Molly's Game : : the True Story of the 26-Year-Old Woman Behind the Most Exclusive, High-Stakes Underground Poker Game in the World

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"Now a major motion picture"--Cover.
Prologue -- Beginners luck -- Hollywooding -- Playing the rush -- Cooler -- A chip and a chair -- Cold deck -- Epilogue.
When Molly Bloom was a little girl growing up in a small Colorado town, she watched her brothers win medals, ace tests, and receive high praise from everyone they met. Molly wanted nothing more than to bask in that glow a little herself, so she pushed herself too--as a student, as an athlete. She was successful but felt like she was always coming from behind. She wanted to break free, to find a life without rules and limits, a life where she didn't have to measure up to anyone or anything--where she could become whatever she wanted. Molly wanted more, and she got more than she could have ever bargained for. In Molly's Game, Molly Bloom takes the reader through her adventures running an exclusive high-stakes private poker game. Her clients ranged from iconic stars like Leonardo DiCaprio and Ben Affleck to politicians and financial titans so powerful they moved markets and changed the course of history. With rich detail, Molly describes a world that until now has been shrouded in glamour, privilege, and secrecy, one where she fearlessly took on the Russian and Italian mobs--until she met the one adversary she could not outsmart, even though she had justice on her side: the United States government.--P.4 cover.
Molly Bloom reveals how she built one of the most exclusive, high-stakes underground poker games in the world'an insider's story of excess and danger, glamour and greed. In the late 2000s, Molly Bloom, a twentysomething petite brunette from Loveland Colorado, ran the highest stakes, most exclusive poker game Hollywood had ever seen'she was its mistress, its lion tamer, its agent, and its oxygen. Everyone wanted in, few were invited to play. Hundreds of millions of dollars were won and lost at her table. Molly's game became the game for those in the know'celebrities, business moguls, and millionaires. Molly staged her games in palatial suites with beautiful views and exquisite amenities. She flew privately, dined at exclusive restaurants, hobnobbed with the heads of Hollywood studios, was courted by handsome leading men, and was privy to the world's most delicious gossip, until it all came crashing down around her. Molly's Game is a behind the scenes look at Molly's game, the life she created, the life she lost, and what she learned in the process.

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100% would recommend submitted by jw on August 1, 2018, 12:42pm this was a great book to read, anyone who reads this will enjoy it Trust me

REAL high-stakes, high-roller poker gaming submitted by purchasingqueen on June 15, 2019, 4:18pm If you want a good read about the private, high stakes poker gaming world, this is a great read. Starts with a bang and then takes you back to the beginning of a high-roller, secret poker game run by a young, 26-year old female named Molly from middle America who gains and then loses everything. Recently made into a movie starring Jessica Chastain as Molly. Even more compelling because it is all TRUE, as told by Molly.