Cake Poker

Site Name:	Cake Poker
Founded:	2004
Network:	Cake Poker
Bonus:	110% up to $600
Bonus Code:	No Needed

Cake Poker Review

Cake Poker is part of the CakePoker Network which was established in 2004 when – according the site – a small group of poker players “set out on a mission to design a better poker site.”

Consequently, Cake Poker is one of the most aesthetically impressive gaming sites with well-sculpted 3D human avatars, an organized lobby and a generally muted color palette designed for the player who is looking to play in extended sessions without hurting their eyes.

TRAFFIC:

The player traffic of Cake Poker is mediocre with around 2000 real money players at the busiest of peak hours. Off peak you are looking at around 500 real money players. If you are looking for a quick hit and run game then Cake Poker is not the site for you. On the other hand, if you are looking for a more intimate poker community where you will see the same familiar screen names often, Cake Poker will be much more up your alley.

Cake Poker has an excellent security system designed to curb all illegal use from super-users to colluders to bots. In addition to its top security team, Cake Poker also has an exhaustive section of its site dedicated to describing those security measures so its players can feel more secure about depositing there.

Not a lot of great players on Cake Poker: there are no in-house pros and very few players frequent tables with stakes higher than $5/$10. Play is erratic and a table can as easily become a lotto all-in orgy as it could turn out to be a flopless folding festival. Seasoned players might find themselves with a headache after a few hands on Cake Poker.

SOFTWARE:

This is really where Cake Poker shines – its software. From its gorgeous table animations to its lobby, Cake Poker was clearly designed well. Resizable table options give players the opportunity to multi-table without clicking between 4 different tabs. The color palette is muted but warm, so it remains pleasant to look at but it does not expose its players to the bright eye sores that many other sites employ.

Seldom will news surface of a Cake Poker system crash or any other major malfunction. What Cake Poker lacks in players it makes up for in software.

SUPPORT AND SECCURITY:

Email is the only way to reach Customer Service at Cake Poker and even then don’t expect a response to come in a hurry. There is no live chat, no phone support and sometimes responses to emails can take longer than 48 hours.

Here are two telling pillars of Cake Poker that speak to its tremendous ethical base: 1, Cake Poker is on its very own CakePoker network with designers focused providing each player with the best online poker experience possible. 2, the home page discursively goes over a number of features that most sites don’t make as available to the public – most notably their security system. In creating such a transparent environment players feel valued and are more willing to trust the company with their hard-earned dollars.

BONUS & PROMOTIONS:

Cake Poker is exceptionally strong in promotions and freerolls, which is surprising for a site ranked outside the top 10 in popularity by pokerscout. They feature a strong affiliate program and 110% sign up bonus up to $600, but their real strength is in freeroll tournaments and rake races with hundreds of thousands in free money given out monthly to its relatively few members.

Cake Poker is inconsistent. In terms of promotions, security and overall software it is amongst the best sites available to the public. But in terms of customer service, player strength and popularity it is at best, mediocre. Cake Poker is almost like a delicious Ma and Pa restaurant – great at what it does but completely lacking in a lot of areas that the bigger sites excel in. In the end, Cake Poker offers enough free money to its few members that it could be worth it for the average player to get involved there if not only to gain access to the freebies.