Last night, while we were all freaking out and consequently drinking ourselves into a stupor over the impending online poker ban, Shannon Elizabeth made the final table of the Bicycle Casino's Big Poker Oktober event #2, $200+30 NLHE with rebuys, ultimately finishing 7th. 20% of the prize pool went to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (M.A.D.D.) 171 players came out to the Bike, creating a prize pool of $77,400. Orange County's Kevin Goodling finished first for the top prize of $31,000.
The official standings (as well as most of the online databases) list Elizabeth under her given name, "Shannon Fadal" (Elizabeth is her middle name). Back at the WSOP, I remember her remarking to a crowd of media that she had to get that fixed. Rounders writer Brian Koppleman also made the money, finishing 15th.
Congrats to Shannon, who has been on a rather nice roll this year, including three WSOP cashes.
