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Poker Affiliate Programs website message boards have been buzzing, TwoPlusTwo and many other affiliates about the issues that came to light regarding payments from CardSpike which is part of the Cake Poker Network.

One of the first discussions appeared November 16th quoted as “how hard can it be to pay people?” speaking of the affiliates that were pushing the room, this was posted on the Poker Affiliate Programs message boards by Ridge about the new poker room. In answer to the post on November 19th Greg posted the affiliate payments would be forthcoming that week. Greg had been the main person involved with CardSpike on the forums and is now banned. He was replaced with Peter_CardSpike, who guaranteed affiliates payments would be processed.

Then December 12th Peter_CardSpike stated that the payments would be going out in a few days and all of the affiliates would be paid by the weeks end, December 18th he claimed the payments would be paid that day and the following day. He gave his email address as peter@cardspikeaffiliates.com and his Skype name as PeterCardSpike.

The message by December 31st by Poker Affiliates Program member Warren was that they were working with CardSpike that they were attempting to pay everyone as soon as possible and the holidays could present a problem with how quickly it could be done. He went on to state CardSpike was a client of theirs and had been inadequately run and that was the reason for Peter being put in a place of authority.

Warren advanced Ridge his affiliate payment and later that day there was a post by Professor, an administrator for Poker Affiliates Program stating they would not recommend the site that had been promoted and had revoked its “all in status.”

Since these posts others have alerted their members and the blogger responsible for bringing scandals out in the open about both UltimateBet and AbsolutePoker Nat Arem stated CardSpike as quoted “a rogue skin of Cake Poker Network.”

The website for CardSpike is still active with logos telling visitors to the site they are members of Poker Affiliates Program and Casino Affiliate Programs. The claim that affiliate payments are made on the 15th for the revenue for the month prior is posted on the website and that the poker room and casino were opened in 2008 by online marketers and gaming experts. Explaining these marketers and gaming experts have been involved in iGaming business since 2000.

Poker Affiliates Program and Warren do not believe CardSpike will be able to survive after all of the harmful problems that have presented themselves and they suggest that all links should be removed and promotion of this site should not continue.

In late 2008 the new addition to the Cake Network CardSpike Poker opened their doors to the public.

To indroduce themselves at the already crowded online poker marketing they decided to offer a great $500 bonus to all new players that use the CardSpike Poker bonus code PBS500 after they have made their first deposit. Once this bonus code has been entered you will instantly be awared the free bonus to your pending bonus account where it will held untill you start playing for real money to clear the bonus.

How the CardSpike bonus is cleared

Once the $500 bonus is in your pending bonus account you will need to start playing poker at the real money tables in order to clear the bonus and release it to your real money account. For every 167 player points that you earn at the cash game tables, in Sit and Go’s or in poker tournaments you will release $10 of the bonus to your account. It is really great with a bonus that is released in increments instead of having the full bonus released in a lump sum. When a bonus is released in a lump sum there is a big chance that you will not be able to clear the full bonus before the time period for the bonus is up. But with the bonus system at CardSpike you never have to worry about that since the bonus is released in $10 increments.

How to earn player points at CardSpike.com

When you are playing at the cash game tables at CardSpike you will be earning 1 player point for every dollar that is taken in rake in the pots where you participate, this means that you will be able to earn as many as 3 points in every single hand you play. Should the rake at the table be $0.50 for example you will be awared 0.5 player points so this is a very fair bonus system even for the low limit players.

When playing in tournaments at CardSpike you will also be able to earn player points to clear your bonus. For every $1 that is taken in tournament fees you will be awarded with 7 player points. So if you buy in to a tournament with a buy in of $50+4 you will earn 28 points from this tournament alone.

As you can see you will be able to earn the player points at a really fast rate when playing at CardSpike Poker which means that you will be able to clear the full bonus amount in no time if you are playing a couple of hours a week.

Where to enter the bonus code at CardSpike Poker

Usually when you sign up for a poker bonus at a regular poker room you enter the bonus code when making your first deposit. the system at CardSpike is a bit different however. After you have made your first deposit you need to enter the CardSpike bonus code in order to claim your bonus. If you forget to do so your bonus will not be activated and you will earn player points for nothing.

This is what you need to do in order to activate your bonus at CardSpike:

• Open the CardSpike Poker client and log in
• If you have yet to make a deposit you need to make one now
• Click the tab called “Rewards” in the poker lobby
• Click on the tab “Deposit Bonus” in the “Rewards” section
• Enter the bonus code PBS500 in the field for the poker bonus code and click submit

You are now ready to start playing at the poker tables and all the player points that you earn will count towards clearing your bonus at CardSpike.com.

The brand new poker room CardSpike Poker just launched last week. They have teamed up with the Cake Poker Network so they are sharing traffic with all of the other poker rooms on this network which is a great advantage to the players. This way you will be able to play against thousands of other players at any given time even though CardSpike just launched.

One thing that makes CardSpike Poker a unique poker room on the Cake Network is that they are the only ones that currently offer an online casino buildt into their poker software. This is a great feature for all you action junkies who are sitting and waiting for a tournament to start.

You will also be able to get CardSpike Poker rakeback if you enter a certain tracking code.

CardSpike Poker is a great option for US players as they have one of the highest acceptance rates on credit card deposits coming from the US. This is really great since it is not easy for US players to find a poker room where they can easily make a deposit using a credit card without jumping through a lot of hoops to get there.

Try CardSpike Poker today and enter the CardSpike Poker bonus code PBS500 for a nice $500 bonus when you make your first deposit.