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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.

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	COMMENT \| Wow posted by : kmb49 7/10/2009 10:31:27 AM

	Look at the size of the ass that walks through the frame at 3:13...

	COMMENT \| posted by : RiotAct666 7/10/2009 11:40:45 AM

	Poker + Metal is cool \m/

	COMMENT \| posted by : longdistancerunner 7/10/2009 11:40:56 AM

	lol

	COMMENT \| posted by : deathcore sux 7/10/2009 12:22:34 PM

	so when your new album tanks are you going to blame on preparing for poker? you can always blame the singer Scott

	COMMENT \| trendy douchebags posted by : truthrains 7/10/2009 5:36:02 PM

	anthrax's trendiness has always repulsed me. absolutely anything that is a fad or trendy...you can guarantee scott and anthrax will be licking it up. yeah, so poker is hot and trendy right now. i asked scott ian about black jack and he said "ist dont think so"

	COMMENT \| posted by : J Lucas 7/10/2009 8:24:59 PM

	I sure hope he doesn't suck as bad at poker as he does at guitar. Brutal.

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