Shannon Elizabeth Online

Poker has been in a boom that even celebrities are getting engaged with in it. Because of that many celebrity actors and actresses are being passionate entering different casino game rooms specially the world of poker. Whether online or land based, it is definitely a remarkable one for those actor/actress to win in such poker tournaments. One of the many actresses is Shannon Elizabeth who becomes the featured celebrity face of poker and an enthusiast today!

Shannon Elizabeth, born September 7, 1973 an American actress, a fashion model and an avid celebrity poker player. Elizabeth has become part of the comedy film American Pie on 1999. The said fashion model has been describing poker as her second career in casino field and for that, she has been entitled as one of the leading celebrity poker players.

She visits Las Vegas three times a month just to participate to different poker games and beat some top players of the United States.

Elizabeth was able to play in the Main Event of the 2005 World Series of Poker and been able to win special tournaments celebrating the opening of the new poker room at Caesars Palace hotel last January 2006. In this even she beats out almost 83 celebrities and poker professionals and gain winnings of almost $55, 000.

Furthermore, the Texas-born actress was able to established her presence in a variety of game table of celebrity tournaments which includes the 4th edition of Celebrity Poker Showdown and the 1st Annual Nicky Hilton New Year’s Eve Poker Tournament at Caesars Palace, these gives her chances to stand out with almost 91 celebrities and other poker professionals which claims the first place and the largest chunk of the $120,000 prize pool.

Elizabeth becomes truly passionate of her poker career that she was able to cashed four times in the World Series of Poker(WSOP) in 2006 and 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 her four opponents she defeated the three World Series of Poker multiple bracelet winners namely Jeff Madsen, Barry Greenstein and Humberto Brenes.

And last April 2010, because of the actress Lebanese origin, she was announced to play at the team Lebanon at the World Team event in Las Vegas which happened last May 2010. Aside from Elizabeth Shannon, Team Lebanon also includes the players Dany Georges, Joe Awada, Freddy Deeb and Mark Betor.

Shannon thinks of herself as an spiritual person. Thus, through her spirituality she feels that it helps her in gaming at poker tables. Giving her possibilities to a good karma and good cards as well. Elizabeth always makes sure that she strengthens and support her gaming energy before entering any tournaments. She do make sure also that she had enough freshness and calmness of the mind before competing at any high level of every top-grade poker tournaments.

Without no doubt, Elizabeth always finds a way to do both careers in different fields: Poker Addiction and Keeping her position in movie career. In the way indicated, there is no negative reasons to think that she will slide down either of the two field.

Online poker Shannon Elizabeth a well known actress and poker player tells us about trying to stay awake at the limit tables.

Shannon has been playing poker for a few years now and is focusing more on her mixed game strategy over no limit hold ‘em games.poker on line

The following is a message Shannon Elizabeth left for her all fans on Carbon Poker recently…

Well, I literally just got home from Vegas. The drive is never too bad, just not ever something I look forward to doing alone. The best reward though was walking in the door tonight and being greeted by my beautiful babies-Winnie, Katie, Boomer and Casper. Katie and Winnie are the criers. They whimper and whine when they’re happy to see you-it’s the cutest thing. They definitely know how to make you feel loved. So I spent a lot of time sitting and petting them-telling them how much I missed them. My friend Sloane lives downstairs and takes care of them when I’m gone. It’s the perfect situation because they never mind too much when I leave because it doesn’t alter their routine at all. In fact, all of them but Winnie are downstairs with Sloane now. They basically said, “Hi mom! Welcome home-we missed you and love you. Well…we’re going back downstairs now to crash-been a long day.” I love my babies and missed them dearly!

I wish this had been a better World Series for me. I guess the reality is that I’m an actress who plays poker-not a poker player who acts. So I still have a lot to learn, and if nothing else this series really motivated me to want to improve my game…a lot! So even though my real focus being home will be acting, my secret part time focus will be improving my game. It’s time that I try some new things and practice some new strategies. I’ve been reading a great book (that I swore to someone I’d never reveal the name of) and I’ve been talking over hands with players I look up to. So my future will hold a lot of practice, both online and in the casinos here. That is, depending on how busy I am with my acting, directing and producing. I have some pitch meetings this week, starting tomorrow. I also need to do another big rewrite on one of the scripts I’m producing. So-the entertainment industry comes first-yet-I really already just want to go play some more poker. It’s sick, right?! I should want a break after the month in Vegas I just had…but I don’t. I guess that’s how I know I’ll get better. It’s something I really want and know I will find a way to make happen.

The highlight of my series was the Ante Up For Africa charity tournament that happens right before the main event starts.

This is Don Cheadle and Annie Duke’s event and they’ve made quite an impact with it over the last four years. I think all of my luck for the year was saved up and used strictly on this event. I don’t know what it was, but I was getting very lucky that day. And you kinda need luck with an event like that. The structure is fast and furious. You’re going to be all-in a lot because of how fast the blinds jump. I was crippled early going all-in with 10s just to run into Annie’s Kings. Luckily, I had her covered and from that moment on just had a really good run. I have to say it felt really great. The funny thing is that the longer I survived and closer I got to the end the more nervous I got. You know how when you get really nervous you suddenly feel like you need to pee, even if you just went? LOL-Well, I felt like that for hours at this event! I was so nervous as we got closer and closer to the final table. And then the final table was really tough because the only real move anyone had was all-in. Once I made it to heads-up with Phil Gordon I was so happy and beyond satisfied with how far I’d made it. He had me way covered in chips and I knew that this was where it was going to end. Heads-up lasted for all of 2 hands. The first hand I folded and the second hand I pushed all-in with King/10 and was called by Phil’s Queen/3. I knew he’d probably call me with any two cards, and he did. A Queen right on the flop sealed our fates and with that the tournament was over. It was such a fun event and what an amazing feeling to run that good. It’s something I hadn’t felt in a really long time. What made it even better was that we were able to help with such a great cause-I gave half of my winnings back to the charity right away. It was definitely the highlight of my month!

I wish I could say I ran that great in my Main Event-but alas, I did not. My first hand I played I had flopped bottom set, but the guy to my left flopped Broadway. So I wasn’t off to a great start. I was never able to get much going, but did survive to play Day 2. Day 2-first hand-pocket 9s. The guy to my left had pocket Kings. I was eventually able to lay it down, but that left me even shorter than when I started. My third hand, in the big blind, was King/Queen suited. There was a small mid-position raise, so I decided to see a flop. The flop didn’t help me at all, so I got away from that. The very next hand, in the small blind, I had Ace/Queen. There was a mid-position raise-but at this point my only move was all-in. The raiser called with pocket 8s and the board ran all low. So that was the end of my main event.

Now I’m home. I already have a load of jeans in the wash and am unpacking way too much stuff that I took with me. I’m contemplating running to a friend’s house who has a small cash game tonight. I don’t really want to play, but would love to say hi and see my friends. I think I need to go eat some dinner and see how I feel though. With all the things I should do, I of course just want to play some more. I’ll always try to keep you updated on Twitter (@ShannonElizab) and there will definitely be another blog very soon. Have a great week everyone! XOXO – Shannon

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CarbonPoker has announced today that actress and poker fanatic Shannon Elizabeth has signed on to represent the brand in the poker community.

Shannon will represent CarbonPoker at major poker tournaments, play regularly on the site, and be involved in the brand’s upcoming marketing campaigns.

“We’ve been on the hunt for a face for our brand who is a recognized star and also a respected member of the poker community,” says Peter Hampton, Spokesperson at CarbonPoker. “Shannon easily meets both criteria, and offers a creative edge that we’re thrilled to have on board.

“We’re launching several promotions that will involve players playing against Shannon and getting to know her both inside and outside of poker,” Hampton said. Shannon will be posting regularly on the CarbonPoker Blog, as well as answering player questions and taking the creative lead on a series of videos for the site.

Shannon broke into mainstream film with her starring roll in the classic comedy American Pie and has worked successfully in both film and television since. In the meantime, Shannon has also emerged as a world-class poker talent. In 2007 she played her way to a third place finish at the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship, and has also cashed at the World Series of Poker four times.

This announcement comes on the heels of a very busy couple of months for CarbonPoker. On April 15th CarbonPoker and Merge Gaming welcomed thousands of new players to the network, and have since experienced substantial increases in action, rake, and player value. The addition of Shannon Elizabeth highlights CarbonPoker’s commitment to becoming one of the top ten poker sites by 2011.

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