The €250,000 guaranteed LadbrokesPoker.com Irish Poker Festival taking place in Killarney, Ireland from Oct. 2 to 5, 2008 will see recent World Series of Poker Pot-Limit Omaha World Champion Marty Smyth take on former World 
Snooker Champions Steve Davis and Mark Williams who hope to return from the China Open to take part.
Smyth, who started his poker career at Ladbrokes Poker and plays under the name “Macedonia’ will be joined in the €500 main event by colourful At The Race presenter Matt Chapman. While Smyth will undoubtedly be favourite for the event Chapman will unfortunately be found at the other end of the betting market.
“I’m looking forward to the craic in Killarney, I love the people, I love the place, and I love the Guinness which is just as well as my poker skills, or lack of them, means I’m likely to be spending plenty of time in the players’ lounge drinking it,” said the presenter who will be previewing the weekend’s big racing action which includes the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe and the Cambridgeshire, said, “
Irish TV channel TG4 will be filming the event for a documentary broadcast which players and fans will be able to view at LadbrokesPoker.com
The event is set to attract a field of 600 of Europe’s top poker players aficionados to the Gleneagles INEC Hotel, Killarney. And players can qualify for the event every Monday at 7.30 p.m. (GMT) at Ladbrokes Poker in $137.50 weekly satellite finals. Those with a lower bankroll can qualify for as little as $5 in the daily satellites into the weekly finals with a buy in of $33 on Tuesday and Sunday at 7:30 p.m.
Players can also buy in directly at any time at Ladbrokes Poker.
