Cake Poker rolls out new client

CURACAO, Netherlands Antilles -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- 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. He added, "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 the public beta. That public beta 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.