First, be sure to fill in your details when you register. Put your City name under Location, and the screen names of your poker accounts. Your City Name should be the one that appears in you poker accounts. This will ensure that transfers are completed smoothly.

New members have a better chance of being staked at the lowest limits. Once you have run five or more stakes at these levels, potential backers will be able to see your results, and can decide to stake you for higher amounts.

When you are chosen to run a stake, you will receive a private message telling you so. The stake will then be sent to your poker account, and a thread with the stake number will be opened in the Forum under the Official Stakes section.

You will be expected to post some hand histories from your game into this thread. Usually, you should post your first hand, last hand, any 'big' hands, and your finishing position in there.

When your game is over, calculate the amount of any winnings that you must return to the staker according to the terms of the stake and ship them, then go back to the original private message and click on 'close' - the staker will then be able to close the stake and your Horse Rankings will be updated.

If you have any questions you can go to the chat room where you are sure to find someone who can help. And you can tell your staker when you are running their stake so that they can watch you play.

But don't ask for a stake, in the chat room or by private message; that's a quick way to get yourself banned!