Cake Poker Review - Cake Poker Bonus

Launched in 2005, Cake Poker has grown into a well respected and popular poker room. Cake Poker offers players from the U.S. easy deposit options and great promotions. With moderate but growing traffic Cake Poker is making a name for itself as one of the best sites still open to the U.S. market. With $1,000.000 freerolls, loose tables and great promotions Cake Poker is definitely a great place to play online poker.

Software

Cake Poker’s software is very well designed and fast. Cake Poker offers 3D-like graphics without the usual lag other sites face. The lobby interface is easy to navigate and offers a lot of detailed information about each table including average flop percentage, hands per hour and the average pot. The software comes with many great features and is very customizable.

Game Variety

Texas Hold’em - Offered in fixed limit, pot limit and no limit variations.

Omaha High - Offered in fixed limit, pot limit and no limit variations.

Omaha Hi-Lo - Offered in fixed limit, pot limit and no limit variations.

7 Card Stud - Offered in fixed limit, pot limit and no limit variations.

7 Card Stud Hi-Lo - Offered in fixed limit, pot limit and no limit variations.

Bonuses

Cake Poker offers a 100% match up to $500 on your first deposit. The bonus a very easy to clear and is paid in increments of $10. Each player point you earn is worth $.06. 

Promotions

There are many great promotions running at Cake Poker but the most notable is the Gold Card Give-Away. You will randomly receive Gold Cards while playing at the real money tables. Each card represents a card from a standard deck of cards. You can use your cards to win daily jackpots, tournament buy-ins, buy cool merchandise or you can save them up and if you collect all 52 cards, you’ll win $52,000. There is also a player points system much like the Gold Card promotion except that you will earn points for every hand you play. There is even a $1,000,000 freeroll at Cake Poker which is unheard of for a middle size room.

Traffic

With around 5,000 players logged in during peak hours Cake Poker is definitely not a small room anymore. Most of the traffic can be found at the Hold’em tables but there are quite a few Omaha players as well.

Competition

The Hold’em tables are extremely loose at Cake Poker with flop percentages getting up to the 50-60’s. Many new players get drawn Cake Poker by the huge freerolls and promotions. This creates a very profitable playing environment for a seasoned player.

Customer Service

Cake Poker offers e-mail support which could be better but certainly is not as bad as some rooms. The support staff if friendly and response times are around the average for the industry.

Deposit Options

One of the best aspects of Cake Poker is the easy deposits. U.S. players do not need to worry about their credit cards being declined at Cake Poker. This makes depositing fast and efficient. Cake Poker accepts Visa, Master Card, Moneybookers, ePassporte and Neteller.