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Cake Poker has announced they will no long be accepting US players and their current US real money player base will be transitioned
over to Juicy Stakes Poker(What a name right!) on September 27.
The company said that player balances, gold chips, and loyalty levels would all be moved to the players Juicy Brand account.
There are a couple of things troubling about this decision, first Cake Poker is using a .EU domain so there is next to no chance of the US government confiscating their domain name.
Juicy Stakes poker is still using a .com domain so technically the feds could pull the plug on the domain immediately after the transfers of players.
The question is why is Jennifer Larson’s Revolution Poker Network would move American players from a relatively safe .EU domain to a .com.
Also Cake Poker’s non-US clientele doesn’t seem strong enough to support the company on its own, a good estimate would put their non-American player base at about 20-25%.
It wouldn't be surprising if Jennifer Larson’s own Lock Poker on the Revolution network absorbs Cake’s non-US clients.
Cake Poker reputation was in the toilet before Larson took over but it hit new depths after the takeover so they may just be letting the brand die.
CalvinAyre.com
over to Juicy Stakes Poker(What a name right!) on September 27.
The company said that player balances, gold chips, and loyalty levels would all be moved to the players Juicy Brand account.
There are a couple of things troubling about this decision, first Cake Poker is using a .EU domain so there is next to no chance of the US government confiscating their domain name.
Juicy Stakes poker is still using a .com domain so technically the feds could pull the plug on the domain immediately after the transfers of players.
The question is why is Jennifer Larson’s Revolution Poker Network would move American players from a relatively safe .EU domain to a .com.
Also Cake Poker’s non-US clientele doesn’t seem strong enough to support the company on its own, a good estimate would put their non-American player base at about 20-25%.
It wouldn't be surprising if Jennifer Larson’s own Lock Poker on the Revolution network absorbs Cake’s non-US clients.
Cake Poker reputation was in the toilet before Larson took over but it hit new depths after the takeover so they may just be letting the brand die.
CalvinAyre.com
