Play Poker With Anthrax Guitarist Scott Ian and Other Rockers Wed.

Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian is no stranger to poker, and he has such a high poker profile that UltimateBet picked him up as part of its team of poker pros. But Ian isn't the only rocker with a passion for poker, and he wants to prove it by inviting UltimateBet players to play against him, some of his rock-and-roll friends, and poker pros Annie Duke and Phil Hellmuth in Scott Ian's Home Game on UltimateBet this coming Wednesday. The winner of the event will snag a seat in the 2009 World Series of Poker main event.

The "Home Game," to be hosted on UltimateBet's software, will feature the following players, each of whom will have a $100 bounty on their heads in the tournament:

• Scott Ian -- Anthrax
• Jerry Cantrell -- Alice in Chains
• Kirk Hammett -- Metallica
• Vinnie Paul -- Pantera
• Slash -- Guns N' Roses/Velvet Revolver
• Annie Duke -- UltimateBet poker pro
• Phil Hellmuth -- UltimateBet poker pro

Twenty players from UltimateBet will qualify to play along with those seven celebrities in a 27-person sit-and-go with a $10,000 seat in the World Series of Poker main event on the line. One of those 20 qualifiers will get in through a special VIP players freeroll exclusive to UltimateBet players with Icon or Legend status.

The other 19 players will qualify via an 11,000 UltimatePoint Main Event satellite to be held on Tuesday, March 10. UltimateBet offers two paths to satellite into that 11,000 point event:

• Now-March 10: 1,100 UltimatePoints daily satellite -- pays out one entry to the 11,000 UltimatePoints tourney. Daily qualifiers from as little as 33 UltimatePoints
• Now-March 10: Daily $1 rebuy tournaments -- each pays out 10 seats to the 11,000 UltimatePoints tourney, plus an entry to the $30,000-guaranteed sniper tourney

The 20 players who qualify will play against the seven rockers/poker pros on March 11 at 8:30 p.m. ET.

Those interested can claim a first-time deposit bonus on UltimateBet through Card Player.
 

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