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5 Hottest Poker Couples - Jennifer Tilly & Phil Laak
5 Hottest Poker Couples - Jennifer Tilly & Phil Laak
November 26, 2007 - Deanna Goodson
Tilly & Laak (Credit: Poker Gubben) 
Jennifer Tilly is an Academy-Award nominated actress who had her breakout role in 1989’s The Fabulous Baker Boys. The squeaky-voiced Canadian was once married to The Simpsons’ co-creator, Sam Simon and engaged to actor Lou Diamond Phillips. Since meeting her current beau, Phil Laak, several years ago, she’s turned her attention more and more to poker. In 2005, Jennifer won the Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship at the WSOP and took down the WPT’s Ladies Night III title.
Laak was born in Dublin and raised in Wellesley, Massachusetts. In February 2004, he won the WPT Celebrity Invitational and has made two final tables since. In the very first William Hill Poker Grand Prix, Laak took the top spot and has earned more than one million dollars in tournaments thus far.
He and Tilly travel the tournament circuit together. They’ve played at the Irish Poker Open, WSOP, Aussie Millions and many other events. They both also write columns for Bluff magazine. Each supports the other. While Jennifer was winning her first WSOP bracelet in ’05, she rushed over to check on Phil’s status in the $2,500 Pot Limit Hold’em Event. She sympathized with Phil when Johnny Chan defeated him for the title after a difficult heads-up contest.
Awww!
