Actress Shannon Elizabeth took the $120,000 first prize, underscoring the degree to which scenesters have gotten hip to poker. This time, however, the pros were not only out-glitzed but also outplayed. The $2,000 buy-in event attracted a mix of Tinseltown celebs and Vegas royalty: 2004 World Series of Poker runner-up David Williams Phil 'Unabomber' Laak his sexy movie-star girlfriend, Jennifer Tilly (winner of last year's women's tournament at the WSOP) and Mike 'The Mouth' Matusow. This past New Year's Eve, Caesars Palace heralded the opening of its $12 million, 14,500-square-foot poker spread-complete with a dozen LeRoy Neiman paintings on the walls and 25 flat-screen TVs around the room-by holding a tournament hosted by professional party girl Nicky Hilton and her 'Entourage'-star boyfriend, Kevin Connolly.
