Shannon Elizabeth is able to deal herself in for a poker evening with Kylie Jenner.
“I did simply see a video the place Kylie talked about enjoying poker,” the American Pie actress, 52, solely advised Us Weekly on Monday, Might 4, whereas discussing her breakout success on OnlyFans and extra. “I used to be like, ‘Oh, that’s so cool that she performs. I’m wondering if she’s any good.’”
Shannon, who reportedly has $247,851 in profession poker earnings, wasn’t bluffing when it got here to wanting a seat on the desk with Jenner, 28, after the fact star raved about her fun-filled poker nights with boyfriend Timothée Chalamet in a March cowl story with Self-importance Truthful.
“That’s wonderful,” Shannon advised Us concerning the magnificence mogul enjoying playing cards, “as a result of [Jenner] was speaking about how she hates when folks come to a recreation and so they don’t take it significantly.”
Shannon stated she agrees with the sentiment, including, “And I used to be like, ‘I really feel the identical means. I hate enjoying when, like, it’s freshmen and so they’re not enjoying [seriously], and so they’re consuming and so they’re not like focusing.’ I really feel precisely the identical. So I might love to sit down and play together with her.”
Jenner has definitely performed her playing cards proper with regards to Shannon, who mirrored on how she bought into the world of poker herself.
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“When poker hit, like, Hollywood, that’s after I realized, like, I didn’t know the best way to play earlier than then, and 1778553195 I can maintain my very own in a house recreation,” she advised Us about her personal abilities. “However I’m not, like this nice participant that folks attempt to make me out to be, simply because I’ve had a few profitable issues. I’m not likely a very good participant, and the play has modified lots. Like even the professionals have have to alter their their stance, their technique.”
Shannon defined how the cardboard recreation has developed, together with the lengths some gamers will go to be able to win, noting some even make the most of AI.
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“I’ve actually stopped attempting to play in any of the massive tournaments, as a result of it’s at all times the identical. I get, like, midway via, after which I simply can’t get far sufficient. So till I determine that out, I simply play for enjoyable,” Shannon added, teasing particulars to Us about an upcoming poker occasion hosted by the Shannon Elizabeth Basis on Sunday, June 28. “It’s through the World Sequence of Poker simply earlier than the primary occasion in Las Vegas. That professional group and all of the gamers which were mates and supported me and lots of the South African execs traveled to Las Vegas, so all of them got here out for me final yr, and I do know a bunch of them can be there this yr.”
Shannon Elizabeth throughout 2nd Annual Lakers On line casino Evening Benefiting the Lakers Youth Basis – Crimson Carpet and Inside at Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, California. J.Sciulli/WireImage
Though she isn’t at all times raking within the dough enjoying poker, Shannon — who rose to fame as international trade scholar Nadia within the 1999 blockbuster movie American Pie — has since earned some severe money by becoming a member of the grownup subscription platform OnlyFans in April.
Shannon grossed a whopping seven figures in her first week on the platform, having gushed to Us, “My followers have come out for me like nothing I might have ever anticipated.”
