Regina McDonnell

## Season History

**Regina McDonnell** was a houseguest on *Big Brother 3*.

## Biography

**Hometown:** Las Vegas, NV
**Current city:** Las Vegas, NV
**Occupation:** Professional Poker Player
**Three adjectives that describe you:** Comprehensive, unorthodox, and resilient
**Favorite activities:** Producing and remixing music, working out daily, solving intricate puzzles and riddles, water sports, scrutinizing people, tandem sky diving, watching Netflix, mountain and forest hiking, spending quality time with my beautiful girlfriend, road trips, camping, and so much more!
**What do you think will be the most difficult part about living inside the Big Brother house?**
Not being able to communicate with my girlfriend will definitely be the toughest part of the entire experience for the next three months. We are very, very close and I rely on her as my devoted companion and a reliable teammate in life. I know I will miss her terribly. Also, not being able to use a computer to produce music or be able to browse the net will be insanely difficult since I'm definitely spoiled by the Internet and modern technology—not to mention that making music is my go-to stress reliever! Not having access to technology will certainly be a challenge!
**Do you have a strategy for winning the game?**
Definitely, my ultimate goal is to keep my eye on the half-million dollar prize! My lifelong experience as a professional poker player can be advantageous, with using my creative persuasion skills and the art of bluffing, especially finding common ground with the houseguests to critically benefit into gaining control by annihilating potential threats to my game. Although at a certain time, I could get extremely competitive being cutthroat by executing risky moves against people, who unexpectedly display their strong capabilities, that may ended up being vulnerable or gullible at any perfect scenario. And also, winning pivotal key competitions can be necessarily helpful whenever I could be at the highest point being worried of facing possible eviction.
**My life's motto is...**
From a journal entry I wrote in my early 20s: I find my calm not at the finish line, looking back at the distance I've traveled, but in the moment, on the run, out of breath, looking forward. I don't know where I'm going, and I guess I hope to God I never get there—I'm happy as I am: Chasing something eternal and ethereal. The world is not—will never be—enough for me and that's just the way I like it. Also, I live by a code of, "Do right, be fair, have heart."
**What would you take into the house and why?**
Firstly, I would be my iPod/headphones to listen to music because music greatly impacts my emotions and can help me keep a level head when I'm stressed. I’d also bring a photo of my girlfriend, since she is my life partner and motivation to fight through the game. I listen to music when I play poker and it would be awesome to be able to use it similarly during Big Brother. And finally, my locked journal since I love to write. It helps me process my emotions and make decisions with a clear head.
**Fun facts about yourself:**
- I am the No. 4 top female poker player in the world when it comes to online and live tournaments.
- I played poker for the past 10 years and has won $5.3 Million dollars since I began.
- I usually keep my emotions in-check and control my tear ducts (cry on command).

## Trivia

* Regina is the first HouseGuest to win the Diamond Power of Veto.
* Every time Regina won a PoV Competition, she would always win the next HOH Competition (except the finale night).
* She, Greg Schultz and Hailey Stokes, have spent the second most amount of consecutive days in the Big Brother house, with 98 days.
	+ Vivian Pinhosa, Greta Romano and Heidi Conrad have the most consecutive days playing, with 99 days.
* Regina won the most competitions in *Big Brother 3* with seven wins. She won 4 HoHs and 3 PoVs.
* Regina is the first woman in the history of *Sims Big Brother* to win at least 3 HOHs and 3 PoVs in one season.
* Regina holds the record for the most competitions won in a single season by an LGBTQ+ houseguest in Big Brother history. She won a total of 7 competitions, thus surpassing Kyle Franklin (Big Brother 1)'s record of 6 wins.
* Regina holds the record for nominating the most amount of houseguests during her HOH reigns. She nominated ten different houseguests in a single season.
	+ Regina nominated every single male houseguest in SBB3 during her reigns as HOH, except for Calvin Schofield.
	+ Besides Calvin, the other HouseGuests she didn't nominate were Sophia, Teagan, Adriana, Tanya & Hailey.
* In all of her HOH reigns, all of her original targets were not evicted.
	+ Her original targets were Maximo, Austin (during Week 6), Kacey, and Jonas.
	+ Her new targets Jesse West, Darius Sherwood, Jacqueline Wolf, and Austin (during week 12) respectively were evicted though.
* Had Regina made it to the Final 2, she would have beaten both Greg Schultz and Hailey Stokes according to the jurors.