linux users, Compatible has a poker rumors section, minimal strategy and a little used forum.
Donkey Test offers a sophisticated NLHE test. When you complete the test, you are graded based on your performance and the scores of others. You may also purchase a more complete analysis at the test's conclusion.
Test is comprehensive and rather difficult. Your score is quite representative of your ability. PC recommends everybody try this test at least once.
EPokerIndex is all about reviews. They cover poker sites, software, and training programs.
The site reviews are well thought out and well written. However, the reviews are slightly dated, as are their assessments of payment processors and software.
Felt provides poker strategy, poker discussion and poker news. A hand replayer, forums and a few staff blogs are included. They also offer rakeback and poker bonus information for various sites.
Felt has some decent general strategy articles, but the site doesn't really introduce anything not found elsewhere.
Firbolg - a creation of Irish online pro Barry O'Callaghan - has some strategy articles and blog updates.
The articles are several years old, making them very outdated in today's online climate. The site had a few updates in 2007 but most of the content was produced back in 2006.
A site with numerous free play versions of poker including Caribbean Poker, Let It Ride, Royal, Caribbean Stud, Paigow and Casino Hold'em.
A good site to visit if you are killing time and curious about various poker versions you can play in a stressless play chip environment.
The international service office for Gamblers Anonymous. GA offers information on gambling problem evaluation, history, Q&A, recovery programs, unity programs and meetings.
If you or someone you know is having problems playing poker responsibly, this is a trusted source to seek help.
They have several articles, discounts on books, book reviews and some other odds and ends.
Articles are in short supply here, as are the book deals. They have significant discounts on fewer than a dozen books, all of which are little known in the industry.
People can register their home games here in order to recruit new players.
They have a good concept hampered by poor traffic. We looked at listing for several states and found that even the largest have very few current listings.
Ranks live players with extensive record-keeping of hundreds of live tournaments.
IAR has some fluff (news, player profiles, etc.) but the real draw here are their player rankings. In addition to tracking cashes, a unique points system is used to rank live tournament players for not only the current year but for years gone by. Quite possibly the best ranking site on the net.
Mathew Hilger's site is chock full of strategy and advice for NLHE. There are also forums, a store, and odds calculators
Despite sporadic - and less frequent as time has passes - updates, this site has some great info. Their articles, written by very reputable players, are definitely worth a read. The forums are quite lively and appear to have a fairly active community.
A free training-type site with site reviews and a forum.
KickAss offers quite a bit of decent strategy content, including videos you can access by signing up for their newsletter. This is a good starting point for newer players, as they decide what training site would be the best investment.
A very large site with many poker resources including news, strategy, and hundreds of player profiles.
This is a great site to search through! Their day-to-day additions are not overwhelming but they more than make up for it with one of the largest databases of player profiles anywhere. Launch also has a good strategy section for novices that is complete with tests. There is so much content that you could spend hours digging around. All in all, a very good site.
Poker networking and community site similar in concept to Facebook.
Their well placed intentions aside, a lack of members and features hold this site back. MPP is attempting to be the Facebook of the poker world but unfortunately have fallen short. Until the networking features are expanded, we do not see much hope for their future.
Home of the "Micon System" for winning at poker. Bryan Micon and Brett 'Gank' Jungblut share their secrets to playing well.
One long page boasts of all they will teach you without many details about the process. Once you give your name and email, you receive an email with a link to your first lesson. The lesson is in audio form and covers bankroll management and gives additional information about the Micon System which will run you $130. The page you are sent to reads like an infomercial. Poker Curious recommends you will find better value by investing in a reputable training site instead.
Strategy and site reviews are offered on Mr. Greenberg's site.
Mike Greenberg calls himself a "semi-professional" player. While he offers some good advice in his many articles, it can be tough to take all of what he says without at least some skepticism. The site reviews are VERY old and should not be trusted in the least.
The name says it all. MPC offers advice on hiring a poker coach as well as listings of available coaches.
The site appears to be dead, or at least comatose. Several links to pages within the site are broken and they only offer one coach, whom they don't list a way to contact! The forums see maybe a dozen posts a day total. The concept is a good one, the execution is incomplete.
