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Phil Laak

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The dream couple: Phil Laak met Hollywood star Jennifer Tilly at a celebrity poker event and now she’s got more bracelets than he has

Phil ‘The Unabomber’ Laak on his thirst for cash game action, and how being portrayed as a wild card on TV has its advantages

Phil Laak’s girlfriend is hungry. The hour creeps towards midnight, and we’re near Wall Street, a precinct of Manhattan that’s particularly dead at this time. But the Unabomber and his Unabombshell – Hollywood actress turned poker phenomenon Jennifer Tilly – have just flown into town from Los Angeles, and she wants to eat. We’re trudging through night-chilled streets around their hotel, getting turned away from one light-dimming restaurant after another. Finally, she agrees to make do in an oversized 24-hour grocery store with a giant steam table full of food that might have been fresh 12 hours ago.

Ever the trouper, Jen puts together a platter of the least suspicious-looking offerings.

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