A popular trend right now with online casino and poker sites is to host celebrities to play on their site. These celebrities are often top notch, poker personalities. However, they can also be names from any other industry. Some online gambling sites have used movie stars, sports stars, and other big names. The online gambling site, Ladbrokes, has recently announced they have signed up another famous personality to play on their site. Snooker is a popular game in the United Kingdom. While the United States adores billiards and pool players, snooker has always been one of the gentlemen sports for the British. One of the most well know snooker players of the current era is six time, world champion, Steve Davis. Mr. Davis will be appearing on Ladbrokes.

Besides being the best snooker player in the world, Mr. Davis is an accomplished poker player. Beginning on August 18, Davis will be playing evening games on the online gambling site. The man known as “The Ginger Magician” will be playing in sit and go tournaments. He will also be playing at some cash tables. The player who is able to knock Davis out will be awarded £200 in cash. “Steve will play in a special bounty tournament at the start of the evening so get those snooker and poker questions ready to fire at him in the chat,” read a statement from Ladbrokes.

Even after he eliminated from the cash tables, Davis will continue to play is sit and go tournaments. There he will be able to reward one online poker players with tickets to Ladbrokes’ Poker Cruise Tournament. The Poker Cruise sets sail in January and the winner of the tournament will take home £4,000. The statement continued, “Remember to turn on your poker room messages. We will send system messages to let you know which cash or sit-and-go tables Steve joins and the successful players who join the table will get a £13 Cruise Steps Tournament ticket credited to their accounts.” This is an exciting time for the online gambling site. So much to give away and so much fun to have while doing it. Davis will be competing under the name 5K2.

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