Jennifer Tilly brings popularity to poker

July 26

As it was in the past, online casino players knew Jennifer Tilly as a Hollywood celebrity. Now, online casino players and poker players everywhere know her as a great poker player. Oh, and she is poker pro, Phil The Unabomber Laak's girlfriend, too.

She seems just as happy watching him play as she is playing herself. Fresh from a huge victory at this year's World Series of Poker, Tilly won the Ladies Event and became the first woman (and first celebrity ever) in this year's WSOP tournament to win a bracelet -- the prize given to each winning poker player of each individual event. She even eliminated hundreds of top pro female players in the women's event.

Tilly has quickly settled herself among the escalating number of celebrities who are drawn to poker like bees to honey. You can even see her picture in poker magazines. When not kicking butt playing the game, she is a great spectator, too. She is a regular observer of events, especially the one Laak plays. Content to watch him play, she is a quiet watcher who tends to blend with the crowd.

Many online casino players and land casino players alike, muse over the fact that her poker playing personality is nothing like many of the roles she has played on the big screen. No longer the half-brained, squeaky-voiced girl we see in the theater, she is a deeper-voiced cunning poker player - one that is very likely to beat the crap out of pros.

Playing for over fifteen years, she is no stranger to poker. She is the type of actress that you will find playing cards on the set in between takes. She started out playing 7 card stud, then moved on (almost 2 years ago, after she met Laak)) to the pinnacle of all poker games - Texas Hold'em.

Tilly is said to brush-up on her poker skills at online casinos, too.

But Tilly looks as though she's in for the long haul. Poker is more than a fad, she said.