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Lock Poker will be leaving the Merge Gaming Network and acquiring “selected assets” of the Cake Poker Network, with the aim of forming a new enterprise to be dubbed Revolution Gaming.
Current Lock players will apparently receive a software update on May 31. All players’ VIP rewards will carry over to the new regime and the new entity will continue to utilize Lock’s stand-alone cashier.
A Lock representative told PocketFives that the Cake software would be retained “but we will be going into product development immediately, as we are very excited to focus on an HTML 5 client.”
Both Lock and Cake released separate press releases on Monday, although each was short on specifics. Cake’s release stated that it would “continue operations providing all of its current Network partners,
sites and players the opportunity to be part of the Revolution Gaming Network.” Cake said the deal would allow it “to focus efforts on its current European,
South American and Asian business.” Cake also promised “another exciting announcement to soon follow.”
Meanwhile, Lock supremo Jennifer Larson issued a statement saying that “Merge was a great stepping stone for us but we have outgrown them.”
(We like to think the suddenly bulked-up Larson then pounded the podium with her clenched fists, turned and walked straight through the wall of the studio. “Larson SMASH!”)
Lock’s roster of poker pros, including Leo Margets and recent signing Annette Obrestad, “will be at the foundation of these changes. They will come together
and offer their recommendations on all levels, truly bringing the player into the boardroom.” If memory serves, the last time a major poker outfit brought
pro players into the boardroom, it marked the birth of Full Tilt Poker.
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Current Lock players will apparently receive a software update on May 31. All players’ VIP rewards will carry over to the new regime and the new entity will continue to utilize Lock’s stand-alone cashier.
A Lock representative told PocketFives that the Cake software would be retained “but we will be going into product development immediately, as we are very excited to focus on an HTML 5 client.”
Both Lock and Cake released separate press releases on Monday, although each was short on specifics. Cake’s release stated that it would “continue operations providing all of its current Network partners,
sites and players the opportunity to be part of the Revolution Gaming Network.” Cake said the deal would allow it “to focus efforts on its current European,
South American and Asian business.” Cake also promised “another exciting announcement to soon follow.”
Meanwhile, Lock supremo Jennifer Larson issued a statement saying that “Merge was a great stepping stone for us but we have outgrown them.”
(We like to think the suddenly bulked-up Larson then pounded the podium with her clenched fists, turned and walked straight through the wall of the studio. “Larson SMASH!”)
Lock’s roster of poker pros, including Leo Margets and recent signing Annette Obrestad, “will be at the foundation of these changes. They will come together
and offer their recommendations on all levels, truly bringing the player into the boardroom.” If memory serves, the last time a major poker outfit brought
pro players into the boardroom, it marked the birth of Full Tilt Poker.
SOURCE