Phil Laak: Meet Jennifer Tilly’s Second Husband

Philip Courtney Laak, an Irish–American professional poker player and a poker commentator has been the partner of Jennifer Tilly since 2004.

Tilly was previously married to Sam Simon, an American director, producer, writer, animal rights activist and philanthropist, who co-developed the television series The Simpsons from 1984-1991.

Laak graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a degree in mechanical engineering and worked in varying jobs prior to getting into open poker games in California.

Laak is a former roommate of fellow professional poker player Antonio Esfandiari.

Laak’s first major tournament victory was at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Celebrity Invitational in February 2004 and since then, he has made two other WPT final tables;

• Sixth place in both the season two Battle of Champions and
• The 2005 Five Diamond World Poker Classic.

Laak was a winner of NBC’s Poker After Dark, earning the weekly prize of $120,000.

In October 2009, Laak was crowned PartyPoker.com World Open V champion winning $250,000 in the process.

He overcame a final table that included Luke ‘FullFlush’ Schwartz and Laak’s long-term partner, actress and poker pro Jennifer Tilly.