When players make their first, initial deposit at Cake Poker, they automatically receive a 110% bonus of up to $600. Upon depositing into their real money online poker account for the first time, players will immediately secure the pending Cake Poker bonus, which will be transferred into the player's real money account as Frequent Player Points are earned playing cash games and tournaments.

Frequent Player Points (FPPs) are accumulated when players engage in real money ring games, or pay tournament entry fees at Cake Poker. Being dealt into real money ring games earns a player 1 FPP for each dollar that is raked. Online poker tournaments garner Cake Poker players 7 FPPs for each dollar paid in entry fees. Thus, a $20+$2 sit and go or multi-table tournament at Cake Poker will grant a player 14 FPPs toward the release of their Cake Poker bonus.

To view the details of a Cake Poker bonus, click on the Cashier link within the Cake Poker software. Here players will find the pending Cake Poker bonus information, as well as the current state of their real money account. By viewing the pending bonus, one can find the amount of Frequent Player Points that are required to earn the next $5 increment of their Cake Poker bonus. All Cake Poker bonuses are released $5 at a time until the entire bonus has been cleared, or the time limit set on the Cake Poker bonus expires.

The Cake Poker first deposit bonus gives real money patrons 90 days to retrieve the full pending bonus. Players may become eligible for a second Cake Poker bonus - such as a Cake Poker reload bonus - while still in the process of clearing another bonus, in which case the player will need to finish earning the first Cake Poker bonus before their Frequent Player Points can be applied to the next bonus. However, the 90 day Cake Poker bonus deadline will be counted from the day of the deposit that enables the pending bonus, not the day that the player begins earning FPPs toward the Cake Poker bonus.

After installing the online poker software provided by Cake Poker, a new player signs up a real money account and deposits $50 to wager with. Because it is the player's first deposit, the new player is instantly granted a $55 Cake Poker bonus, which appears in their pending bonus account. The required number of FPPs the player needs to earn in order to release the first $5 of the Cake Poker bonus is viewable through the Cashier link when the new player is logged into their account.

As the player accumulates Frequent Player Points in real money online poker cash games and tournaments with entry fees, the FPPs are applied to the player's pending Cake Poker bonus. Once the player has acquired the required number of FPPs, $5 is released into the new player's real money account at Cake Poker. If the player generates enough Frequent Player Points to clear the entire Cake Poker bonus within 90 days of making their first deposit, they will earn the full $55.

If the player makes a deposit while Cake Poker is offering a reload bonus, the new player may also opt-in for the Cake Poker reload bonus by entering the signup code associated with the current promotion. But if the player has not yet cleared their first deposit Cake Poker bonus, they will be required to do so before they can begin applying the Frequent Player Points they gain to the next bonus.