Cake which is now still behind in worldwide rankings in terms of size hopes to penetrate the market by taking over players that have been left without many alternatives by offering them a 110% sign up bonus for deposits up to $600 and additionally a 33% direct cake rakeback deal at the majority of old and recently recruited poker skins belonging to its umbrella including amongst others Power Poker and Doyles Room.

The news comes to add up with a recent announcement that Phil “Unabomber” Laak has joined their network with his own themed skin which in reality is just the beginning of the above mentioned expansion strategy posed by Cake which from our point of view will be successful due to market conditions at this point in time. It is well mentioned that Doyles Room which is endorsed by Doyle Brunson (Texas Dolly) has recently revamped its poker site and is running through a successful marketing campaign which of course will help the health and growth of the overall Cake Poker network.

The facts come to add up to the recent news that VC Poker (Victor Chandler) has closed remaining winning player’s accounts that qualified for rakeback and this seems to be just the beginning of the fate of small or medium sized poker skins powered by the ipoker network which will literally be forced to kick out winning players due to the recently announced winning players rule. (see Shark Vs Fish Ratio for more info)

It is ironic to say that Playtech (ipoker’s mother company) announced a very profitable year in yesterday’s news at a time when its licensees are facing huge problems surviving after the fines and penalties posed by the actual hosting network which is protecting it position very well with absolutely no mercy to any related partner.

To make this absolutely clear to readers that are not following the internet poker news; ipoker and Boss Media (IPN Network) are penalizing small site owners which are using their software if they are unable to present fishy poker players to the tables which help keep the entire network in a balance of winning players. In summary this is creating a gap and a niche market for bigger poker rooms that do not share a network e.g. Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars and is now presenting an excellent opportunity for Cake to expand due to the existence of rakeback and its accessibility to US poker players.

The remainig 7 sites that have joined the Cake Network besides Unabomber Poker are 7Win Poker, Redback Poker, Amsterdams Poker, Safari Poker, Dime Line Sports, Rags2Riches and Burro Poker.

Now after the implementation of the Fish Vs Sharks ratio from ipoker and of course Swedish poker network Boss Media (IPN Poker) it seems that it is yes the end of rakeback from European facing poker rooms. The word has spread and it seems that small internet poker rooms powered by Boss Media are in massive arguments with their software provider as the new Fish Vs Shark rule brought to surface is creating poker skin owners heart attacks when they see their loyal players winning.

The upcoming gaming conference in London will bring things to surface and of course news to twitter as it is predicted to be one the nastier meetings this industry has ever recorded. Poker skin owners are awaiting to meet their network owners and get an understanding why they have decided to kill their businesses and of course they expect to get an answer about all these changes which are forcing players to migrate to larger networks like Party Poker, Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars which all offer rakeback or rakeback equivalent deals and don’t really mind if you are winning or losing.

Recently it has been announced that Poker Ducks has officially closed down and insider industry rumours say that Blonde Poker will be closing soon were as mentioned above VC Poker threw out its winning players, not to mention that a series of ipoker facing skins will be soon announcing merges or padlocks on their sites. Now what comes next; What is sure is that rakeback is one way or the other way history at ipoker skins; and we do surely predict that it will be removed from Boss Media facing poker rooms as heat is rising with penalties posed to site owners for having too many winning players. The IPN Network (International Poker Network) is going through a campaign to help liquidity and save its soul from the big boys.

It is well mentioned that IPN have also delayed the delivery of their new software version to site owners leaving them approximately a millennium behind industry standards set by Ultimate Bet Poker, Full Tilt Poker and of course PokerStars. It is only realistic to say that the following six months will bring this industry upside down with a major series of liquidations which will put a big bad closed sign on the door of many European facing poker rooms.

New players interested in poker rakeback can view all the available offers which are currently offered through direct rakeback deals or loyalty programs which are rakeback equivalent at our poker rakeback section.

Classic Poker Rakeback Deal Name Classic Poker Website classicpoker.com Country Malta Software Boss Media Rakeback Direct Percentage 30% US Players Not Accepted

The 30% Classic Poker rakeback offered to players are industry standard on almost all of the remaining poker rooms giving rakeback to players. What is unique about Classic Poker is the €200 up to €1000 first deposit bonus that rakeback players will receive on top of the rakeback deal we have acquired directly from classicpoker.com management. Furthermore Classic Poker provides a service where players can check their rakeback every single day and the updates are never late. Being part of a big network (Boss Media) Classic Players who receive rakeback can always find games and possibilities to multi table or participate in one of the many guaranteed daily tournament hosted by Classic Poker. Tournament rake also count towards the rakeback paid promptly to the poker account every first day of a new month.

The Classic Poker rakeback system is fully automated which is why they can pay players so swiftly. We have never had an issue with Classic Poker and as rakeback is paid directly by Classic Poker to players then all players can feel safe about saving up rakeback money during the month. Classic poker host a weekly €100,000 guaranteed tournament and a total of more than €4,000,000 in tournament prizes are given away on a monthly basis. Rakeback players will be notified when rakeback is paid and can upon log in to the poker room the first day of the month see their poker balance increased. Classic Poker is an old respected poker room run by real professional people who understand players and the need for a proper and fast response time should it be needed to contact the. Accounts can be opened in EUR and players who prefer a USD account can open this upon request to Classic Poker.