Some things are just so beautiful that you just have to act like a jackass about them.

With all the great promotions, satellites, guaranteed tournaments and reward programs we’ve got running here at Cake Poker, we think we’ve really got something to shout about. In fact, we might be so bold as to say that we’re Giant Double Rainbow Excited!

Here’s a quick rundown of what’s currently making us laugh and cry ecstatically:

Cash Grab – Build your Stacks faster for monster rewards with an extra 50% added to the Gold Stack Super Turbo Bonus until the end of July. There’s no other way to describe Cash Grab other than Giant Double Rainbow Awesome!

Match & Win – This new Gold Card promotion pays out cash and prizes for redeeming matching Gold Cards to each month’s prizes. Check the complete Match & Win rules then check the game board in the Cake Poker software in the Gold Card tab under Rewards. Just try to keep your tears of joy off the keyboard.

Turbo Gold Cards – Conveniently running from now through August, Gold Cards are being handed out TWICE the normal speed. It would be enough to make a grown man cry before you even factor in that all these extra cards can be used in the Match & Win program! Oh my God, this is so intense!

$200K Guaranteed – Every Sunday at 5PM ET Cake Poker runs the $100,000 Guaranteed tournament. The last Sunday of every month see that guarantee doubled to $200,000 with satellites starting for as little as $3 or even 3 Gold Chips. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?!

Satellites to Live Tournaments – Right now Cake’s got daily satellites for both the English Poker Open in London and the Canadian Open Poker Championships in Calgary.

Now, don’t be shy. Let the tears flow. It’s okay, we see how beautiful it is too.

Videographic evidence that Stars of Lost love Cake.

The above video footage is clearly irrefutable proof that several of the stars of Lost really, really like Cake. And to think, we didn't even have to pay them anything to say this. They just sincerely love Cake. Not that we're surprised, just happy that they're so intense about it.

Cake staff are split on whether the feelings are mutual. While some of us abandoned Lost after the third season when it was clear that the Lost writers had really just started making stuff up as they went, others hung in there until the bitter end.

Which leads us to our question of the day - would you rather have the series finale of Lost explained to you by one of its writers or would you rather receive a free Cake Sherpa Hoodie? The first two people to give the correct answer and remember to leave us an email address to contact them by, will each win a hoodie.

Online poker is tasting particularly good at Cake this month.

Cake Poker’s Gold Spree is back as of last Saturday. For those who haven’t participated in it before, it works like this:

Cake assigns every player a target number of Frequent Player Points (FPPs). You can find your personal FPP target by loading th Cake Poker software and looking under the "My Account" tab. The goal is to get at least that many FPPs by May 31. Hitting your target will give you a seat in a $25,000 Kamikaze with a top prize of $5,000. Kamikazes are pure luck tournaments where every player is forced all-in on every hand until there is a winner.

For those who surpass the target they will receive bonus Gold Chips for their play from June 1 – 18. Beating the target by 50% will see you awarded with 100% more Gold Chips during the bonus period, while doubling the target will get you 300% more Gold Chips.

Learn more about Gold Spree and if you haven’t already, you can download Cake’s free online poker software and start building your FPPs today.

Other online poker promotions currently running at Cake Poker include the $150K Points Race and the Door Crasher tournaments. Too much poker goodness for just one month? Not if you’re the online poker site that’s dedicate to rewarding its players the most.

Poker tournaments worth throwing some elbows to get into.

Cake Poker is rolling out some ultra-high value poker tournaments called Door Crashers between May 1 and 15.

Door Crashers are not technically scheduled for any specific time, but they will pop up between the hours of 12 – 2 PM and 9 – 11 PM ET everyday of the promotion. They will all have limited seating and will only have 10 minutes time from when they are announced to when they begin.

The Door Crasher poker tournaments will vary in value from good to amazing, all buy-ins will range from one Gold Chip to $30 and seating will always be limited. So remember poker people, you won’t want to waste anytime when you see a Door Crasher pop-up because they will fill-up fast.

If you haven’t already, you can download the Cake Poker free poker software. And don’t forget, new sign-ups get a 110% deposit bonus.

Lee Jones takes viewers through a quick demo of the new Cake Poker client.

Cake Poker is officially beginning the rollout of their highly anticipated new poker Client with a private beta.

Cake Poker Card Room Manager Lee Jones has been a major force in moving the client to beta stage and has stated that, “We are excited to launch the private beta for our new Cake Poker client and to get some further feedback on our efforts. 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 of the new poker software 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.

Production of the new poker client saw Cake’s software developers consult with both cash and tournament players as part of 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 for a period of time. Throughout the user testing Cake will continue to incorporate player feedback into the new client.

You can follow this link for additional information on the Cake Poker 2.0 Client.

I’m going to break from your regularly scheduled poker news in order to feature something too bizarre to not share.

I don’t think much needs to be said about the above Stephen Baldwin video. It pretty much speaks for itself. Just remember  people, give generously.

The cream of the online poker tournament crop is this Sunday.

It can earn you points towards Card Player’s Online Player of the Year Award. It can earn you the respect of your online poker peers. But most importantly, it can earn you big fat gobs of cash.

That’s right it’s that time of the month again. No, not THAT time of the month. The Cake Poker $250K Guaranteed Tournament time of the month.

If you’re looking for a seat to this premiere online poker tournament there are plenty of ways to get in from $3 satellites, Gold Chip satellites, direct Gold Chip buy-ins and direct cash buy-ins for $268.

This month has a good chance of seeing some overlay so that means a good deal for poker players looking for high value.

If you haven’t already you can get Cake’s free poker download and start off right with a 110% deposit bonus.

Week 2 of the Cake Poker $150K Points Race rewards players with double the points.

We’re halfway through Week 2 of Cake Poker’s $150K Points Race and there’s still plenty of time to get your slice of the weekly $25K prize pool that is being shared by the top 200 spots on the leaderboard.

If you got creamed last week you’ll still have a chance at the $50K for the monthly winners as points earned this week are worth twice as much as last week.

Head over to the $150K Point Race page for more information and to see the top 500 spots on the weekly and monthly leaderboards.

The $150K Point race will be establishing the Week 1 winners today.

Today is the last day in the $150K Point Race Week 1 which means that you have until midnight GMT (5pm PST) to maximize your points and get as high as possible on the Week 1 Leaderboard. The top 200 spots will share in a portion of $25K with first place taking $1,500.

You can see the top 500 spots for this week on the $150K Point Race page.

As you can see by the chart above, if you haven’t made a big splash in Week 1, don’t worry. Week 2 and its $25K starts fresh at 5pm PST today and the points you earn in it will be worth double in terms of the monthly leaderboard and your chances at the $50K prize pool.

Then in Week 3 your points will be worth triple and in Week 4 they will be worth quadruple. Each week offers a new $25K prize pool and the points from each are added up (and multiplied appropriately) at the end of the month with $50K being shared by the top 300 point earners.

Get the complete details on the $150K Point Race and start racking up FPPs for Week 1 now and Week 2 after 5pm PST today.

If you haven't already, you can get Cake Poker’s free poker download and start playing today.

The Cake Poker $150K Point Race Week 1 is extra long so take advantage!

If you didn’t know already, this April is full of joy as the $150K Point Race is rewarding over 1,000 players.

With the $150K Point Race, every week in April the top 200 players on the leaderboard will be served a slice of delicious victory cash from a $25K weekly prize pool. Points will be added up at the end of the month and the top 300 players will share in a $50K prize pool.

This week is special though since it’s an extra long week with regards to the $150K Point Race. So you have until the end of April 9th to play some poker and maximize your points earned.

And remember, if you come late to the party you’ve still got a great shot at not only each weekly prize but the overall $50K Monthly prize. Points are increased in value each week in terms of final leaderboard so next week points will be worth double, week 3 points will be worth triple and week 4 points quadruple. So even if you show up late you can still take down the remaining weekly prizes as well as the monthly prize.

Check out the $150K Point Race Leaderboard at Cake Poker and grab your piece of the pie cake.