Card Room Manager
Lee Jones has become one of the most recognizable names (and faces) in the “new” poker industry. He became involved in commercial poker over 20 years ago, starting his career as an amateur player at the Garden City and Bay 101 poker clubs in San Jose, California. In 1994, he wrote Winning Low Limit Hold’em, one of the first books written specifically for new hold’em players. It is in its third edition now, and is still considered one of the important primers for hold'em novices.
In the late 1980’s, Lee began writing for Card Player magazine, and he did regular articles for them for almost 20 years. Since then he has been a regular contributor to Bluff magazine.
In 2003, Lee was named poker room manager for PokerStars. While there, he became a household name for poker players through his posts on poker forums, emails to players, appearances at live events, and hosting online tournaments. It was there that Lee cemented his reputation for fairness and integrity, often dealing with highly charged and sensitive public issues.
Lee spent a year as the executive host on the European Poker Tour, then returned to the United States and worked for CardRunners – the largest poker video training site. In May of 2009, he joined Cake Poker as Card Room Manager.
Lee recognized in Cake a site that had shown consistent growth and enormous potential to excel to the top of the online poker industry. Lee’s respect for the highly effective Gold Chips and Gold Cards rewards program coupled with his appreciation for Cake Poker’s stance against tracking software (and appreciation for their name changing policy) made him a natural fit for Cake.
Among Lee’s various roles at Cake Poker, acting as a player advocate is one he considers to be of prime importance. He attends live events, plays on the Cake Poker site and hosts tournaments so he can stay in touch with Cake Poker’s players and better understand their needs.
Lee is lending his extensive poker experience to the refinement of Cake Poker tournaments while his professional background in software is helping him to guide the direction of the Cake Poker software.
Lee’s writing is regularly featured on the Cake Poker Blog where he can also be contacted for any questions or concerns.