• facebook
  • twitter
  • rss

ANTHRAX's SCOTT IAN Takes Break From World Tour To Play Championship Poker

July 10, 2009

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian starts Day 3 in the Main Event at the World Series of Poker today (Friday, July 10). Out of 6,494 who entered the no-limit hold'em world championship of poker series, Ian is one of only 1,486 still in the game and in contention to walk away with the first prize of more than $8.5 million.

ANTHRAX headlined the kick off of the Rocklahoma festival last night, so Ian flies to Las Vegas this morning, landing about 9:30 a.m. local time, will cab it to the hotel, grab a shower, and head to the Rio Hotel to resume playing.

This is Ian's first time playing in the WSOP Main Event, having played his first game on Monday after flying in from Europe where ANTHRAX has been on tour for the past several weeks.

Ian, a poker professional and member of the UltimateBet online team, has played home poker games with buddies like Keanu Reeves, METALLICA's Kirk Hammett, Slash, ALICE IN CHAINS' Jerry Cantrell and Vinnie Paul of PANTERA. He hosted his first "Scott Ian's Home Game" online poker tournament last March, and will do the honors again this August.

PokerListings conducted an interview with Scott Ian at the 2009 World Series of Poker. Watch the chat below.

Find more on
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • reddit
  • email

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).