A heavy metal guitarist started playing online poker after becoming interested in the game in the early 2000s. He won VH1’s Classic Rock’n’Roll Celebrity Poker Tournament in Las Vegas in 2006, competing alongside other rock musicians. He later admitted to playing during concerts by bringing a laptop on stage and checking tournament progress between performances. He sometimes had others manage his account during deep tournament runs. He said he did not grow up playing poker and entered the VH1 event without knowing how to play Hold’em. He prepared by watching episodes of Poker After Dark and joined mainly because friends were participating and he wanted to spend time in Las Vegas.
"“I would be in a Sunday tournament and I'd be going deep ... and then it's time for the band to go on stage, and I'm like, 'What are we going to do?'” he said. “So, I would literally bring my laptop on stage, I'd be up there playing (guitar and) my laptop would be right over there on the side, wherever my guitar tech was set up ... and then I would run back (and ask) what happened (in the tournament).”"
"“There were actually a few times where he would get in the hands and actually win a pot for me, and so if I cashed, I'd cash him out at the end of the game, too.”"
"“I went into that VH1 tournament not even knowing how to play Hold'em,” Ian said. “The only reason I played in that tournament was because a bunch of my friends were playing in it. And I knew people at VH1, and I figured, wow, a great excuse to go party with some friends in Vegas for the weekend. So, I kind of snuck myself into that tournament.”"
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