Jennifer Tilly and Xuan Liu Dominate Key Pots Against Cates and Deeb in Hellmuth’s Home Game Episode 33
TL;DR — Episode 33 of Hellmuth’s Home Game saw Jennifer Tilly and Xuan Liu win major pots of $36,650 and $45,650 against Daniel Cates and Shaun Deeb in the $25/$50 game. The no-commentary CBS Sports broadcast from Reno emphasized player table talk. PokerNews detailed the key hands and outcomes.
SCCG Take — The episode shows how skilled female players drive compelling action in televised cash games, sustaining viewer engagement in poker programming.
Hellmuth’s Home Game presented by Poker Night in America and sponsored by BetRivers continues to air on CBS Sports Monday nights. The show was filmed at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada. It relies on table talk from Phil Hellmuth and guests rather than commentary in an intimate cash game setting.
The game used $25/$50 blinds with a $50 big blind ante. PokerNews recapped Episode 33, which continued from the prior week and featured several standout hands.
Ladies Take Down Major Pots
In the first hand, Daniel “Jungleman” Cates raised to $500 from the hijack with A ♥ K ♣. Jennifer Tilly called from the small blind with K ♠ Q ♣. Tilly led for $600 on the Q ♥ 7 ♠ 4 ♠ flop, and both players checked the 2 ♦ turn. On the K ♥ river Tilly bet $1,300 with two pair. Cates raised to $6,000 with top pair top kicker. Tilly three-bet to $16,000 and Cates snap-folded.
Xuan Liu later five-bet to $6,500 with A ♠ A ♦ against Cates, then bet $3,500 on the 3 ♣ 8 ♥ Q ♣ flop and $4,000 on the J ♣ turn. On the 8 ♠ river Xuan moved all-in. Cates folded his top pair, saying “I just don’t buy that you’re bluffing here,” and Xuan took down a $36,650 pot.
Xuan next called a $3,000 three-bet from Shaun Deeb holding K ♦ 10 ♦. She check-called $1,600 on the 2 ♠ 10 ♣ 3 ♦ flop and $5,000 on the J ♦ turn before calling a $12,500 river bluff to win $45,650 with a pair of tens.
Episode Outcomes and Final Hand
Phil Hellmuth called a $2,100 reraise from Cates with Q ♠ 10 ♠ and got all-in for $4,075 on a flush draw. The $12,750 pot was chopped after they ran it twice, with Hellmuth making a flush on the second runout.
In the last hand Cates raised to $1,300 with 9 ♣ 5 ♣ and Xuan called with 6 ♥ 6 ♣. Xuan won the $7,725 pot after checking the river. The ladies prevailed across the featured matchups in the episode.
Reporting: PokerNews
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- Jennifer Tilly and Xuan Liu won major pots ($36,650 and $45,650) against top pros in Episode 33
- $25/$50 cash game filmed at Grand Sierra Reno, aired on CBS Sports, sponsored by BetRivers
- No-commentary format leans on player table talk and personality—sustains engagement in poker programming
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