Season 2’s first episode of the PokerStars Huge Sport on Tour, launched on Saturday, was all about Jennifer Tilly’s heater.
The Hollywood actress and high-stakes poker common did not simply dominate the desk. She was the one participant who turned a revenue. Every participant began with $50,000 within the $100/$200 ($200 massive blind ante) no-limit maintain’em money sport.
Former lawyer and present Minnesota resident Jordan Handrich is the primary Season 2 “Free Cannon,” which suggests she’s within the sport at no cost. However she will be able to’t money out until she turns a revenue throughout 150 palms.
Handrich, who arrived at Resorts World in Las Vegas to play poker alongside along with her service canine, made an instantaneous impression in opposition to a desk filled with professionals and celebrities who’re accustomed to enjoying at these stakes. She raised the primary hand preflop with pocket kings however did not get any motion, after which raised the flop within the subsequent hand with high pair to power the bluffing Tilly off six-high.
Tilly Does not Miss
The early hand in opposition to the Free Cannon was one of many few pots Tilly misplaced in Episode 1. The heater began a number of palms into the present in opposition to footballer Gerard Pique.
Tilly raised preflop with 9♦5♦ and obtained a name from Pique, who was within the massive blind with Okay♣Q♠. The flop got here out 2♦J♦7♦, Pique checked king-high with no diamond earlier than calling a guess of $700.
After the 6♦ appeared on the flip, Tilly’s nine-high flush wasn’t wanting so scorching. Each gamers checked to see the A♥ on the river. They checked it as soon as once more and the small pot went Tilly’s approach.
Tilly did have a misstep in opposition to Griffin Benger in a $12,000 pot when she could not pull the set off on a river bluff with queen-high and allowed her opponent to take it down with a small pair. However then her luck rotated.
The second greatest hand got here in a four-way pot. Tilly raised from an early place with J♠5♠ to $600. Benger referred to as from the cutoff with 6♦4♦ earlier than Sam Grafton, who was on the button with A♦Q♣, three-bet to $3,000. Pique, within the small blind with 10♥10♣, referred to as. Andre Akkari, the large blind, folded, however the others who had been already within the pot referred to as.
The flop got here out 2♠A♠6♠, one other flopped flush for Tilly. Motion checked to Grafton, who determined to verify his high pair. The 7♥ on the flip locked it up for Tilly. She guess $4,000, solely receiving a name from Grafton.
Tilly would then verify the 8♠ on the river, involved Benger rivered a superior flush. He did not, and he checked, so she scooped a $20,400 pot. Benger and Tilly would tangle once more moments later with the latter rivering a straight and getting a small worth guess paid off in opposition to third pair.
In one other pot, this one in opposition to the Free Cannon on a board of 9♥7♣A♣10♠J♠ and $6,300 within the center, Tilly hit one other straight with A♥8♣. She guess $2,000 for worth, placing her opponent in a troublesome spot getting 4-1 on her cash.
Handrich contemplated her determination with third pair on a moist board. She then knowledgeable the viewers that she felt she had picked up a inform on the Bride of Chucky star, considering she’d simply caught Tilly bluffing. However, upon making the decision, she came upon her instinct was incorrect.
The most important pot of the primary episode got here proper on the finish — $74,400 — with, you guessed it, Tilly taking it down when she hit a three-outer on the river in opposition to Pique.
PokerStars Huge Sport on Tour Episode 1 Outcomes
Jennifer Tilly$91,300$41,300
Gerard Pique$47,800($2,200)
Andre Akkari$45,700($4,300)
Griffin Benger$43,700($6,300)
Jordan Handrich$42,000($8,000)
Sam Grafton$54,500($20,500)
Tilly completed the episode after 34 palms performed with a $41,300 revenue. Pique was the second high performer, however nonetheless ended up down $2,200. Handrich, the Free Cannon, misplaced $8,000, which suggests she’ll have to win greater than that over the subsequent 116 palms or she is going to go residence with $0.
