AMERICAN PIE - POKER QUEEN SHANNON ADDICTED TO CARDS

POKER QUEEN SHANNON ADDICTED TO CARDS

AMERICAN PIE stunner SHANNON ELIZABETH is so hooked on poker she travels to Las Vegas, Nevada up to three times a month just to play with America's top card sharks. The actress has become one of the leading celebrity poker players and has won a handful of impressive victories at the card table - but it's beginning to take over her life. She explains, "I have become addicted to poker. I am in Las Vegas two or three times a month these days, playing every other night sometimes. Poker has become my second career." Elizabeth, who once walked away from a card game with $57,747 (GBP32,080) in winnings, admits she uses her looks to distract her male competition - and that's one of the things that make her a top card shark. She tells Blender magazine, "A lot of men get lost in their cards if you introduce a decent distraction."