What was the inspiration for Scott Ians Home Game on UltimateBet.com?
The initial inspiration was these other guys—Slash, Vinnie Paul, Jerry Cantrell and Kirk Hammett—are all guys that I’ve gotten to play poker with. I had this idea. I wished there was a way that we could get together on a regular basis and play cards. Our schedules being what they are, it would be next to impossible to get the five of us into the same room at the same time. It was just never going to happen. Every time I’m with Slash or Jerry, I say, “We should play cards.” Then it never happens. I was already working with UltimateBet because they signed me about a year and a half ago as one of their online pros, so I went to them with this idea for our own private table on the web site. If I’m in Australia, Sash is in New York and Jerry’s in L.A., we can still all play together. UltimateBet told me it was something they could do. Then they asked if we’d be interested in playing and adding some of the pros in. We opened that up to the public. We give away seats as a promotion for people
