Legendary Chicago music producer Steve Albini wins World Series of Poker event

June 18, 2018 | wALT

Steve Albini engineered recordings by Nirvana, Bush, PJ Harvey, the Breeders, Urge Overkill, Jawbreaker, Veruca Salt and Cheap Trick, to literally name a few. And now, he’s engineered a gambling win to be envious of. He won a World Series of Poker event in Las Vegas this weekend, beating over 300 players to take home a cash prize of $105K (and a WSOP bracelet).

Here he is, with his “Cocaine Piss” t-shirt and bracelet:

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