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

Bloom, Molly

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062213083 ISBN 13: 9780062213082

Publisher: Dey Street Books, 2015

Synopsis

Now a major motion picture, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin and starring Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, and Michael Cera—the true story of "Hollywood’s poker princess" who gambled everything, won big, then lost it all.

Molly Bloom reveals how she built one of the most exclusive, high-stakes underground poker games in the world for the Hollywood elite and Wall Street titans—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, the subject of a major FBI investigation, 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.

This riveting true crime memoir, 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.

How did a small-town girl from Colorado build a secret empire for the Hollywood elite and Wall Street titans—and what did it cost her?

• High-Stakes Poker: Go inside the ultra-exclusive, underground games where celebrities, moguls, and millionaires won and lost hundreds of millions of dollars in a single night.
• A-List Celebrities: Get a front-row seat to the secret lives of the rich and famous, with jaw-dropping stories about the most recognizable names in Hollywood and on Wall Street.
• An Insider's Story: From palatial suites to private jets, Molly Bloom reveals the intoxicating world of glamour, excess, and greed she built from nothing.
• The Ultimate Downfall: Discover what happened when it all came crashing down, turning Hollywood’s poker princess into the target of a massive organized crime investigation.

About this title

About the Author

Molly Bloom grew up in Loveland, Colorado. She attended the University of Colorado at Boulder, majoring in political science. For several years Molly organized one of the largest high-stakes poker games in the country. She currently lives in Los Angeles.

From the Back Cover

The true story of "Hollywood's Poker Princess" who gambled everything, won big, then lost it all

When Molly Bloom was a little girl in a small Colorado town, she dreamed of 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.

She ultimately got more than she could have ever bargained for.

In Molly's Game, she takes you through her adventures running an exclusive high-stakes private poker game catering to such clients as Hollywood royalty like Leonardo DiCaprio and Ben Affleck, athletes, billionaires, politicians, and financial titans. With rich detail, Molly describes a world of glamour, privilege, and secrecy in which she made millions, lived the high life, and fearlessly took on the Russian and Italian mobs—until she met the one adversary she could not outsmart: the United States government.

It's the story of how a determined woman gained—and then lost—her place at the table, and of everything she learned about poker, love, and life in the process.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dey Street Books
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0062213083
• ISBN 13: 9780062213082
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272