Jennifer Tilly - ''The Sexy Unabombshell'' Jennifer Tilly with b/f Phil Laak Jennifer Tilly, nicknamed "the Unabombshell," was born Jennifer Chan of mixed Caucasian and Chinese parents in Harbor City, California. The family later moved to British Columbia where Jennifer Tilly was raised and educated. After high school, Jennifer Tilly moved to Missouri and attended Stephens College. She pursued her interest in an acting career, starring in over 100 films, and winning a nomination for an Academy Award. During this time, however, for the next 15 years through the 1990's, Jennifer Tilly continued to play poker with her friends in her spare time. Jennifer Tilly began to take a more serious interest in playing poker in 2003. At this time, the World Poker Tour invited her to play in an invitational tournament at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, California. It was here that she met Phil Laak, the "Unabomber," a top poker player, who was impressed with her talent and outgoing personality. His knowledge of poker added to their mutual interests and their friendship progressed to a more serious relationship. Today they live and play together. If you're looking for the new-wave of online poker, Join PlayersOnly, the poker room where the true players are! Because of the Sleekness of their Interface and incredible bonus structure, PlayersOnly is America's Fastest Growing Poker Room! Receive an Instant 10% CASH BONUS and a 100% match poker bonus upto $650 and there are NO FEES for making a deposit! PlayersOnly hosts a $1,000,000.00 Freeroll Series and is Guaranteeing $3,000,000.00 in tournament prize money this month with one $150,000.00 guaranteed event at least once a month! In 2004, Jennifer Tilly appeared in a Celebrity Showdown televised on Bravo and shortly thereafter, the World Poker Tour invited Jennifer to play in the Hollywood Home Game. She competed against five other celebrities and took second place in the tournament. Her prize of $5,000 went to her favorite charity, The Dream Foundation. The next milestone in her road to fame as an outstanding professional poker player was in winning the World Poker Tour Ladies Night III tournament at the Bicycles Casino in California. Jennifer Tilly's big moment in poker, however, came in 2005 at the World Series of Poker tournament held at the Rio Casino Hotel Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. With an entry fee of $1,000, she entered the Ladies No Limit Texas Holdem event, along with 601 other players. After many hours of tough competition, Jennifer Tilly succeeded in winning the coveted championship. She took home the prize of $158,625 and the treasured gold bracelet, becoming the first celebrity to win a World Series of Poker championship. Although humble in accepting her prizes, she exclaimed, "This is better than winning an Oscar." Jennifer Tilly plays an amazing game of poker, but modestly attributes her ability to the skills she has learned from her boyfriend Phil Laak. With her enthusiasm and love of the game, it is certain that she will continue to play and win more poker tournaments in the future. --- by Bones McCoy at 1800-sports.com on June 21, 2007
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