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A recap of episode 33 of Hellmuth's Home Game. Xuan Liu and Jennifer Tilly delivered outstanding performances, winning several large pots. Dan Cates and Shaun Deeb, on the other hand, were the biggest losers of the episode.

Hellmuth's Home Game, produced by Poker Night in America (PNIA) and sponsored by BetRivers, airs every Monday night on CBS Sports.

Filmed at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, this nationally televised program is unique in that it has no commentary whatsoever. Instead, Phil Hellmuth and a group of professional players and friends drive the show through conversations at the poker table in a relaxed and private setting.

PokerNews watched episode 33 (a continuation of the previous week's episode) and compiled a recap of some of the biggest pots and interesting storylines.

Here is the chip situation at the beginning of this episode:

The game uses $25/$50 blinds, plus a $50 big blind ante. Below is a recap of some of the best hands in this episode.

River card three-bet

In the first hand of this episode, Daniel “Jungleman” Cates raised to $500 from the hijack position with A♥ K♣, and Jennifer Tilly called from the small blind with K♠ Q♣. The rest of the players folded, and the flop came to Q♥ 7♠ 4♠.

Tilly leads with top pair and bets $600, Cates calls. The turn is a 2♦, both players check. The river is a K♥, Tilly bets $1,300 with two pair, Cates makes top pair with a top kicker on the river and raises to $6,000.

Tilly 3-bet without hesitation to $16,000, and Cates folded instantly.

Xuan clashes head-on with Cates

When it was Cates' turn in the big blind, he raised to $600 with Q♠ 10♦, putting pressure on Xuan Liu, who had already straddled to $100. Liu held A♠ A♦ and 3-bet to $1,800, while Cates 4-bet to $4,000.

Xuan opted for a small five-bet to $6,500, which Cates called. The flop came 3♣ 8♥ Q♣, and Cates checked with top pair. Xuan continued betting $3,500. Cates called and checked again on the turn with J♣, after which Xuan bet $4,000.

Cates called and checked for the third time on the river with 8♠. Xuan went all-in to apply pressure, and Cates still had $8,375 behind him.

"I just don't believe you're bluffing here," Cates said before folding. With this hand, Xuan won a pot of $36,650.

Xuan's heroic call catches Deeb's bluff

Erick Lindgren raised to $600 with Q♥ 7♥ from the cutoff position, and Cates called with K♠ J♣ from the small blind. Xuan called with K♦ 10♦ from the big blind, and then Shaun Deeb 3-bet to $3,000 from the grab position with A♦ 9♦.

Lindgren and Cates both folded, but Xuan called. The flop came 2♠ 10♣ 3♦, giving Xuan top pair. She checked and called $1,600. The turn was J♦, giving both players flush draws. Deeb, holding a better draw, bet $5,000, which Xuan called. The river was Q♣.

Xuan checked with her pair of 10s, while Deeb, who was unpaired, bluffed with $12,500. After thinking for a while, Xuan called, winning a pot of $45,650.

Hellmuth went all in on Cates.

Hellmuth, in the hijack position, raised to $600 with Q♠ 10♠, and Cates, in the small blind, re-raised to $2,100 with 3♠ 3♣. Action returned to Hellmuth, who called. The flop came 5♠ 4♠ 5♥, giving Hellmuth a flush draw.

Cates went all in, and Hellmuth quickly called with $4,075 chips, creating a pot of $12,750. They agreed to run it twice, but the turn 9♦ and river 3♥ didn't help Hellmuth, and Cates locked up half the pot.

The second time, the turn card 2♥ was a dead card for Hellmuth, but the river card A♠ gave Hellmuth a flush of spades, successfully splitting the pot.

The last hand of this episode

In the final hand of the episode, Cates was in the first of three grabbing positions, holding 9♣ 5♣, which prompted him to raise to $1,300. Xuan called from the second grabbing position with 6♥ 6♣, and Deeb folded from the third grabbing position, leading to the flop of 5♥ 7♠ 2♦.

Cates checked with a middle pair, and Xuan bet 1TP 4T 800. Cates called and then led out with 1TP 4T 1,500 on the turn with an A♣. Xuan called, and the river card was a J♥.

Cates checked again, and Xuan checked from late position, winning the small pot of $7,725.

Here is the chip balance at the end of this episode:

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