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Beth Shak (born November 8, 1969) is an American professional poker player, who has been playing professionally since 2004. Shak has appeared in the World Series of Poker, Playboy's Poker Tournament, "Aces & Angels" at the Playboy Mansion, YRB Magazine's "Rock It" fashion spread, Social Life magazine, Shoeholics magazine, ''Good Morning America'', ''The View'', AOL.com's ''You've Got'', ''The Today Show'' and ''MTV Cribs''. She is also an entrepreneur, philanthropist and shoe expert. Shak ran a private vintage designer clothing business for 10 years. Shak has been featured on several television programs, including ''20/20'', ''Celebrity Nightmares'', ''Millionaire Matchmaker'', ''Poker After Dark'' and ''NY Ink''. She has been a contributing writer to ''Cosmopolitan'' and ''PhillyMag'' and has been featured several times in the ''Huffington Post''. In 2012, Shak was listed by Philadelphia Daily News in their Sexy Singles for 2012.〔(Philly.com )〕 Shak was also mentioned in the ''NY Times'' for her role in a documentary about high heels.〔http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/25/movies/god-save-my-shoes-a-documentary-about-high-heels.html?_r=0〕 Shak has also launched a shoe website dedicated to women's shoes.〔(ShoesRForever )〕 Two shoe lines, "Beth Shak" and "Beth Shak Couture", are slated to launch in August, 2012.〔(Women's Wear Daily )〕 ==Poker career== Shak initially learned to play poker by logging on to Full Tilt Poker and using “play money” until she felt comfortable enough to start playing with real money. When she started playing live, she found it to be “very different” and had to learn not to let men intimidate her. She has said she wants to be known as a good player, not "a good player...for a woman." In 2007, Shak signed on as a Red Pro for Full Tilt Poker. She's won 3 Word Series of Poker final tables and has thirteen tournament cashes to her name, placing her amongst the top percentile of the Women's All Time Money List.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Women's All Time Money List, Top 100 )〕 At her first final table, she lost to Jennifer Tilly. She placed 8th in the 2005 World Series of Poker Ladies' event, which was only her second live tournament. At the 2007 World Series of Poker Shak placed 2nd (out of over 800 players) in the $3K No-Limit Hold ‘em event.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Beth Shak )〕 Shak made it to the final day of Season 5 of the European Poker Tour (EPT) finishing in the top 30 out of over 500 players, according to the European Poker Tour season 5 results. Her most recent win was in Johannesburg, South Africa playing 7 card stud. As of 2009, her total live tournament winnings exceed $450,000.〔(Hendon Mob tournament results )〕 Of those winnings, $363,118 have come at the WSOP. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beth Shak」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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