You may have noticed that everyone has an avatar now. What you're seeing are the default avatars - these are what people will get randomly assigned to them when they sign up. You can't change them right now, but we'll be adding that and the ability to upload your own soon, so stay tuned!

Update: Added to forums.

Due to popular demand, we have added a "quote this post" link in the forums. You'll see the link if you're logged in. What it will do is drop the post that you want to quote in to the editor with some handy markup. You can reformat it from there, or just type your reply below the quote and hit save.

Posting in the forums is a bit more user friendly now. When you click on the "post a message" link, you can now see the latest three posts in that thread.

PokerSoup has now joined the 21st century, and will keep you logged in as long as you want!

You might have noticed a new checkbox under the email/password box on the login page. If you check it, you'll stay logged in for 30 days. Each time you revisit the site after a period of inactivity, you'll automatically be logged in again. Woo hoo!

If you want to log out completely, just click the "log out" link.

I just set up PokerSoup to use a new email system for its email accounts, and I had to mess with a bunch of stuff to do so. Result: there's a small chance that messages sent through the site and/or generated through the site (tournament invites, contact form, etc.) may not get through. Please post here if you are having any problems.

Graham pointed out that he couldn't specify a joker or a face-down card with our cards wiki markup. I have no idea what he was going to write about, but we decided it was worth finding out. Maybe he's recently played some draw poker with a bug.

To specify a joker use the letter 'R', and to specify a face-down card user the letter 'X'. You don't need to specify a suit, but if you do (by putting a joker in a string of cards) it will work fine.

I expect the face-down images will get the most use, representing an unknown card. Or maybe we'll start a fad and everybody will be playing Texas Hold'em with jokers :p

Examples

• { XR} =
• { 3d7XRKs} =

Have fun!

Hey, just a heads up. We recently updated PokerSoup's Terms of Service. All new users must agree to these, and soon all current users will be prompted on login to agree.

Here is a summary of the Terms of Service:

• By using PokerSoup you agree to this TOS, which is subject to change
• Do not use discriminatory or hateful language on PokerSoup
• All content is owned by PokerSoup and may be edited, deleted, or modified by us
• PokerSoup has no liability for your use of any information or service