There are four steps in the registration process at PokerStrategy.com:

• Step 1: Register
• Step 2: Learn the poker strategy of any one format
• Step 3: Pass the quiz for your chosen strategy, to receive your starting capital
• Step 4: Set up an account at one of our partner rooms

The starting capital you get from PokerStrategy.com can be seen as an investment for people who have an interest in playing poker and want to learn poker strategies. So why do you have to pass a quiz to get the starting capital?

 

Passing the quiz proves that you have the potential to become a good poker player; theoretically at least. Beginners also learn basic strategy, meaning they can go straight to the tables after passing the quiz and aren't in danger of losing all of their starting capital right off the bat.

The quiz isn't just for fun and it's not meant to make things difficult; it's a way of making sure new players will be able to get free starting capital in the future, and prevents new members from taking money to the tables without really knowing what they are doing.

"Free starting capital from PokerStrategy.com" only works when the majority of players don't gamble away their starting capital, but seize this one time opportunity and use the capital to make a profit.

What is the ID check?

After passing the quiz and creating an account, new members may be asked to complete our ID check.

The ID check requires the new member to prove that they really are who they say they are, by providing an official document (for example, a passport, ID card or other official identification). The ID check is performed at random and is a necessary step to prevent individuals from receiving starting capital more than once.

This isn't aimed at people who may have lost their starting capital and want to give it  a second and more serious chance. It's more about avoiding large scale fraud, which unfortunately, has been attempted in the past. After attempts to receive the starting capital occurred 1,000+ times, we had no other choice than to introduce the ID check at PokerStrategy.com.

A lot of people are hesitant to share private documents. Our privacy policy is clear: All private data remains private. We only use this information for the purpose of confirming a person's identification with the ID check.

It is of course a simple matter of trust, but in this case understanding why the ID check is necessary helps.