Dancing With the Stars Poker Pro Shannon Elizabeth Shows Promise

The Dancing With the Stars Results Show will air Tuesday night on ABC.  It's the first of the new season.  One of the dancers least likely to be voted off is celebrity poker pro, Shannon Elizabeth.

The leaders got stronger and those in danger seemed to get weaker in week two of competition on "Dancing With The Stars."

Kristi Yamaguchi and Mario turned in strong performances again on Monday night, giving them the top two spots heading into Tuesday night's double-elimination, virtually ensuring that they will be around to dance again.

Priscilla Presley continues to be the most surprising dancer. She turned in a solid performance in the mambo.

Shannon Elizabeth did quite nicely in the quick step, earning her a score of 24.

Comedian/magician Penn Jillette was not too impressive with his quick step and tripped while walking up the stairs at the end of his dance.

Adam Carolla didn't look to good with his mambo.

Marissa Jaret Winokur and Marlee Matlin will likely return for another week. Winokur toned it down a bit for her quick step, while Matlin turned in a pretty good performance.

Cristian de la Fuente also did well with the quck step.

Jason Taylor slinked onto the floor with a tremendous mambo that earned him a 27 score.

Steve Guttenberg opened the night with a rough routine and low scores, but he makes up for it with charm.

One man and one woman will be sent home on Tuesday night. 

Regarding Shannon:

"Dancing with the Stars' Shannon Elizabeth had yet another strong performance on Dancing with the Stars," pointed out the poker blog WickedChops.  "While Elizabeth scored three 8's from the judges (which according to our trusty calculator is a 24), she scored three 2's from the Entities on our "showing leg" chart.  Last week, Shannon was all leg, which was awesome because she's got two really, really nice legs (unlike Heather Mills, who only has one).   This week though, they were all covered up. Wtf? Did a bear try to eat one of them? Were they caught under a lawnmower? When you have a body part that impressive, you show it off. All the time. There's a reason why we seldom wear pants, you know."

Early betting odds on who would win this season's installment of Dancing With the Stars were available at Sportsbook.com.

Adam Carolla 10 - 1

Cristian de la Fuente 8 - 1

Jason Taylor 8 - 1

Kristi Yamaguchi 2 - 1

Mario 5 - 2

Marissa Jaret Winokur 15 - 1

Marlee Matlin 8 - 1

Monica Seles 6 - 1

Penn Jillette 10 - 1

Priscilla Presley 8 - 1

Shannon Elizabeth 6 - 1

Steve Guttenberg 15 - 1

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Jordan Bach, Gambling911.com

Originally published March 25, 2008 10:16 am EST