Cake Poker Review

Cake Poker is one of the up and comers in online poker mainly due to their aggressiveness in giving players what they want. They have only been in the industry for a couple of years but this has not stopped them from offering huge guaranteed tournaments or seats to live events. They have the most unique rewards system for players and are a US friendly poker room. Cake Poker is licensed and regulated by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission.

Visit Cake Poker (www.cakepoker.com) 100% up to $500 sign-up bonus Accepts US poker players Regular bonuses and cash giveaways Review Score: 8.4

Cake Poker Bonus
Cake Poker offers more than your standard bonus. Currently players are able to claim a 100% match up to $500. This bonus is released in increments of $10 and on top of this you will automatically qualify for their special rewards program. Through any real money table game or tournament you play you will be able to earn Gold Chips which can be redeemed in the Cake Poker online store or in Weekly Gold Card tournaments. The second feature is the Gold Chip rewards which are just as valuable as your own cash. These are awarded to players through real money table games only. Once Cake Poker takes in enough rake the RNG will award a player at the table a Gold Card. There are 52 Each Gold Cards in each series with $52,000 cash given to the first player who can collect the entire set. You can also redeem these in Gold Card Daily Lotteries or Gold Card Freerolls with prize pools reaching as high as a couple of thousand dollars.

Real Money Cash Games
Cake Poker supports your typical ring games including; Texas Holdem, Omaha, Omaha Hi Lo, and Stud. They are still considered a medium size room in most aspects with a peak hour cash game player base of 1000+. Stakes begin at $0.10/$0.20 and do climb as high as $50/$100 however most games peak at $5/$10. We mentioned that Cake offers Stud and they do but as of yet no games have been scheduled. This may change in the future while the room grows. Players should expect to pay a 5% rake on each put with a maximum limit of $3 per hand.

Poker Tournaments
This is one area that the poker room never falls short on and that is the guaranteed tournaments available along with freerolls. They have since the beginning maintained a strong presence for offering top notch tournaments with large prize pools. One of the benefits to this is because Cake is still limited in traffic during certain hours you will be able to find a couple of overlays almost every day. Currently the largest GP throughout the week is a $50,000 with qualifiers, satellites and direct buyins available for players. Following this you can expect to see freerolls offered on a fairly consistent basis for new players as well as players who are collecting Gold Cards. The largest promotion going on right now is the Million Dollar Freeroll Series which is ten tournaments, one held monthly and each guaranteeing a $100,000 prize pool. These games will be providing the first place player with a $75,000 payday.

Poker Software
The software lobby has been categorized to make game selection easy with all your tabs clearly marked at top. You will find game statistics within the lobby such as viewed flop percentage and average pot per hour. The lobby also allows for players to request their hand history and contains a game information news box displaying upcoming tournaments with detailed information on how many players are registered and prize pool. The tables are clean and nicely design with 3 dimensional graphics. You will never fined speed to be an issue here and are provided with extra buttons for game play such as bet pot.

Player Support
Support is available through email only and you should be able to receive a response in sometimes as little as ten minutes or less. There is no live support or phone support available at this time.

Deposit Methods
Deposit methods are still limited but the company is looking into more financial processors. US players should have no problems using credit cards in this room. The current methods available include; NetTeller, EPassport, Visa and Mastercard, and Moneybookers.