Tower Gaming leaves OnGame for Cake Network
13 November 2011
One of the flagship sites of the OnGame Poker Network, Tower Gaming, has decided to pull up its stakes and move to the Cake Poker Network. While neither network, nor Tower Gaming, has officially announced the move, Tower Gaming’s Twitter account has been actively posting about the new features at Cake Poker.
Tower Gaming has been with the OnGame Network since 2006 (which is owned by bwin and since their merger with Party Poker the OnGame Network has been on the market) and is one of the busiest skins on the network. While the move likely has something to do with the uncertainty over the OnGame Network as a whole, according to Card Player Europe, the decision could also be based on rakeback calculations and loyalty point programs.
OnGame uses what is known as the “Essence Method” for rakeback calculations, which seems to favor the player more than other methods of calculation –Cake Poker uses the “Dealt Method” which is perhaps the simplest. Cake Poker also allows players to use tracking software, HUD’s, and other information gathering techniques that were banned from OnGame.
Tower Gaming will NOT be accepting US players, even though this was potential possibility with the move to the Cake Poker Network, which has a number of sites that still accept US players. Other popular Cake Poker skins include the eponymous Cake Poker, Unabomber Poker, and Power Poker.
