O-Poker

First, I got this email (but have never made a deposit on Cake, so wasn't sure about the email):

April 11, 2008

To all Cake Poker Customers:

We have received notice from ePassporte today that they are unable to continue to provide CakePoker with merchant e-wallet services. We have since confirmed that this situation is not unique to CakePoker and is, in fact, industry wide.

While we are disappointed with this decision, we want to reassure all players that there will be no impact to either your account balances or your account status at Cake. We are pleased to have launched earlier this week with a new payment processor and have already secured alternative processors/eWallets that we will be launching in the weeks to come. We are also in discussions with other providers that will be making their services available in the CakePoker cashier soon. Players are welcome to inquire with Customer Support for more details.

As always, we value your business and will continue to make every effort possible to make your poker experience a great one.

Regards,

The CakePoker Team


Then I checked the forums and it appears to be true.


It looks like Epassporte is shutting down to US customers. CRAP!!! WTF!!! This sucks!! Not only will we have to resort to other methods to withdraw money (no more ATM withdrawals), but it just became a lot more difficult for new/casual players (read as the main source of new/dead money in poker) to deposit cash to blow. Sad day mixed with a bit of deja vu.