Hosting illegal poker games is the kind of thing that can cost you some serious money, and even land you in jail if you’re taking a big enough rake. According to Perez Hilton and an anonymous email he received, actress Shannon Elizabeth could be doing exactly that.
Hilton decided to publish the entire email he received on his celebrity gossip website. Here is the email in its entirety:
So a few friends and I were invited to a house poker game in Los Feliz last Friday, and it turned out to be Shannon Elizabeth’s house. Her address is XXXX XXXXXXXX Way, Los Angeles. Anyways, this is kind of cool and we at first think it’s really a treat to be playing poker with her, but it turns out she’s not even playing, she’s just coming in and out and collecting money from people and taking an illegal rake for the house. One pot I was in had only $70 dollars in it, but the dealer took $25 dollars out for the house…..? Anyone who plays poker knows this is nuts.
I was like “WTF? Why are you taking that out?” He said, “It’s for the house.”
“What the hell is there left to play for, why is it so much?” He said, “You’re in the presence of greatness,” referring to Shannon.
So my friends and I didn’t end up staying too long after that. She’s so busted apparently that she has to rip poker players off with her D-List status and rob us blind at the poker tables by raking way too much. First off, it’s illegal, second off, she’s out of her mind to think she can rake that much just because of who she was. She was just a naked girl in a popular movie. Nothing more. The few times I have played with her, she’s thrown childish hissy fits, and stormed off, throwing cards and chips. She’s mean, immature, disrespectful, and just an all around shallow greedy has-been.
Who knows if there is even a shred of truth to this story. After all, Hilton was more than willing to run a story about how Fidel Castro died. FYI, he’s not dead….just not in the news anymore.
[…] However, it seems like she has finally found a home at Carbon Poker after being signed by the poker room. Carbon signed Elizabeth earlier this week, and is already being plastered on the front page of the site. This is interesting timing considering how Elizabeth was accused of running illegal poker games by celebrity gossiper Perez Hilton (see here). […]