Cake Poker’s “Cake Shop” Review

Cake Pokers Cake Shop ReviewCake Poker has a cool ‘Cake Shop’ that awards players for their play at the tables.  Players will automatically collect gold chips at Cake Poker ring games and tournaments.  These gold chips are then redeemable for a selection of great items in the Cake Shop.  Players can trade in their chips for some cool prizes – the better the prize the more gold chips players will need. The type of prizes in the Cake Shop ranges from a variety of different items including books, DVDs, Electronics and even a Cake Poker cake!

Here is a recap of the items players can choose from in the Cake Shop:

Books and DVDs: Players can choose from a few different poker strategy books such as ‘Theory of Poker’ or ‘Killer Poker by the Numbers’ to name a couple.  Players can also trade in for DVDs such as the famous poker related movies ‘Rounders’ and ‘The Cincinnati Kid’, along with a couple random non poker related DVDs.  The books and DVDs range from 70 to 152 gold chips.

Apple Products: The Cake Shop offers a variety of different ‘Apple’ products for the players.  The smallest being an iPod shuffle that will cost the player 264 gold chips.  The apple product that requires the most gold chips is the 16 GB iPod touch that is listed at 1620 gold chips.  Three other iPods are listed in the range of 690 to 1320 gold chips.  The last Apple product is an Apple TV product which is 1560 gold chips.

Kitchen Products: Cake Poker offers players a chance to receive a Cake Poker cake through using gold chips – Yes an actual cake.  Players can choose from a specialty cake or a birthday cake both for 350 gold chips.  Other ‘kitchen products’ include a nice George Foreman 6 burger grill listed at 292 gold chips and a KitchenAid mixer (great to use for making cakes) listed at 1360 gold chips.

Electronics: Players who collect enough gold chips can cash them in for some very cool electronics in the Cake Shop.  Players can choose from items such as a Sony camcorder, Bose SoundDock, XBOX 360 elite bundle or the Playstation 3 system.  One of the most popular items in the Cake Shop is the Nintendo Wii which is only 1640 gold chips.  The most expensive item in the Cake Shop is the Sharp Aquos 32” LCD TV which is 4100 gold chips.

Where do I find out how many Cake Poker gold chips I have?

Players can find out how many gold chips they currently have by opening the Cake Poker software, clicking on rewards along the top and then gold chips.  You will also see a gold chip meter that will show you how close you are to earning your next gold chip.

To start earning gold chips read my Cake Poker Review or click here to download Cake Poker for free.