Steve Albini is the guitarist for Big Black and Shellac and whose production resume includes Nirvana, Neurosis, KEN Mode, Vitamin X, High On Fire, and basically everyone else under the sun. Steve Albini is also apparently a pretty good poker player. According to Pitchfork, Albini participated in the Seven Card Stud event for World Series Of Poker against 310 other player and ended up winning $105,629.
"I am ecstatic that a player as mediocre as me can outlast all of these better players and end up with a [World Series Of Poker gold bracelet]. There's still hope for everybody," he said of the win. Albini also wore a Cocaine Piss shirt to the event, because why not?
ICYMI, Chicago recording-studio owner Steve Albini emerges from a final table featuring 15 prior bracelets to win his own first bracelet and $105,629 in Event #31, $1,500 Seven Card Stud. https://t.co/TfLv3OvLkh pic.twitter.com/2mYsNZUh0O
— WSOP (@WSOP) June 17, 2018
