Cake Poker Readies New Poker Client with Private Beta

    CURACAO, April 29, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Popular poker site Cake Poker has announced that they are beginning the rollout of their highly anticipated new Cake Poker Client with a private beta.

"We are excited to launch the private beta for our new Cake Poker client and to get some further feedback on our efforts," said Lee Jones, a leading driver of the new interface and the Cake Poker Card Room Manager. "We are delighted at the how the client is currently operating and looking forward to being able to offer an improved online poker experience to all our players."

Some of the key features include:

- Main lobby stretches both horizontally and vertically
- Excel-like multi-field sorting and advanced filtering for detailed game/tournament choice
- Tournament listing permits direct registration
- Tournament lobby includes links to satellites
- Tables scale down to "industry standard" minimum size
- Chat box detaches for management as a separate window
- Players can customize card backs, table felt, and "carpet"
- Tournament notifier allows players to filter out any/all tournament notices
- Players can put upcoming tournaments on calendar to be reminded later

To develop the client, Cake's software developers consulted with both cash and tournament players and went through a rigorous process of review and debugging. Cake is currently working through a private beta which, once complete, will allow for the launch of the public beta which will be available to all players in parallel with the existing client. Throughout the user testing Cake will continue to incorporate player feedback into the new client.

Screen shots and preview videos for the new client are available at the Cake Poker Blog: http://cakepoker.com/blog/En/post/Cake-Poker-New-Client-Enters-Private-Beta-319.aspx.

About Cake Poker:

Cake Poker was established in 2006 and went on to become the inaugural site of the popular Cake Network, open to a worldwide player base. Cake Poker proudly rewards players of all stakes and levels, not just the VIP fat-cats. Its industry leading loyalty and reward programs - Gold Stacks, Gold Chips and Gold Cards - give players a piece of over $500,000 in monthly instant cash, free tournament play and prizes. Cake boasts around-the-clock customer service from knowledgeable poker players who understand the pain of a bad beat, over $4 million in monthly tournament guarantees and a variety of play and real money games. Cake Poker is licensed and regulated by the Government of Curacao, Dutch Antilles. Cake Poker operates under Curacao's leading, regulated and proven gaming licensing & hosting provider, Cyberluck.

For more information please visit www.cakepoker.com. To arrange an interview with Lee Jones please contact Cake Poker directly at [email protected].

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