Frequently Asked Questions

Click on the Poker Curious logo at the top left of every page.

With a site as vast and complex as Poker Curious, it is necessary to creatively utilize the space we have.

While many areas of the Poker Curious are accessible to anyone, we require you establish a free account to use many of the site's best features (e.g. Favoriting, Chat, Posting in Forums, Buddy List, Blog, Pictures etc.)

If you click the header tab for News, Articles/Interviews, or Promotions, it will freeze the motion on that tab.

The bottom option in the right sided Help/About blue navigation bar drop down menu will give you access to the full site Search.

If you don't find an answer to your question in our 10 Most Frequently Asked Questions, the View more questions..., or when you search the Poker Curious database you will be given the opportunity to ask your unanswered question to the Poker Curious staff for further research. You will be messaged if/when we find an answer.

Poker Curious has established positive relationships with other quality sites. Poker Curious derives revenue from your active visitation, sign ups and purchases with those other sites.

They are ranked by how many times they are visited by people who click on them on Poker Curious.

While the blogs, products and sites are ranked objectively, the Poker Curious staff draws added attention to some of their personal favorites.

Each of our 25 extensive content pages has a page specific search feature. If you wish to search the entire site database, you can select Search in the blue navigation Help/About drop down or click on the PC logo on the top left, and do a site-wide search in the large magnifying glass. If you don't find a suitable answer, you can submit a custom question the PC staff will research.

Clicking the button doesn't commit you to a purchase. It simply takes you directly to a source that can complete the transaction or provide more information if you would like to follow through with a purchase.

Poker Curious has spent months researching and comparing various poker sites. We rank them on various factors of comparative value and quality to your poker experience. We use a consistent 5 star scale site-wide.

Poker Curious makes every attempt to have as accurate information as possible but representing over 2000 sites, blogs, and identities is a challenge. We appreciate visitors and members helping us keep our information up to date. Please use the link at the bottom of the various content pages, or the Contact Us option under Help/About to notify us of information that needs editing (admin@pokercurious.com).

Please use the Contact Us option under Help/About to submit that site for review and addition to Poker Curious. You can also email us at admin@pokercurious.com

Poker Curious uses colors to brand and organize the different areas of the site. We represent over 2000 sites, blogs, identities and products. We have identified 25 sub-categories of poker information and resources that are grouped in 5 major categories, in addition to the Community, PC Content and Help/About areas of the site.

Besides the Blogs top 10 list which is dynamically ranked by numbers of visits on Poker Curious, all the other Top 10 lists are subjectively ordered by the Poker Curious staff to encourage visitation of quality rated sites in their particular category. We recommend you visit the full category pages to see the complete listings.

We recommend you select a username that you also use on other poker sites and forums for convenient carry over of your identity at Poker Curious.

While Poker Curious has made all its informational resources available to the general public, most of the site's best features are offered to those that create a free account on Poker Curious. With sign up, you are entitled to post in the forums, create your customized My Favorite poker sites page, initiate your Buddy List and Community Feed, use the Poker Curious chat room, create your own blog, upload pictures etc.

You need to click the activation link in the confirmation email before you sign into the site with your new username and password. You will also need to fill in some of your My Profile and submit it before fully accessing the site.

At Poker Curious, one of our goals is to connect people around their common interest in poker. While you are not required to fill in all fields, we encourage you to share as much as possible to facilitate networking and connecting with other members. our advanced search allows you to search other members by proximity, interest in home games, sweating, coaching or becoming a coach. Inputting your usernames from various poker sites will enhance our buddy list feature tremendously. Only your friends will have access to see where you are playing.

One of Poker Curious' goals is to connect people. We hope that other members seeing your interest in networking will encourage them to make those connections. When you use the advanced member search you can locate members located near you in the US, or members interested in home games, sweat groups, coaching or becoming a coach.

When you are logged into Poker Curious, as you visit various content pages, you will see two symbols to the right of the listings. The second one is a club suit symbol. That is the 'favoriting' symbol for Poker Curious. If you click on the club it should turn a burgundy color. That indicates that your site has been 'favorited'. Now go visit your My Favorites page by clicking on the My Community button (top right of the page) then the My Favorites option (on the left side of the My Community page) Your new favorite site should appear at the top of its appropriate section.

The Community is the page where we bring attention to the activity level of the overall community. We include new member mentions, recent activity, recent photos uploaded, a Poker Thought Of The Day, news and featured blogs. The My Community areas are your personal network of friends that you have built who have access to your activity revealed in the Community Feed and the Buddy List. My Community is also where you express yourself via My Message, My Blog, My Pictures and coming soon, My Hands.

A yellow number in parentheses by your username, at top right, indicates you have messages or friends' requests that need attention. Within the My Community area, there will be a yellow number by the My Messages and My Friends to indicate the latest requests or messages.

Once you have an account, any time you accept or have a friend request accepted, they are automatically added to your buddy list. If they have entered the usernames from the poker sites they play on, this allows you to know when and where they are playing poker, and if they are currently active on Poker Curious. You can make and accept friends requests on My Friends in the My Community area of the site.

Go to My Profile, on the left options list in My Community, and click on the second tab (Change Avatar) to upload an image to use for your avatar on Poker Curious. Poker Curious uses the same image in your blog, the forums and throughout the site. Please select an appropriate image that doesn't violate our forum policy for acceptable avatars.

Select Search in the blue navigation Help/About drop down menu. Select Member Search on the left Available searches... to look up details that would determine if your friends are already members. Details like their particular usernames on poker sites can locate their member information. Once you have friend requested someone and have been accepted, they will appear on your Buddy List and Community Feed. You will know when they are on Poker Curious or if they are playing poker while also knowing what and when they are active on Poker Curious. If you can't locate them, invite them to Poker Curious via your My Referrals page in your My Community area so they can take advantage of the free features and interact with you.

In the My Community section, click on My Preferences to indicate your desire to be emailed when you are messaged or friend requested on Poker Curious.

Go to My Preferences on your My Community options to select My Favorites as your default launch page when you click on the My Community button.

Please use the Contact Us option under Help/About to share your problem with us. It will be forwarded promptly to tech support for diagnosis and repair.

The Poker Curious Buddy List powered by Poker Pro Labs displays two elements. If the left green light is on, it indicates that your friend is currently on the Poker Curious site. If the right blue light is on, it indicates that your friend is currently playing real money cash games at one over 8 major sites. Clicking on their name in the Buddy List will give you more details of where they are on the site and where they are playing poker currently. If both lights are gray, they are neither playing cash games nor currently on the Poker Curious website.

There are two ways you can add friends on Poker Curious. You can click on your My Friends link within My Community, search for them and friend request them. Alternatively, you can accept someone else who has friend requested you. Either accepted friend action will add them to your Buddy List automatically. Any poker site screen names that they have entered into their My Profile will be tracked. It will display any real money cash games sites and tables that they are playing on and will display what parts of Poker Curious they are currently viewing. When you make friends, you also initiate your Community Feed which tracks their actions on the site and their comments on your personal content. If your friends aren't on Poker Curious yet, invite them through your My Referrals page within your My Community section.

The Poker Curious Buddy List is created to track the friends you establish on Poker Curious. The Buddy List is powered by Poker Pro Labs who offer their 'Smart Buddy' software to take the next step to track your opponents (fish) and where they are playing. Poker Pro Labs has a multi-site universal poker buddy list to track opponents and friends. We recommend you take advantage of our special price to try out their full product.

Poker Pro Labs powers the off site component of the Poker Curious Buddy List. It tracks only real money cash game on PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, Party Poker, Ultimate Bet, Absolute, Bodog, William Hill, Sun Poker, Interpoker, and a few smaller poker rooms. They will add additional support as time passes.