|
 Dancing
With the Stars:
Poker Princess
Shannon Elizabeth
Gets the Boot
It's
"adios" to Shannon
Elizabeth - at least
as far as Dancing
With the Stars is
concerned.
Shannon got voted
off over
Cristian De La
Fuente, who suffered
a ruptured tendon in
his bicep that
required surgery.
However, the doctors
said he could delay
the surgery.
"The show has been
amazing," Elizabeth
said. "I've learned
a lot and I've made
a friend for life."
The Waco, Texas
native who once
considered a
professional tennis
career instead opted
for acting and
professional poker.
Elizabeth, who
describes poker as
her "second career"
has been called "one
of the leading
celebrity poker
players." She visits
Las Vegas up to
three times each
month to participate
in poker games with
the top players of
the United States.
Elizabeth played in
the Main Event of
the 2005 World
Series of Poker and
won a special
tournament
celebrating the
opening of a new
poker room at
Caesars Palace hotel
in January 2006,
beating out 83
celebrities and
poker professionals
to win $55,000. She
has also cashed four
times in the World
Series of Poker in
2006 and 2007, but
again busted out of
the Main Event
early. In 2007, she
advanced to the
semi-finals of the
NBC National
Heads-Up Poker
Championship in a
field consisting of
the top poker
professionals before
losing to eventual
champion Paul
Wasicka. Among the
four opponents she
defeated were three
World Series of
Poker multiple
bracelet winners:
Jeff Madsen, Barry
Greenstein, and
Humberto Brenes.
---
Jordan Bach,
Gambling911.com
Originally published
April 30, 2008 12:45
am EST
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