Jimmy White is the face of Play89. If you’ve been following English snooker for the last two decades, you can’t be hearing his name for the first time. You probably know that he has been World Championship finalist for 6 times and never once a world champion, that he is nicknamed "Whirlwind" and the "People’s Champion" and that he was voted as Britain’s most popular snooker players several times.

Did you know? Ten Facts about Jimmy White

1. Jimmy White was the technical advisor for Play89 software
2. He plays snooker with his left hand
3. 18 years old, he was the youngest amateur snooker player to claim the World Amateur Snooker Championship title
4. Jimmy White is also a 9-ball pool player whose been credited for the winning of the European team in the 1995 Mosconi Cup
5. Jimmy White plays 9-ball at Play89 online pool room every Monday at 20:00 (GMT)
6. James Warren White had announced changing his name to "James Brown" following a sponsorship contract with HP brown source
7. Jimmy White’s autobiography is called "Behind the White Ball"
8. Jimmy won £150,000 at the second Poker Million Tournament. The final table of the event also featured his long time snooker colleague Steve Davis 
9. His snooker career winning are estimated as more than £4.5 millions; Jimmy White once admitted that he had spent about £1 million of them on gambling and about  £500,000 on booze
10. Jimmy White made a short, yet unforgettable role as himself at the Hong Kong film "Legend of the Dragon".