Posted by Gerry Poltorak on Dec 29, 2010 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

In a shocking revelation on the 2+2 poker forums, Cake Poker Card-Room Manager Lee Jones announced he was leaving Cake Poker effective immediately. Jones cited recent strategic decisions made by the management as the portents for his leaving. Jones stated on 2+2: “This is a brief announcement toRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 10, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It’s only been a week since Cake Poker announced the creation of “The Exchange” a peer-to-peer marketplace where players can buy and sell the Gold Cards that they have accumulated at the Cake Poker tables. Gold Cards are awarded randomly at Cake Poker tables at sites like DoylesRead Full Article

Posted by Adam Grunwerg on Oct 10, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The last few months have been a big one for the Cake Poker Network.  A new poker skin called Poker King has now joined the 4th largest US-friendly poker network, whose clientele is mainly based in China, Asia. Poker King, which is run and operator by major AsianRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 17, 2010 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

The Cake Poker network has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons recently, but amidst these circumstances the poker network is still proving to be a major player on the online poker scene. Cake Poker has just announced the addition of a new online poker roomRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 07, 2010 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

After PokerTableRatings.com was able to crack Cake Poker’s security encryption last week the popular online poker site underwent a major security upgrade, going from XOR encryption to the more secure SSL encryption. Cake Poker’s card-room manager Lee Jones told Poker News Daily, “Player security is of the utmostRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 28, 2010 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

As we previously reported, PokerTableRatings.com recently uncovered a security issue involving the encryption used at Cake Poker. The issue in question is almost a mirror image of the same vulnerability found by PTR at Cereus Poker sites, UB Poker and Absolute Poker, back in May. The Card-Room ManagerRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 28, 2010 Posted in Poker Industry News | No Comments »

Well, if the government decides not to regulate the online poker industry we can always turn to Poker Table Ratings to hold the online poker sites accountable for their security. For the second time this year PTR has been able to expose a security issue at a majorRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 18, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Cake Poker has launched their very own rewards store where players can now exchange their Gold Chips for a number of items. Cake is offering everything from electronics, to books, to Cake Poker clothing and merchandise; this is in addition to offering tournament vouchers and cold hard cash!Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Mar 25, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

While there is nothing illegal or even unethical with short-stacking –where a player buys-in for about 20BB, the table minimum, and plays a push/fold strategy, and upon doubling up leaves the table to start all over again—many poker players loathe sitting at tables with players implementing this strategy.Read Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 09, 2010 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

I suppose this could be considered the ultimate bad beat. Having the pot awarded to the second best hand is a scenario that only occurs in a poker player’s nightmares, but this is precisely what happened on the Cake Poker network this past week. The hand in questionRead Full Article