Littlewoods Poker - Review

Littlewoods are the trusted name in gaming. At Littlewoods Poker all your favourite poker games are played over a wide range of tables and stake levels. If you are a high stakes player then Littlewoods is definitely the place for you, they have some big games attracting many of the top online players in the UK. If, like the rest of us, you are a player of more modest means then there's loads of juicy games too and daily tournaments with big cash prizes. The software has stunning graphics and superb gameplay, plus there's a great stats and notes features available. Littlewoods Poker is a quick, easy and enjoyable place to play.

Littlewoods Poker are part of the Cassava network, who also provide the software for 888.com.

Overall the Littlewoods Poker site is well designed and pleasing on the eye. The lobby is brightly coloured in white and purple, which is a welcome change from some other online poker rooms who favour dark colours. The lobby is easily navigable too with important statistics salient; like flop percentages, average pot size and hands per hour etc. The only annoyance regarding the lobby is that the FL hold'em games are split into 3 different stakes menu, it would have been better to present them in one filterable menu.

The poker tables are also nice looking. Littlewoods Poker have gone away from the glitz and glam of large avatars or a 3D layout that some other rooms use. Instead there have a simple oval table design allowing fast, smooth, non-fussy gameplay – which I for one like.

The tables have nice functionality and there's a good option of showing a graphical display of the last hand. Also since a recent update last year, you can now play up to 12 tables at once, thanks to the "mini mode" view available. The mini mode tables are surprisingly clear and make multitabling a lot easier.

Another features that people tend to like at Littlewoods Poker is that you can play in multiple currencies: Euros, GBP or US$.

Overall the software has been vastly improved after the update, Littlewoods Poker provides users with a well designed site which allows smooth, fast gameplay.

Cryptologic, like many other networks, were hit hard by the ban on US players. Recently however the players numbers have been increasing thanks to the good games along with the great software.

The most popular game on site is no limit Texas Hold'em, followed by the fixed limit version. There are always games available for both disciplines, from stakes.

No Limit

Games are available from £0.03/£0.06 to £5/£10 at non peak times rising up to £20/£40 weeknights and £100/£200 at peak weekend times. The standard of the play is quite weak at the lower levels up to the £0.50/£1.00 level, players are more competent after that.

Fixed Limit

Games are available £0.05/£0.10 to £20/£40. Although at weekends you can play much higher limits, all the way up to £600/£1200 if there's any takers.

Though there are full ring tables available, the most popular format are 6 max games, so make sure your six handed game is up to scratch.

Pot limit Omaha is increasing in popularity at the site with a wide selection of micro-limit games up to the $2/$5 games. 7 card stud gets a relatively low amount of traffic, as does Omaha Hi/Lo.