Cake Poker Review
A relative new comer to the world of online poker, Cake Poker set up in 2005 and has done very well since it launched. Cake Poker accepts US players.
SCREENSHOTS
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POSITIVES
If you like low to medium stakes NL Holdem then this is a very good poker room. The tables are fast and the players quite loose in their attitude. The traffic ranges from about 3-13k players at one time so you should be able to get a game at a time that suits you.
Tournament Lobby
This is probably the nicest feature on the site. When you click on the tournament link at the top it changes the page into a different layout. From here you can split your search into things like Omaha or 7 card stud tournaments at different buy in levels. Its clear and concise which is what you want.
Easy deposit
Depositing money was not an issue with money being converted into dollars if required on deposit from most of the usual ways:
- NETeller
- instaCash
- Visa
- Visa Electron
- Mastercard
Bonuses and Rakeback
This is a real positive for Cake Poker. Being a late comer into the online arena it offers a competitive 110% on first time deposits as well as a gold chip offer which are earned whilst you play. These can be exchanged for items at the shop or for tournament entries. There is also a gold card reward system being offered where each day a particular card is picked and that becomes the card on offer at the tables. When you are dealt this card you can then add it to your bank. If you collect all 52 gold cards you can earn $52,000.
Another big plus for playing on this network is the good rakeback that is being offered. 33% is a healthy chunk back.
Other Features
There is in information screen with tabs in the bottom left hand corner. From here you can see some basic statistics from your play, change tabs to be able to put notes on people and chat.
Game Selection
Below is a table detailing the available games currently available on Cake Poker:
| Game | Lowest Limit | Highest Limit | No Limit | Limit | Pot Limit | Game Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Holdem |
$0.05/$0.10
|
$500/$1000
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Always |
|
Omaha Hi
|
$0.02/$0.04
|
$500/$1000
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Always |
|
Omaha Hi/Low
|
$0.02/$0.04
|
$30/$60
|
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Always |
|
7 Card Stud
|
$0.02/$0.04
|
NGA
|
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Always |
|
5 Card Draw
|
$0.02/$0.04
|
NGA |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Always |
|
Sit N Gos |
$1.00 +$0.05 |
$100 + $5 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Always |
|
Tournaments |
$1 + $0.05 |
$425 + $30 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
15 minutes |
Support
You have the usual e-mail queries in as well as the FAQ area. There is no telephone support or live chat but they seem to be helpful and respond quickly enough
NEGATIVES
There are very few negatives at all with this poker room. If I am to mention one it will be regarding traffic on some of the less popular games (Omaha Hi/low, Stud etc) where table numbers can be quite scarce during the afternoon (European time!). The only other thing really is the Chat window is rather small and makes it difficult to follow conversations with fellow players. There really should be a way of increasing its size. As you can see there really is not a lot wrong and this site comes very highly recommended by Best Rakeback.
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