I was discussing Poker Curious with Rex55 the other day and she remarked at some of the features on the site that she didn't even know about.  So I thought I would give my top 10 of the features that I like on the site.

1.  My favorite page on Poker Curious is The Community.  It gives a great pulse for the activity of the site.  It shows me who has posted a blog, forum post, comments, edited their profile, or become friends.  It shows me the Poker Thought of the Day.  It has the latest Poker Curious News.  It shows me the newest members and where they are from.  It has several featured blogs and shows me the latest pictures that have been uploaded to the site.

2.  Poker Curious is a very large site.  On most of the content and review pages, there is a club shape to the right of site name.  If you click it, it turns red and favorites that site.  It then brings that selection to your custom My Favorites page with My Community.  It is a great option to favorite all your regular sites you visit, and resources you want to read to one easy to use place.  You can also favorite PC blogs.  The My Favorites page sections can be edited and re-ordered to suit your interest.  That day's blogs are highlighted in yellow, which is a quick reminder they have a new blog.

3. My Buddy List.  I have a lot of friends, both new and old.  I love being able to see the green light next to their name that tells me they are on the site or the blue light that tells me they are playing cash games.  I then click on their name to see the details of where they are.  I can then message them or check their profile from there as well.  It's great to make lots of friends and keep track of them.  I like to go to the site and give a shout out when they are playing.

4.  There is so much information at my finger tips.  I can't possibly remember all the poker sites, articles, interviews, blogs, identities, or informational resources I have visited over the last several years of being in the poker world, so having it all here and organized to revisit and remind me is so helpful.

5. The messaging system is very straight forward and convenient - My Messages.  I can click on your username in the forums, chat room, buddy list or most other places on the site and message you quickly.  It strings the messages like gmail and I can delete them later on.

6. I like checking what my friends on PC have been up to on My Community Feed.  The Community features everyone on the site, but here I can see what my closer friends have been doing (blogging, commenting, forum posts and replies etc.)

7. The My Profile area is easy to update and use, as well as changing your avatar for the forums.

8. I like the My Preferences options.  I have all the options checked so I can be notified by email whenever I get a Friend Request, New Message, Blog Comment or Freeroll notification.  That way I can keep on top of everything even if I don't have PC open. 

9. Another feature in My Preferences that I like is the ability to change your Start Page when you click on the My Community button.  You can select My Favorites, My Community Feed, My Friends, My Messages, or My Blog.  You create and change your forum signature there in addition to managing your password and email associated with your account.

10. And lastly, I like the design and colors of the site.  I've never been a big fan of all white websites, so I prefer the white lettering on a darker background.  It is easier on my eyes somehow.  What do you think?  We are planning a home page redesign in the near future to better show off the best features of the site, but other than that what else should we look to implement?