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The latest installment of Hellmuth’s Home Game, presented by Poker Night in America and sponsored by BetRivers, aired on CBS Sports with another lively cash game session filmed at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada. Episode 28 featured a fresh lineup playing $25/$50 with a $50 big blind ante, including Phil Hellmuth, Dan “Jungleman” Cates, Shaun Deeb, Jennifer Tilly, Erick Lindgren, Nick Hellmuth, and Xuan Liu.
Early action saw a five-way pot develop on a board of 8♣3♥K♥, with Nick Hellmuth flopping a set of eights. However, his opponents’ matching top pairs kept the pot modest at $4,350 after everyone checked through the turn and river.
A tense hand between Nick Hellmuth and Shaun Deeb unfolded when Hellmuth flopped top pair with A♥K♦ on an 8♦A♦2♣ board. After calling multiple bets, Hellmuth folded to a river shove from Deeb, who was bluffing with a missed straight draw. Phil Hellmuth later told his son he thought folding was reasonable given the tough spot.
Tilly and Deeb clashed in a big pot after both flopped strong hands on a J♦7♣8♦ board. Tilly moved all in holding a pair and gutshot, but the runout favored Deeb’s superior holding, netting him a $9,675 pot.
Lindgren also scored a substantial win against Xuan Liu after a preflop raising war left her as a 2-to-1 underdog. Running the board twice, Lindgren took down a combined $13,200 pot to more than double his stack.
In a late highlight, Cates won a key confrontation against Nick Hellmuth’s pocket nines using pocket queens, though he still finished as the game’s biggest overall loser by the episode’s end.
