Littlewoods Poker

Posted by Lassieham 20/03/09

Network: 888.com

Country of origin: Gibraltar

Established: 2003

Accept US Players: No

EU Based: Yes

 

The site in general: Littlewoods Gaming began in 1923 and has grown to become a well known figure in the gaming industry. The site's main aim is to provide a fair, safe and fun gaming environment for all of its customers. Littlewoods Poker is currently hosted on the 888 Poker Network – one of today's leading poker networks. And as the friendliest face of the online poker rooms, Littlewoods is THE choice for newbies giving poker a try. Littlewoods has one of the most clean & intuitive controls around which makes it easier to pick up. It's full of other novices so you don't have to worry about getting eaten live. There’s a great selection of games, with more poker styles than you will find at certain other sites. In addition to that, there are more higher-stakes tables you normally find at other sites as well.

Big name pros: None

Bonuses: Littlewoods Poker has a great £200 bonus for all new players who sign up with real accounts. In case this may seem less generous when compared to other poker sites, Littlewoods Poker offers a monthly £100 bonus as well. Players have to earn this bonus by collecting points. They have one calendar year to do this. Littlewoods poker offers players a monthly reload bonus of £100 so that they can make the most out of their deposit. Monthly bonuses are also paid out, depending on how much poker you play and how many points you generate in play. Littlewoods also offers a bad beat bonus on top losing hands, as well as a yearly $300k freeroll that you can access just by using your loyalty points.

Software: Littlewoods Poker's software means players of all skills and bankrolls enjoy a positive playing experience when using their services. The relaxing colour scheme and vast range of functions ensure both the rookie and the experienced player find their way around quickly and easily. Littlewoods' software is intuitive and very easy to use, offering all the worthwhile poker games in the three major currencies £, $ and € and on a large variety of table limits. There are stats features built into the software which can be a useful tool to analyze your game or find a table with loose players.

Tables: Poker games take place at luxurious round, purple tables. Players are represented by poker chips, but have the option of uploading an image or photo uploaded into the centre of the chip. A strong point of the Littlewoods poker tables is the extremely high speed of animation and gameplay. Chat options during poker games are somewhat limited, and you can only toggle dealer commentary and chat with the rest of the table. The tables offer a useful pro-view mode that allows you to play and track several poker games simultaneously. You can easily resize the tables and you can view four full table screens at once. The tables are automatically adjusted to fit your screen at a size of 500x365 pixels each.

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Special features: Littlewoods Poker offers a great player notes feature – Keep notes and assign coloured labels on opponents for easy future reference. Other great features are the user settings where you can customize your table time to your liking including choosing sounds, graphics, game-views, and more. You can also check out what percentage of flops you saw from various positions, and how many pots you took before and after the showdown. Alongside the fold, call, raise, and all-in action buttons and slider, you can now raise the full pot amount or half the value of the pot in a single click. Pot and 1/2 amounts are calculated as in pot limit games.

Player traffic: Due to its place on the 888 Poker network, Littlewoods Poker enjoys high levels of player traffic 24 hours, seven days a week. You can be sure to catch all the action with little waiting time here at Littlewoods as they host some exciting ongoing tournaments.

Ease of game: There are lots of loose players at Littlewoods enabling newbies to get some great experience here without getting eaten up by the sharks.

Game variety: No Limit Texas Holdem, Limit/Fixed Limit Texas Holdem, Omaha, Omaha Hi Lo, Seven Card Stud/Stud Hi Lo

Tournaments: Tournament selection is adequate but unspectacular. New players will have only bi-weekly opportunities to play in freerolls, whilst intermediate players can enjoy a good selection of tournaments at reasonable buy-ins. Littlewoods poker will satisfy expert players who can qualify for major European tournaments on the site. Fans of tournament style poker will be right at home here as they offer nearly $4 million dollars in guaranteed tournaments every month and a wide assortment of different tournament styles like Sit & Go, Multi-Table, and lightning games which has blinds that increase at an extremely rapid pace. You can also win yourself a seat a huge number of land-based tournaments by playing with Littlewoods Poker.

Cash games: There’s a great selection of games, with more poker styles than you will find at certain other sites. In addition to that, there are more higher-stakes tables you normally find at other sites as well. Although the selection of games at Littlewoods poker is sufficient to satisfy the majority of poker players, it is by no means comprehensive, with 5 Card Stud a glaring omission from the tables menu. The number of tables hosting play in each format isn’t huge either, and you can struggle to find an open seat at a good table during down-time.

Rake info: A rake of 5% is taken from every pot over £5 on 6 and 10 seat tables, up to a maximum of £3. Should a hand not reach the flop, rake will not be deducted.

Rakeback: The 888.com network does not offer any rakeback, only different loyalty programs.

Deposit/Withdrawal: Offers all the most popular options for both withdrawal and deposit.

Support: Support is offered through phone, email and live chat functions. Live chat functions are available between 18:00pm to Midnight daily. Email responses are aimed at within 24 hours from time of receipt. Additionally, players can call them direct at no cost and speak to one of their dedicated support representatives.

support@littlewoodsgameon.com

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