Katie Morgan Goes From Porn To Poker, Enjoying In WSOP

Katie Morgan is making one hell of a profession pivot … the XXX star is now taking part in poker on the largest stage on the planet!

The longtime grownup movie star and actress has formally gone from the set to the felt — telling TMZ Sports activities she’s now competing on this 12 months’s World Collection of Poker Most important Occasion.

“I’ve been playing poker basically my whole life. My grandpa taught me when I was five. And then I used to run a home game in L.A. for like 10 years, and I loved it,” Katie mentioned.

However, it was all the time informal … that’s, till she “ended up in a relationship with a professional poker player,” and that is when she says she “really got into tournaments and stuff and playing live.”

Morgan did not waste any time going straight to the large leagues, both.

“I’m pretty good at it. So this year, I got backers who bought me in,” Katie mentioned. “They bought my action. That’s what it’s called in poker. And they’re putting me in the [World Series of Poker] Main Event, and I’m so excited!”

If you recognize something in regards to the sport, the WSOP is a large deal.

“They’re expecting like 12,000 players this year. So obviously there’s going to be a wide range. There’s people that just want to play and are not pros. And then there’s the pro-est ‘pros pros’ from around the world. Literally everybody who’s anybody in poker is here.”

After all, profitable a tourney of this magnitude comes with a large money prize … $10 million this 12 months!

“That’s life-changing money for anybody who gets that far up into, like, the final tables. That’s nuts.”