Cake Poker
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For off, Cake Poker is USA friendly, and will gladly take American players.
Cake Poker is a newcomer on the scene. The people involved with Cake Poker first started planning and plotting the site back in 2004, and the site only officially launched in 2006.
Why all the time to plan the site? Cake Poker is no ordinary site. They are not simply a skin hosted on a bigger network. The people behind Cake Poker went all the way, and designed their own software. It is 100% unique and original. By designing their own software, the people behind Cake Poker were able to add certain features that just weren't available anywhere else.
Was it worth the wait? Well, in a short period of time, Cake Poker has become the 11th biggest poker network in the world. They are just behind Bodog and just ahead of the Microgaming Network in terms of size. According to Pokerscout.com, the site had a 24 hour peak of over 1800 players in their real money ring games. For a company that is just about a year and a half old, this is certainly impressive, and a testament to the popularity of their software.
As stated, the site was launched in 2006, and they are licensed through the Government of Curacao in the Dutch Antilles. Their software boasts incredible, photo-realistic graphics and avatars that are amazingly detailed. Their lobby is easy to navigate, and they offer a wide array of cash games, Sit and Go's and Multi Table tournaments.
In terms of promotions, Cake Poker is on top of their game in that department too. When you deposit to the site, you receive a ticket to one of Cake Poker's weekly $500 freerolls. These freerolls run at 2 pm every Saturday. Your ticket to the freeroll never expires, so if you can't play on that particular Saturday, no worries - you can always play later.
Other cool promotions that Cake Poker offers include: The Million Dollar Freeroll, a Gold Chip Rewards Program, Gold Chip Giveaways, Gold Card Tournaments and their weekly $75k Guaranteed tournament, which is going to become a $150k Guaranteed tournament starting on March 9th. For more information on these promotions, simply visit their site. They can explain it a lot better than I can.
Cake Poker offers a number of different depositing options, including: Neteller, Epassporte, Moneybookers, Visa and Mastercard. Our preferred options are Moneybookers and Visa.
Aside from the stellar graphics and gameplay, Cake Poker also has another really cool feature, and that is hand histories that are viewable online. If you have a really spectacular hand that you just have to show your friends, you can simply direct them to a link on the Cake Poker site, and they will be able to view the hand history instantly. This is a pretty cool feature that just shows that the developers of the software care about their customers.
Cake Poker offers a number of different cash games, including three variations of Hold'em, PLO and Fixed Limit Omaha, No Limit, Fixed Limit and Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo, and 7 Card Stud / 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo. From what I saw, the biggest Fixed Limit Hold'em game was $100/$200, the biggest No Limit Hold'em game was $500/$100, and the biggest PLO cash game was $5/$10.
In terms of tournaments and Sit and Go's, Cake Poker offers a number of options there as well. From what I saw, the biggest sit and go's are $600 Six Handed Sit and Go's. Below that, there is everything that you could possibly want. Heads-Up, Short Handed, No Limit, Pot Limit Omaha, etc. The tournaments are the same way. Cake offers a wide variety of No Limit Hold'em, PLO, rebuys, turbo tournaments, daily guaranteeds, weekly guarantees and more.
If you are looking to play in a big live tournament, Cake Poker also offers satellites to the 2008 Irish Poker Open and 2008 Canadian Poker Championship. They are available under the "tournament" tab in the lobby.
Cake Poker is a brand new and quickly up and coming network. Do people enjoy playing there? The numbers speak for themselves - they have grown into the 11th largest poker network in the world in less than two years, using their own software. That is no small feat. Give Cake Poker a try - you won't be disappointed.
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