Season 2 - Sponsored By Littlewoods Poker
March 31, 2008
Winner - BurnleyMik
Runner Up - rickyrosa
Season 1 -
March 31, 2008
WINNER: rickyrosa
Runner Up: Acornman
Raise the River Podcast: Episode 3
March 31, 2008
Happy Easter.
The Official Raise the River Podcast: Episode Three - the ’survived the difficult second episode’ edition.
News
Poker Gossip
Live reporting - Heads up match with commentary from both players
UK Pokerscene roundup
And just a little bit more.
General notes: Contributions in this ep from Burnley Mik and 1tripz1, thanks very much. As suggested from feedback, podcast is now 60 minutes(ish) long
Enjoy and remember, feedback and support for future podcasts is welcome.
Update on Challenge standings…
March 27, 2008
Here is the latest information… (as of the 27th march)
Current Results:
davef86 played-10 points 117
Doomswitch Played-12 points-113
HullJimi played-10 Points-90
Luckybugur Played-12 Points -76
Zanshin played-9 points-67
Mair Played-9 Points - 63
hammerheid played- 7 points- 50
Pokeking69 plyed-7 points-47
TanOrpheus played-5 Points-30
ISgrinder played-4 points-29
BurnleyMik played-4 points-20
AceFilledDreams- played-2 points-15
Here is how the points are scored:-
90th-81st = 1 Point
80th- 71st = 2 points
70th-61st = 3 points
60th -51st = 4 points
50th -41st = 5 points
40th -31st = 6 points
30th -19th = 7 points
18th-10th = 9 Points
9th = 11 points
8th = 12 points
7th = 13 points
6th = 14 point
5th = 15 points
4th = 17 points
3rd = 19 points
2nd = 21 points
1st = 25 points
As you can see, new boy, Davef, has taken the lead overall and still has two games to play!! Thats a very impressive acheivement. There is still lots of play left in this challenge, but dave’s total is going to be a tough one to catch up to. Both Doomswitch and Lukybugur have played all twelve of their allowed game and now have to wait and see where they finish!!
Are there going to be any late comers to the challenge?? (its still open if you can play the twelve games before the deadline) will one of the current players make a surging bid for glory??? Keep you eyes peeled for the latest updates over at the forum, by following this link
Good Luck to all the players!
Basic Holdem
March 26, 2008
Objective
The aim of Poker, which includes Holdem is to end up with the best 5 card hand you can possibly make! The hands you can possibly make are ranked into order here:
In Texas Holdem each player at the table is dealt two hole cards, face down, by the dealer. You all then look at your cards and decide whether to hold ‘em of fold ‘em!. There then is a round of betting. Once the action is over and if there are still players left in you then all see a “flop”, which is three more cards dealt into the middle, face up, which everyone can count as part of their hand. There is then another round of betting, after which we then get dealt the “turn” card, also face up. Another round of betting follows and finally a “river” card is dealt face up into the middle. The final round of betting now takes place and then a “showdown” occurs at which, the best hand scoops all the chips that have been bet, this is the pot!
This is an extremely basic view of how to play holdem and this game is famously known as taking minutes to learn, but a lifetime to master!!
We wish you luck!
RTR Premier League Season 3 - Game 1
March 21, 2008
1: wooooooot €44.25 (50%)
2: Kronsdat €26.55 (30%)
3: acornman €17.70 (20%)
4: xxMAIRxx
5: mysterons
6: TheCloser!
7: the__cloud
8: Hammerheed
9: BurnleyMik
10: -TanOrph-
11: BurnleyJo
Crazy Kenn took down the first fixture of the New Premier League season after an EPIC and I mean hard fought heads up Battle with kronsdat. It was a well fought out game all round, with ricky using his new “All In” tactic..lol. dD was constantly asking “how many points for 8th….then 7th..then 6th” hahaha. Eventually he scraped his way into 5th. All the points will be added soon!
Here is the finishing Table and League after the first game:
| Position | Poker Site Username | RTR Name | Points | Cash (€) |
| 1st | woooooooot | Kennl | 234 | €44.25 |
| 2nd | kronsdat | Kronsdat | 169 | €26.55 |
| 3rd | acornman | acornman | 131 | €17.70 |
| 4th | xxMairxx | Mair38 | 110 | |
| 5th | dD | mysteronds | 92 | |
| 6th | rickyrosa | TheCloser | 80 | |
| 7th | The Cloud | the cloud | 69 | |
| 8th | Hammerheed | Hammerheid | 60 | |
| 9th | BurnleyMik | BurnleyMik | 52 | |
| 10th | -TanOrph- | TanOrpheus | 44 | |
| 11th | BurnleyJo | BurnleyJoe | 38 |
Premier League 3 - Instructions
March 21, 2008
Well its here guys! We are about to start upon a new quest n the season 3 of our league campaign!
The defending Champion is BurnleyMik. Can you take his crown?
For season 3 we will be working with:
Who have generously donated a prize of a seat to a satellite final for a seat at the 2008 WSOP in Las Vegas! Travelling and playing with the rest of the team from Virgin Poker!!!!!
The first League Game will be on Friday 14th March at 8.30pm GMT. Anyone who is a member is welcome to participate!
That’s a pretty damn awesome prize! So follow the instructions below!
Here are the Specifics:
1. You MUST be a member of www.raisetheriver.com.
2. EVERY week you have to click the “LEAGUES” Tab at the top and register your VIRGIN POKER USERNAME before the game starts. This is how we attribute the points to each member. If you do not register yourself on raisetheriver before registering for the game you will not be attributed your points.
3. Once you register above the password will become available on the day of the game by clicking the same leagues tab at the top. Once you have the password you can register for the game on the Virgin poker Lobby.
4. The points scoring system will be exactly the same as the previous season.
5. The league table will be updated once per week.
Game Specifics
Site:
Virgin Poker
Game: No Limit Holdem
Buy In: $5 (or Euro equivalent)
Day: Fridays
Time: 8.30pm
Password will be released on the day of the game by clicking on the leagues tab at the top.
League Length: 10 games, 1 per week.
Points System: Follow this LINK
Also anyone who has not yet got an account at Virgin poker can click on the link above or here:
Virgin Poker
To get a rakeback deal of unto 36% following the below detailed info:
0-2,500 26%
2,501-5,000 31%
5,001 -5,001+ 36%
This will be paid to you directly by us at RTR , at your request after the first month of playing!
We look forward to seeing many of you there.
Also, and new for this season, we would like the weekly winner to do an interview for the podcast. This will only be a few easy questions, but you will be famous!!!!!
We would grateful if you mentioned this to any poker playing friends or relatives and also on your blog or anything else! The more the merrier because at the end of the day, the more people who play the power we have when negotiating the prizes for the league the season after!! So pimp your hearts out!!!!
Littlewoods Poker
March 21, 2008
Network
Littlewoods Poker is one of the skins on the Cryptologic network and is relatively new in comparison to William Hill and Sun Poker, but Littlewoods have definitely gotten their act together and will definitely be a major player on the Crypto network soon. They currently offer some of the best sign-up deals (see below) and rakeback deals on that network and also run lots of their own private tournaments which are not available to other crypto skins.
General
You won’t find lots of major stars playing the site, but there are still high stakes games to be found on this site. The players on Littlewoods Poker will mainly be European as Littlewoods and Crypto do now allow US players due to the UIGEA, which is a shame and this means the mornings are quite quiet and low on traffic. Peak times are usually the evenings 6pm GMT onwards. Lots of players on the Littlewoods and crypto are also associated with the sports betting side of things as some of these skins are related to sports betting companies, which means you do seem to get a lot of more ‘casual’ players who fancy a game of poker and this makes some of the games nice and fishy!
Games
Holdem- NL,PL,FL
Omaha Hi – PL,NL,FL
Omaha Hi-Lo –PL,FL
7 Card Stud Hi-Lo – FL
7 Card Stud – Hi –FL
5 Card Draw
The ring game traffic at Littlewoods Poker is not huge, but you can usual find a game running at most levels. They have the waiting lists, which will guarantee you a seat when another player leaves. The most popular game is by far No Limit Holdem at the cash games, but Omaha tables seem to be getting busier and there are often low limit 7-card stud games available.
The tournament traffic is pretty high, probably twice as many as the cash games. The popular new tournaments are the Head Hunters where basically half the entry fee is put on your ‘head’ and the other half goes into the prize pool. Every time you knock a player out you get the value of their head, so even if you don’t win, if you eliminate a lot of players you can still build a decent amount of money! The only problem is whenever you shove you get at least one or two calls off players just desperate to take a head! Littlewoods Poker also offer lots of satellites to the EPT and WPT and have a big weekly £40k game on a Sunday evening. The SnG’s are also pretty popular with the new “double your money” games, which basically means half the field are paid out. At peak times you are likely to find around 10,000 players playing on the Crypto network, which is fairly impressive considering the Americans are not in the market at the moment.
Software
The Littlewoods Poker software is very user friendly and easy to negotiate. The lobby is clear and concise, although viewing your current balance can be a bit of a pain because Littlewoods Poker use a separate cashier called ECashDirect. Finding the games is fairly straight forward and getting table info for cash players is right there in the lobby. The tables are nice and evenly spread and easy to use, including getting stats and hand histories. They also have a “pro view” option for multi table players, but this is very small and would be much better if it was re-sizeable as I think things are too crammed up if you use that view. There is virtually no lag and the software runs nice and smoothly.
Support
Littlewoods Poker have a good support department, they have a telephone number you can contact them on as well as an email service, but the knowledge of the operators who receive the emails is pretty limited in comparison to the bigger sites. Overall though, if you have an issue they will be quick and willing to do their best to help.
Payment Options:
Visa, MasterCard, NETeller, Click2pay and wire transfer.
RaiseTheRiver Opinion and overall Rating
We at Raise the River like Littlewoods Poker they have sponsored our league in the past and have always been top notch on delivering on their promises. We like the software and the tournaments and have a number of members who are regulars at the cash tables thanks to our awesome rakeback deal. We agree the knowledge of the support department needs to be improved upon and also re-sizeable table would be much better, but all in all we would definitely recommend Littlewoods Poker to our members.
RaiseTheRiver rate Littlewoods Poker 7.5/10
What the RaisetheRiver members think.
“Good tournament select, but the colours are eye bleeding” - Raffel69
“Good pro view, but not enough Guaranteed tourneys” - Kennl
“Good Software, not enough fish” -rickyrosa
“Terrible Players, horrible colours” - TanOrpheus
Raise the River rakeback deal
0- 4999 MPPs will receive 38.71% net
5000-7999 MPPs will receive 40% net
8000-10999 MPPs will receive 45% net
11000+ MPPs will receive 50% net
The rakeback is paid directly into players accounts monthly.
To get this deal you MUST do the following….
Create a new account (you can’t multi-account).
Clear your cookies.
Click the Link below and download the software and create a new account.
Email: rakeback@raisetheriver.com with your Littlewoods username
We will make sure you are tracked properly.
Littlewoods Poker Rakeback Link
Heads Up Cup
March 20, 2008
We have an Undisputed Champion of the RTR Heads Up cups. These events usually run either alongside or at the end of a season and consist of a straight heads up match KO.
The winner of BOTH season 1 and season 2 was… THE CLOUD
In season 1 the runner up was dD who had a massive tussle with Cloud in the final
In season 2, a newbie to the forum, but very good player, LukyBugur was the next man to fall to the HU powers of the mighty Cloud!
Raise the River Podcast: EPT Special
March 20, 2008
As some of you may know, Burnley Mik entered an EPT satelite at the weekend and he was generous to do a live commentary of it. As a special one-off bonus, this is his live commentary.
Warning - explicit Burnley Mik from the start.
Feedback welcome again. When nobody says anything bad or anything at all we assume we’re doing a good job, only your comments can affect change when and where it is needed.
Episode three will be released mid-late March.
Thanks for listening,
