Shannon Elizabeth is an Hollywood actress, fashion model, and up-and-coming poker star. Shannon Elizabeth considers poker to be a second career, and is widely regarded as one of the top celebrity poker players. Several times a month she travels to Las Vegas to play in high stakes poker games and poker tournaments. With four WSOP cashes and a $55,000 win at a Caesars Palace tournament in Las Vegas, Shannon Elizabeth has had some success. Shannon Elizabeth might be best known for her NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship run in 2007 when she beat heads-up Jeff Madsen, Barry Greenstein, and Humberto Brenes before losing to eventual champion Paul Wasicka.
Shannon Elizabeth Hollywood celebrity status came from her breakthrough role in the 1999 comedy movie, American Pie. Shannon Elizabeth was born in Houston, Texas where she grew up playing tennis before graduating and becoming a fashion model. Shannon Elizabeth's American Pie role where she is completely naked earned her world renowned fame and millions of fans. Shannon Elizabeth then had roles in the hit Scary Movie, Tomcats, and That 70's Show, and really exposed herself in the August 1999 issue of Playboy magazine and in two photoshoots with Maxim Magazine.
Shannon Elizabeth founded the non-profit animal rescue organization Animal Avengers. Animal Avengers rescues and finds homes for homeless pets, promotes methods that reduce pet overpopulation, and aids in preventing animal cruelty.
2008 World Series of Poker Star Tiffany Michelle
Similar to the rise of Shannon Elizabeth another upcoming poker star whose career started as a celebrity is Tiffany Michelle. Tiffany Michelle is one of the best known women poker players in the world. An aspiring Hollywood actress and a two year reporter for a well known tournament poker information website, Tiffany Michelle took the 2008 World Series of Poker by storm finishing a very impressive 17th out of 6,844 players during the Main Event.
Throughout the two week long tournament Tiffany Michelle played brilliantly trapping her opponents and playing aggressively to win pots before the showdown. But to succeed in one of the biggest fields ever at the World Series of Poker she needed to catch some lucky breaks as well. Lady Luck was on her side at one point when her pocket aces were outflopped by a player with a small pocket pair that flopped a set. Furious action on the flop had her all-in and needing to catch an ace, which she did on the turn, to the delight of her supporters and later to the delight of millions of viewers when the episode aired on television.
Tiffany Michelle's natural good looks, great fashion sense and brilliant poker play plus a controversial sponsorship deal made her the focal point of the entire poker world for days as she approached the most heavily anticipated final table in World Series of Poker history. Tiffany Michelle failed to become only the 2nd female poker player to make the WSOP Main Event final table but she did manage to increase her exposure while showing the world that she is an up and coming extremely talented poker player. Cashing for over $334,534 in the Main Event gives Tiffany Michelle one of the largest payouts for a women poker player in a poker tournament.
Tiffany Michelle was a star at the 2008 World Series of Poker. WSOP Main Event players started the poker tournament with 20,000 chips each and Tiffany Michelle was doing very well early on climbing to over 120,000 chips on day 2. Orange chips are worth 5,000, yellow chips 1,000, light blue/orange chips 500 apiece, and the black/blue chips 100. Tiffany Michelle continued to play well eventually climbing to around 10 million chips before her run ended in 16th place out of a field of well over 6,000 players.
Though Tiffany Michelle failed to become only the 2nd woman to ever make a final table in the WSOP Main Event, Tiffany Michelle statistically finished better then any woman in history when comparing her finish position relative to the size of the field. This means that though Barbara Enright, Tiffany Williamson, and Annie Duke all finished better then her, none of them faced as great a number of players as Tiffany Michelle did during the 2008 World Series of Poker.
Tiffany Michelle World Series of Poker Statistics
Tiffany Michelle Total World Series of Poker Cashes 1
2008 WSOP Championship Event 17th Place
Tiffany Michelle Poker Tournament History
| Tournament | Date | Place | Prize |
| World Series of Poker 2008 Championship Event | 05/14/2008 | 17th | $334,534 |
| Velvet Margarita Annual Celebrity Charity Tournament | 5/05/2008 | 1st | |
| Jennifer Harman 2nd Annual Celebrity Charity Tournament | 4/19/2008 | 8th | |
| The Orleans No-Limit Hold'em Deep Stack | 1/11/2008 | 1st | |
| Hustler Weekly No-Limit Hold'em | 11/27/2007 | 3rd | |
| LAYN 2nd Annual Celebrity Tournament No-Limit Hold'em with Rebuys | 9/22/2007 | 12th | |
| 2007 WSOP Circuit Event - Caesars Palace No-Limit Hold'em Second Chance | 4/30/2007 | 1st | |
2006 Legends of Poker/WPT Season 5 Event #14 - No-Limit Hold'em |
8/16/2006 | 21st | |
MGM Sunday Tourney No-Limit Hold'em |
8/13/2006 | 1st | |
| Binions Saturday Tourney No-Limit Hold'em/Single Rebuy | 8/12/2006 | 1st | |
| Harrah's Daily Tourney No-Limit Hold'em | 5/14/2006 | 1st | |
| Harrah's Daily Tourney | 9/10/2005 | 1st |
Tiffany Michelle poker tournament history shows she has quite a bit of poker tournament experience. As an aspiring Hollywood Actress Tiffany Michelle really got into the poker scene when she became a reporter and on-air talent for Poker News. Tiffany Michelle two years reporting for Poker News taught her a great deal about poker tournament strategy and as the 2008 WSOP approached she made arrangements to get some backers to help pay her buy-in to the WSOP Main Event. Tiffany Michelle took this opportunity and made the most out of it by outlasting one of the largest fields in WSOP Main Event history to finish an impressive 17th and win $334,534 for her efforts.
Tiffany Michelle WSOP Main Event performance showed her to be extremely focused while she ruffled her chips in her right hand. Tiffany Michelle's good looks and fashion style made her the center of attention and the biggest fan favorite during the last couple of days of play when the tournament was winding down towards the final table that would be played live on TV in November.
