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A review of the statistics from the first season of "Hellmuth's Home Game": Jennifer Tilly was the biggest winner, profiting $189,150; Texas Mike was the biggest loser, losing $225,700. Phil Hellmuth profited $58,975.
A review of the statistics from the first season of "Hellmuth's Home Game": Jennifer Tilly was the biggest winner, profiting $189,150; Texas Mike was the biggest loser, losing $225,700. Phil Hellmuth profited $58,975.
For the past year, the first season of "Hellmuth's Home Game," produced by Poker Night in America (PNIA) and sponsored by BetRivers, has aired every Monday night on CBS Sports.
The nationally televised show, filmed at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, will premiere its second season at the end of this month. But before that, PokerNews wants to look back at the biggest winners and losers among the 24 contestants of the first season.
What makes the show unique is the absence of commentary. Instead, the program is driven by conversations between Phil Hellmuth and a group of pros and friends in an intimate, relaxed cash game setting.
How did Hellmuth perform?
Rightfully, no one on the show played more hands than Phil Hellmuth Jr. He played 1,611 hands, nearly 500 more than the second-most played by Dan “Jungleman” Cates (1,125 hands).
Next, the players who played the most hands in the first season were, in order: Randy “3Coin” Sadler (986 hands), Kelly Lucas (935 hands), Phillip “P3” Hellmuth III (885 hands), Xuan Liu (825 hands), and Jennifer Tilly (816 hands).
During this period, Hellmuth's VPIP was 38.3%, with a profit of $58,975, making him the fourth biggest winner in the first quarter.
Six-digit winner
Two players truly stood out throughout the first season: Jennifer Tilly and Dan “Jungleman” Cates.
The former was the biggest winner of the first season, earning $189,150 in 816 hands. Tilly had a VPIP of 56.3%, winning $463.60 bb/100, and played some of the biggest pots of the season, often facing Cates, the second biggest winner of the season.
Jungleman's VPIP was 62%, netting him $116,225 in 1,125 hands ($ = 206.60 bb/100). Other winners included DJ Washburn (+$ = 29,025), Erick Lindgren (+$ = 22,400), and Mike “The Mouth” Matusow (+$ = 2,650), to name just a few.
Biggest loser
On the other hand, "Texas" Mike Moncek was the biggest loser of the first quarter, losing $225,700 in just 359 hands, equivalent to -$1,257.40 bb/100. As usual, Texas Mike's VIP was high—69.6% to be exact—and set a season-high 3-bet ratio of 34%.
The second biggest loser was Shaun Deeb, who lost $111,925 in 288 hands. His VPIP was 36.8%.
Other losers include Hellmuth's sons Phillip "P3" Hellmuth III (-$6,600) and Nick Hellmuth (-$9,200), Randy "3Coin" Sadler (-$35,900), and Xuan Liu (-$41,000).
Here is a complete list of participants from the first season of Hellmuth's Home Game:
2025 Q1 - Cumulative Statistics
| Name | VPIP | PFR | 3-BET | Hand Sample | Profit and loss | bb/100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Tilly | 56.3% | 25.5% | 13.5% | 816 | +$189,150 | 463.6 |
| Jungleman | 62.0% | 38.4% | 19.4% | 1125 | +$116,225 | 206.6 |
| Pink | 43.0% | 25.7% | 20.8% | 272 | +$94,125 | 692.1 |
| Phil Hellmuth | 38.3% | 11.7% | 7.3% | 1,611 | +$58,975 | 73.2 |
| DJ Washburn | 54.9% | 26.0% | 14.7% | 750 | +$29,025 | 77.4 |
| Erick Lindgren | 40.7% | 18.9% | 8.8% | 354 | +$22,400 | 126.6 |
| Mallory | 35.3% | 11.8% | 10.0% | 51 | +$10,400 | 407.8 |
| D. Schaad | 35.4% | 14.6% | 8.9% | 96 | +$7,600 | 158.3 |
| Kelly Lucas | 41.4% | 17.5% | 6.7% | 935 | +$5,850 | 12.5 |
| Mike Matusow | 39.4% | 20.3% | 10.4% | 454 | +$2,650 | 11.7 |
| GorJess | 15.7% | 3.9% | 4.2% | 51 | +$1,350 | 52.9 |
| Peter Costa | 28.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 59 | +$1,325 | 44.9 |
| Rob | 33.3% | 8.1% | 4.6% | 135 | -$2,250 | -33.3 |
| Loren | 35.5% | 17.4% | 9.8% | 121 | -$4,850 | -80.2 |
| Phillip Hellmuth III | 30.5% | 10.8% | 2.6% | 885 | -$6,600 | -14.9 |
| Nick Hellmuth | 15.8% | 6.1% | 2.9% | 228 | -$9,200 | -80.7 |
| Chris Nevada (GSR VIP) | 42.0% | 11.8% | 1.9% | 238 | -$10,175 | -85.5 |
| Kane Kalas | 23.6% | 14.9% | 4.2% | 242 | -$12,850 | -106.2 |
| Cerasani | 79.7% | 6.9% | 3.4% | 202 | -$33,100 | -327.7 |
| 3COIN | 57.0% | 19.9% | 9.4% | 986 | -$35,900 | -72.8 |
| Xuan Liu | 43.5% | 23.4% | 14.4% | 825 | -$41,000 | -99.4 |
| Alex (Chicago) | 72.1% | 40.8% | 15.9% | 201 | -$61,300 | -610.0 |
| Shaun Deeb | 36.8% | 19.1% | 11.0% | 288 | -$111,925 | -777.3 |
| Texas Mike | 69.6% | 41.2% | 34.0% | 359 | -$225,700 | -1257.4 |
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