Cake Poker

Being that trackers are not allowed at Cake Poker, the fish to grinder ratio is better than what you'd expect at other sites. This increases the profits for players who play less tables and prefer not to rely on HUDs (heads-up displays such as Poker Tracker and Hold'em Manager) as much. Of course, this also means that if you play on Cake Poker more than casually, you'll need to adjust your game to playing without a HUD.

Another cool feature of Cake Poker is the ability to do a name change every week. Depending on your style, it can be quite beneficial to change your name from time to time to keep your (non-noting) opponents in the dark as to your real identity. Notes, of course, stay with an opponent even if he/she changes his/her name.

Cake Poker offers a decent rakeback rate, and uses the dealt rakeback calculation method, which is significant if you're a tighter as opposed to a looser player. While the rake is heavier than that of PokerStars for stakes under NL50, the excellent rakeback rate and dealt calculation method make Cake a good place to multi-table and grind out the micro stakes.

Combined with the rake calculation method, the looseness of the games and the high number of fish and casual players as compared to grinders/professionals that are found on the Cake Network, the factors that make Cake Poker an excellent place to build a big roll are many. This site is highly recommended to anyone playing micro through low stakes games (NL4 - NL400).

Cake Poker are operating great software that really pushes the boundaries of two dimensional game play, with the need to take their software one dimension further they feel that they want to improve the members game play experience even more. Graphics on have been compared to those used on PokerRoom.com but not to be left within the shadows of the larger poker room, Cake Poker have worked hard to offer more variance in their graphical representation on a number of levels. Although when you look at the poker room’s software lobby for the first time it can seem to be a little heavy on the eye and look like it could be hard to navigate, it soon becomes second natural after you give the layout a try. All the usual features of an online poker room are there too, the online notepad, the player representive avatars and the ability to select which seat you wish to occupy at any poker game you wish to join.

Poker tournaments at the Cake Poker site might not have a huge playing field but that doesn’t stop the site placing a lot of time and funding into creating poker tournaments that will keep players interested. If nothing else, Cake Poker tournaments prove easier to place at, compared to any of the main online poker rooms. Cake Poker also offers satellite poker tournaments into major live poker tournaments and with a lower member base their poker tournaments seem to be easier winning for a poker player with any hint of professionalism about their poker game.

Support at Cake Poker is offered in the form of email and the frequently asked questions format, opting to not offer a live online chat feature or telephone support at the moment, even though it seems to be becoming the standard offering for online poker rooms. Although the support is email based, you do get a quick response and the support staff are able to help you with a number of issues, within one email response.