Famous musician became the world champion with poker

60-year-old Stephen Albini devoted most of his life to music. As a guitarist, vocalist and composer, he performed in groups such as Big Black, Rapeman and Shellac, And the latter remains so far.

For his career, the American also collaborated with various musicians as a producer, including a guitarist LED Zeppelin, Jimmy Page, Nirvana, Bush, Pixies and many others. In 2010, Steve appeared another hobby – poker. He is not a professional player but the process has come very responsibly.

Steve Albini on stage / photo with his tweet

In 2018, Stephen Albine sensationally won his first WSOP bracelet in a 7-card tournament. Now in Las Vegas he has obeyed tournament with Horse with Bay-in 1 500 dollars for 773 entrances.

The first victory on WSOP was like a happy accident. Then I never walked in Alll-in first and had no shortage in chips. I constantly left a feeling of great luck, because I beat many professional players,
Stephen recalls.

This year, he had much more often to put all the chips in the Alll-in because the stack was constantly missing. The success was on his side. At the final table 60-year-old Stephen Albine demonstrated a high level of game by receiving the second WSOP bracelet and $ 196 089.