1,200 Pairs, $1M: Ultimate Shoe Collection Aug. 14, 2012 - Beth Shak, 44, is a professional poker player and mother of three who lives in Pennsylvania. The card shark's true passion is leather -- shoe leather. The taller and more blinged out, the better. The numbers below begin to tell the story of Shak's shoe obsession. Watch the full story online on "20/20: I'm Obsessed With..." Beth Shak's estimate of how many pairs of shoes she owns. Number of password-protected closets housing Shak's shoe collection. Shak's estimate of her most expensive pair of shoes. Shak's age when she bought her first pair. "Oh my God, I wish I still had them," Shak said. They were, like, bright yellow Candies, and I wanted them so badly, and they were my first pair of heels. Pairs of Christian Louboutin shoes Shak estimates she owns. Amount Carrie Bradshaw joked she had spent on shoes, in "Sex and the City." "I literally spent $40,000 on shoes and have no place to live?" she said. Upwards from $600 to thousands The price -- per pair -- of "a lot" of Beth Shak's shoes. Using Shak's per-pair estimate, the total purchase price of her shoe collection. Twelve hundred pairs at an average price of $800 each. Alleged value of Shak's collection in a lawsuit filed -- and later dropped -- by her ex-husband, a hedge fund manager. He sued for 35 percent of the $1 million. Number of pairs of shoes Shak owns that she hasn't worn. "It's interesting that everybody calls it a collection," said Shak. Because I wear them. ... There's only one pair of shoes that I have that are displayed and not worn, and they're my Elizabeth Taylor boots. Shak bought a poker-themed pair of boots Taylor owned for $5,040 as an investment. Shoe size of Shak's 17-year-old daughter, Lindy. Shak's size. "We're the same size in everything but shoes," Lindy said. "I said to her, Listen, Lindy, you know, when the time comes, take them all to a shoemaker, and just stretch them," Shak said with a laugh. Minutes it takes Shak to put on -- or take off -- her Twentieth-Anniversary Louboutin capsule collection sandals.