Ultimate Bet Signs Anthrax Guitarist

Wednesday March 26, 2008

The Anthrax guitarist is Ultimate Bet's newest online adept and will appear as the online poker room influence both internet and live games.

"We're thrilled to add Scott Ian to our roster of online poker professionals," stated Ultimate Bet spokesperson George MacLean. "Scott represents a au courant grow of poker player that both Texas Control'em and orchestration fans answerability relate to."

Ian blooming to fame influence the poker world by winning VH1's Rock Stars of poker tournament and recipient a seat into the 2007 Aruba Poker Classic. Ian has since discounted his success at the VH1 tournament because apprentice's luck.

"I had no concept what I was experience," he oral. "My aboriginal tournament conquest was mainly being I had extraordinary cards. My mind was all I had."

Things keep antithetic quite since consequently, however. Ian certified personal training from both Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke age he was influence Aruba to upgrade his diversion.

Hellmuth and Duke were blameless the basis. Ian went on to apprentice what he says was the equivalent of 10 dotage of poker lessons from Ultimate Bet's online pros. He learned from guys agnate Shawn Rice, KrazyKanuck, P0ker H0 and Debo34, and directly he's on that roster.

Ian's vocation ascendancy melody has spanned three decades. Considering a founding any of Anthrax, he helped author the new wave of American heavy metal, and has won numerous awards for his musical talent.

As a member of Ultimate Bet, Ian will be featured every Sunday in Ultimate Bet's $200,000 Guaranteed poker tournament with a bounty on his head. The online poker player who knocks the Anthrax guitarist out of the tournament will win their $215 buy-in back.

Ultimate Bet is one of the web's premier poker sites and offers a variety of high-stakes games.