Cake Poker Network
Encyclopedia
The Cake Network is a Curaçao
based online poker
network. Cake Network is owned and operated by parent company Cake Gaming NV. Cake Gaming NV is hosted by Cyberluck, a Curaçao based Regulating and Gaming Licensing & Hosting provider and operates under the gaming license of Cyberluck Curaçao NV.
, Red Star Poker and BetUS
. The Cake Network currently has 35 network skins.
As of April 2010 the Cake Network saw a steep decline in player traffic as the company lost two major poker rooms, PlayersOnly and Sportsbook.com
, to the Merge Gaming Network. Even with the addition of new rooms to the network, Cake has continued to lose ground on the rest of the industry. In less than a month the Cake Network has dropped significantly on Pokerscout.com's list of most trafficked sites.
In January 2011, Cake Network's well-known partner Doyles Room
, featuring Doyle Brunson
, Todd Brunson
and Mike Caro
, left the Cake Network, moving to the Yatahay Network.
games including: Texas hold 'em
, Omaha High and Hi-Lo.
Ring games and tournaments are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Tournament varieties include freerolls, satellites to live events, sit ‘n go tournaments, single-table and multi-table tournaments including a Sunday $250,000 Guaranteed Tournament. They also offer a player rewards program.
Cake Poker is the only site of the 10 largest in the world, which allows its players to regularly change their screen names. By allowing Cake Poker players to change their name every seven days, the advantage of using ID tracking software
is mitigated.
In April 2009, Cake Poker was the first online poker room to offer a mobile poker room
, where users can download and play poker from their smartphone
.
In May of 2009, poker author Lee Jones joined Cake Poker as the Card Room Manager.
After taking the money, Cake Poker sent an email informing the player, known online as "Tony Guoga" (no relation
), that because his opponent, using the alias "Maxsteak", had improperly acquired the funds from a network affiliate via a software glitch, the USD $60,000 he legitimately won would not be returned.
filed a civil suit asking a Franklin County
Circuit Court to grant control of online poker website domain names to the government, including CakePoker.com .
In January 2009, the Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that the seizure order issued by Judge Thomas Wingate should be set aside and made the decision to halt the forfeiture of the domain names .
In February 2009, the Commonwealth of Kentucky appealed the ruling from January 2009 asking to submit a longer appeal brief.
Curaçao
Curaçao is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast. The Country of Curaçao , which includes the main island plus the small, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao , is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...
based online poker
Online poker
Online poker is the game of poker played over the Internet. It has been partly responsible for a dramatic increase in the number of poker players worldwide...
network. Cake Network is owned and operated by parent company Cake Gaming NV. Cake Gaming NV is hosted by Cyberluck, a Curaçao based Regulating and Gaming Licensing & Hosting provider and operates under the gaming license of Cyberluck Curaçao NV.
History
Cake Network was founded in 2004 and launched its first network skin, Cake Poker, in June 2006. Other network partners followed in fairly quick succession including Sportsbook.comSportsbook.com
Sportsbook.com is a privately held online gaming firm, featuring sports betting, online poker, casino games and horse race betting that caters to the U.S...
, Red Star Poker and BetUS
BetUS
BetUS.com is a privately held online gaming company offering sports betting, casino games, poker and horse racing.-Products:The company accepts bets on sports and horse racing, and operates a casino and poker room.-Proposition wagers:...
. The Cake Network currently has 35 network skins.
As of April 2010 the Cake Network saw a steep decline in player traffic as the company lost two major poker rooms, PlayersOnly and Sportsbook.com
Sportsbook.com
Sportsbook.com is a privately held online gaming firm, featuring sports betting, online poker, casino games and horse race betting that caters to the U.S...
, to the Merge Gaming Network. Even with the addition of new rooms to the network, Cake has continued to lose ground on the rest of the industry. In less than a month the Cake Network has dropped significantly on Pokerscout.com's list of most trafficked sites.
In January 2011, Cake Network's well-known partner Doyles Room
Doyles Room
Doyles Room is an online poker room founded in 2004. Originally on the Tribeca Poker Network , DoylesRoom moved to the Microgaming Poker Network in 2007, then to the Cake Poker Network in January 2009, and most recently to the Yatahay Network in January 2011.Named for Doyle Brunson, the 10-time...
, featuring Doyle Brunson
Doyle Brunson
Doyle F. Brunson is an American professional poker player who has played professionally for over 50 years. He is the first two-time World Series of Poker main event champion to win consecutively, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee, and the author of several books on poker.Brunson is the first player to...
, Todd Brunson
Todd Brunson
Todd Alan Brunson is an American professional poker player and the son of poker legend Doyle Brunson.Although Brunson's father Doyle is a poker player, Brunson did not learn the game when he was young. It was not until he was studying law at Texas Tech University that he learned on his own how to...
and Mike Caro
Mike Caro
Mike A. Caro is a professional poker player, pioneer poker theorist, author of poker books, and casino executive.-Author:...
, left the Cake Network, moving to the Yatahay Network.
Network Partners
The Cake Network Partners include:| 52bet | 7WinPoker | All Pro | AllStar |
| Amsterdams Poker | Belmont | Bet the Globe | BetUS BetUS BetUS.com is a privately held online gaming company offering sports betting, casino games, poker and horse racing.-Products:The company accepts bets on sports and horse racing, and operates a casino and poker room.-Proposition wagers:... |
| Bet USA | BettingChamps | Broadway Tables | Brobury Sports |
| Bruce Poker | BullFrog Gaming | Burro Poker | Cake Poker |
| City Poker | DailyDime | Dimeline Sportsbook | Doyle's Room |
| Ebets | Everybody Plays | EZ Sportsbook | Ezbets |
| Fantis Poker | Fugu Poker | Global Sports Network | Golden Goose |
| Gutshot | Hollywood International | iWager | Juicy Stakes |
| King Midas Poker | Kingdom Casino & Sportsbook | Liipoker | LinesMaker |
| Logans | Luck3 | Mayan Casino | Molten Poker |
| My Sportsbook.com | NeverFelted | NYC Sportsbook | Only Poker |
| OnlyWinners | Palladium Casino | PlayersOnly | Poker Max |
| Pokerbilly | Pokerhost | Pokerworld | Power Poker |
| proBETS | Pure Poker | Rags2Riches | Red Star Poker |
| Redback Poker | Safari Casino | Sport Fanatik | Sports.com |
| Sports Interaction | Sportsbetting | Sportsbook.com Sportsbook.com Sportsbook.com is a privately held online gaming firm, featuring sports betting, online poker, casino games and horse race betting that caters to the U.S... |
StraightFlush.com |
| Super Sportsbook | Superbook | Superpoker | Tangra |
| The Greek | Tropical Island Casino Sportsbook | TwoBitPoker | Unabomber Poker |
| Wager Tonight | Wagerunit | YogaPoker | Zet Poker |
Cake Poker
Cake Poker offers a variety of stakes and types of online pokerOnline poker
Online poker is the game of poker played over the Internet. It has been partly responsible for a dramatic increase in the number of poker players worldwide...
games including: Texas hold 'em
Texas hold 'em
Texas Hold 'em is a variation of the standard card game of poker. The game consists of two cards being dealt face down to each player and then five community cards being placed face-up by the dealer—a series of three then two additional single cards , with...
, Omaha High and Hi-Lo.
Ring games and tournaments are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Tournament varieties include freerolls, satellites to live events, sit ‘n go tournaments, single-table and multi-table tournaments including a Sunday $250,000 Guaranteed Tournament. They also offer a player rewards program.
Cake Poker is the only site of the 10 largest in the world, which allows its players to regularly change their screen names. By allowing Cake Poker players to change their name every seven days, the advantage of using ID tracking software
Poker tools
Poker tools are a variety of software or web-based applications that allow the statistical analysis of poker players, games or tournaments.-Hand converters:...
is mitigated.
In April 2009, Cake Poker was the first online poker room to offer a mobile poker room
Mobile gambling
Mobile gambling refers to playing games of chance or skill for money by using a remote device such as a tablet computer, smartphone or a mobile phone with a wireless internet connection...
, where users can download and play poker from their smartphone
Smartphone
A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...
.
In May of 2009, poker author Lee Jones joined Cake Poker as the Card Room Manager.
Confiscation of player winnings
In May 2011, Cake Poker Network confiscated USD $60,000 from one of their players' accounts. The money had been won from another player who allegedly fraudulently acquired it.After taking the money, Cake Poker sent an email informing the player, known online as "Tony Guoga" (no relation
Tony G
Antanas Guoga , more commonly known as Tony G, is a businessman and professional poker player. As a child, he was the Rubik's Cube champion of Lithuania before moving to Melbourne, Australia at the age of 11. He has played poker since the age of 18, and is known for his outlandish table talk and...
), that because his opponent, using the alias "Maxsteak", had improperly acquired the funds from a network affiliate via a software glitch, the USD $60,000 he legitimately won would not be returned.
Domain dispute
In September 2008, the Kentucky Governor Steve BeshearSteve Beshear
Steven Lynn "Steve" Beshear is an American politician who is the 61st Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. A Democrat, Beshear previously served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1974 to 1979, was the state's Attorney General from 1980 to 1983, and was Lieutenant Governor from...
filed a civil suit asking a Franklin County
Franklin County, Kentucky
As of the census of 2000, there were 47,687 people, 19,907 households, and 12,840 families residing in the county. The population density was . There were 21,409 housing units at an average density of...
Circuit Court to grant control of online poker website domain names to the government, including CakePoker.com .
In January 2009, the Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that the seizure order issued by Judge Thomas Wingate should be set aside and made the decision to halt the forfeiture of the domain names .
In February 2009, the Commonwealth of Kentucky appealed the ruling from January 2009 asking to submit a longer appeal brief.
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