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The 30th episode of Hellmuth’s Home Game, airing on CBS Sports and produced by Poker Night in America with sponsorship from BetRivers, saw actress and poker player Jennifer Tilly come out on top in a session filled with big pots and dramatic confrontations. The show, filmed at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, features no commentary, relying instead on table banter from Phil Hellmuth and his fellow players.
Early in the episode, Dan “Jungleman” Cates took down a $36,675 pot from Tilly after both connected with top pair on an A-J-9 board, with Cates holding the better kicker. Cates also scored a scoop against Hellmuth’s son, Nick Hellmuth, in a four-way pot that was run twice after Nick moved all in with middle pair against Cates’ pocket kings.
Tilly bounced back in a hand against Shaun Deeb, whose top pair on a King-high board wasn’t enough to hold up against her superior kicker, resulting in a $39,000 pot swinging her way after a river brick.
A key confrontation arose on Hand #161, when Tilly flopped a set of tens against Cates’ overpair of queens. After a heavy betting sequence culminating in an all-in raise from Tilly worth $49,700, Cates opted to fold rather than risk his stack.
Deeb had his moments too, winning half of a $12,250 pot against Hellmuth’s pocket sevens after rivering a pair with king-jack, then scooping the second run entirely.
The night’s biggest hand came in the finale, when Tilly’s pocket aces held against Deeb’s pocket tens in a $68,400 pot, pushing her stack into six figures and cementing her status as the session’s standout winner.
