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[RiverCascade]

I haven't. They're offering a pretty sweet 1st deposit bonus. If you've played there, could you tell us about it? I'm particularly interested in FR limit traffic. Thanks.

[Bullajami]

I've played about 2,500 hands at Cake now, so I thought I'd give it a quick review:

Bottom line - I like it...but it could be better. First, the stuff I hope they fix:

The software has been glitchy...by that I mean it will do unexpected things. For example, a few times the chip stack slides to the pot winner of a hand, and then sits there until the end of the next hand. It looks like a side pot or something. I've never seen the pot get screwed up or anything, but it just looks confusing. Sometimes a hand will end and there will be an inexpicable 20-30 second delay until the next hand is dealt. I've never seen anyone get screwed over by one of these glitches, but it does tend to sap your confidence in the poker site when these things happen.

The tables are not resizable and they are big. There is considerable overlap when multitabling. You cannot change seats either, so wherever they put you is where you have to stay.

There is no Poker Tracker compatibility. Cake has stated flatly that they do not want to be Poker Tracker compatible.

The good stuff:
Probably related to Poker Tracker incompatibility, the tables are very loose and fishy.
The first deposit bonus is good, and ITH offers rakeback.
The loyalty program is pretty good.
The traffic is decent at FRLH. I will play any limit from .50/1 t0 5/10, so I can always get a couple of tables. On the weekends there is normally 2 or 3 tables at each of those limits. I have also seen 10/20, 15/30 and 30/60 FRLH tables running from time to time, as well as limits as low as .04/.08. Traffic at 6-max and NL is typically higher.
Cashiering is easy with ePassporte.
You can change your screen name once a week.

It is currently my favorite place to play.

[Mystress]

I like it, too. As a US player our choices are limited. I love Poker Stars, but I was looking for a change.

[janeg]

For a moment there I thought River was back

[No offense meant Mystress ... welcome to ITH ]

[doubleup]

Why would a site not want to be Poker Tracker friendly?

[nukeduke]

Why would a site not want to be Poker Tracker friendly?

Some sites believe it is counter productive because it could give an advantage to those that know how to use the information. I'm not certain why Cake has chosen this position, but it doesn't bother me.

[peterholdem]

A friend of mine plays there - and he likes it.

[Suited_Jock]

A friend of mine plays there - and he likes it.

thinly veiled i have a friend post.

[RomfordFD]

I use it to play poker on my mobile and it runs good, the new update has made it better

[josepoker]

hi guys, anyone knows any good online sites to play poker on?

[GrandBlond]

sorry for my english but...

I played at CakePoker about 1200 SNG tournaments and here is my review

+ first deposit bonus and rakeback
+ good promotions (deposit bonuses, etc.)
- the traffic is not satisfied me, i played turbo SNG $2-10$ and i can play about 1-3 tables simultaneously, but often only one ...traffic is about 2,5k - 5k users, average is about 3k
+ cash game looks good, decent traffic and you can find enough tables with stakes 0.5/0.1 - 0.5/1
+ the players are average, many players from Russia
+ my favourit tournament on this site is $6 SNG BOUNTY 30 player ($3 boutny, $prizepool)

now i play at FullTilt and it is about something else

but i like cake poker and i recomended it to try