Party Poker vs. Cake Poker

Sign Up Bonus

PartyPoker: Use our Party Poker Bonus Code to get 30% of your first time deposit back, up to $150.00!

Cake Poker: Get up to $500.00 back on 100% of your initial cake deposit

Verdict: The Cake Initial deposit bonus is a lot more rewarding than the Party Poker initial deposit bonus. If you are looking for a bigger bonus, choose Cake, if there are other factors, then keep reading.

Promotions

PartyPoker: Some recurring poker promotions on Party Poker include monthly deposit reload bonuses, Bad Beat Jackpots, freerolls, freerolls, freerolls, the Sit & Go Step Challenge, play on Tables of the week, and earn commission-free table time in the Free Ride promotion

Cake Poker: $500 New Depositor's Freeroll and other monthly promotions. Cake promotions change often, particularly on the first of each month.

Verdict: There are a lot of promos at both of these sites. If you like to stick with competitions that last a while, PartyPoker offers more static promotions and promotional tournaments. If you like the excitement of revolving promotion, check out Cake Poker.

Games

PartyPoker: Texas Holdem, Omaha (Reg and Hi/Lo), Seven-Card Stud (Reg and Hi/Lo)

Cake: Texas Holdem, Omaha (Reg and Hi/Lo), Stud (Reg and Hi/Lo)

Verdict: You couldn't get a more even tie than these two.

Tournaments

Party Poker: Sit & Go (Single and Multi-Table), Freerolls, Time-Based, and Shootouts

Cake Poker: Multi-table, Sit & Go, Heads Up, Satellite, Freerolls, Freezeouts, Shootouts, Rebuys, and Add-ons

Traffic

Party Poker: Non-US players; highly trafficked

Cake Poker: A shared network creates more traffic for smaller sites like Cake.

Verdict: Party Poker has an immense amount of traffic, but even with the combined network traffic of BetUS and Sportsbook, Cake still has less than PartyPoker. If you like a lot of company, go with Party Poker.

Deposit Options

Party Poker: Many options: Pay Safe Card, Money Bookers, Neteller, Web Money, Click2Pay, VISA/MasterCard, etc. and many other transfer and e-wallet options.

Cake Poker: VISA/MasterCard, preferred Neteller, preferred Money Bookers, eWalletXpress, and other e-wallets.

Verdict: Party Poker has a lot of depositing options (almost too many, but they have a lot of players to accomodate); Cake has fewer options, so if you have special needs when it comes to depositing cash into your player account, Party Poker can most likely accomodate anyone (except, of course, US players).

Software

Party Poker: Party Poker software is great for multi-table play.

Cake Poker: Hand History, Chat, Stats, Notes, and Info; choose icon from photo-realistic pre-selected images.

Verdict: The software on these two sites is comparable; however, Cake Poker has been more recently updated.

Support

Party Poker: Party Poker offers email support only.

Cake Poker: Cake also only offers email support.

Verdict: Again, we have a tie!

Established

Party Poker: 2001

Cake Poker: 2006

Verdict: Party Poker has 5 years on Cake and is a much more established room; however, Cake is a growing poker room and holds its own in the ever-growing influx of Internet poker rooms. The difference here is Party Poker has more players because they've been around longer (not always a good thing).