Xuan Liu Fills Up to Brutally Bust Phil Hellmuth in Latest Hellmuth's Home Game

Episode 26 of "Hellmuth's Home Game," presented by Poker Night in America (PNIA) and sponsored by BetRivers, recently aired on CBS Sports. The show, known for its unscripted table talk among poker pros and friends, showcased several notable hands, including a significant confrontation between Xuan Liu and Phil Hellmuth.

Early in the episode, Phil Hellmuth III, known as P3, secured an $8,050 pot using Ace-King suited against Xuan Liu's King-Ten offsuit. P3 limp-jammed preflop and improved his stack, while Liu opted to call his substantial raise.

The pivotal hand saw Phil Hellmuth raise with King-Queen suited, and Liu three-bet with eight-six of hearts. The flop of eight-queen-six with two clubs gave Hellmuth top pair and a flush draw, while Liu hit two pair. Hellmuth check-raised, and Liu called the turn, which was a six of diamonds, giving Liu a full house. Hellmuth, holding top pair and a king-high flush draw, continued betting on the turn and river, before calling Liu's all-in shove, losing the $11,475 pot and his stack to Liu's full house.

Jennifer Tilly and Dan "Jungleman" Cates also featured in a large three-way all-in against P3. Tilly, with Ace-Six suited, and Cates, with King-Four suited, both took down portions of the pot against P3's King-Queen suited after running it twice. Tilly secured her half with a flush, and Cates claimed his half with two pair, forcing P3 to rebuy.

Cates later took down an $11,650 pot against Tilly. On a board showing ten-three-ten-two-king, Cates held Jack-Ten suited for trip tens with a better kicker than Tilly's Ten-Nine of spades, who made the call despite her kicker disadvantage.

The episode concluded with Kelly Lucas being eliminated by P3 in a flush-over-flush cooler. P3, holding King-Six of diamonds, hit a flush on the turn against Kelly's Queen-Nine of diamonds, who was drawing dead. Jennifer Tilly ended the episode as the biggest winner with a profit of $11,925, followed by Xuan Liu with $8,125. Phil Hellmuth finished with a loss of $525, while Kelly Lucas incurred the largest deficit of $17,700.

At the end of the Episode 26 broadcast, the player stacks and profits were as follows:

| Player | Stack | Profit | | --- | --- | --- | | Jennifer Tilly | $16,925 | +$11,925 | | Xuan Liu | $23,125 | +$8,125 | | Phillip “P3” Hellmuth III | $12,325 | +$2,325 | | Phil Hellmuth | $9,475 | -$525 | | Dan “Jungleman” Cates | $25,850 | -$4,150 | | Kelly Lucas | $2,300 | -$17,700 |