Poker Queen Shannon Elizabeth Addicted to Cards  7/18/06

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 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."