Sentences with phrase «running poker games»

She then finds out she's pretty good at running poker games.

Although Molly hasn't run a poker game in two years, she can not escape her reputation as the «Poker Princess.»

Determined to shift to law school, Molly ends up out in LA as a personal assistant to a sleazeball (Jeremy Strong), who runs a poker game on the side for Hollywood's moneyed elite.

It's Aaron Sorkin's take on the true story of Molly Bloom, who ran a poker game for Hollywood big shots until she was cruelly betrayed and expelled by the men she served.

As described in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, back in January, a Pennsylvania county court dismissed charges against two individuals who ran a poker game out of a garage, finding that because the outcome of poker has more to do with skill than chance, it was not illegal under the state's gambling laws.

The argument worked for the players at the Greeley bar, and for and a man in Pennsylvania running a poker game of out of his garage.

Not exact matches

It asks those taking it to rate how likely it is that they would engage in a list of risky behaviors, such as wagering a day's income on a high - stakes poker game, choosing a ski run that's beyond their abilities, or driving without a seatbelt.

Inside the story of Molly Bloom, the 26 - year - old who ran a private weekly poker game for some of Hollywood's biggest players.

Running a company is the highest - stakes game of poker you'll ever play.

said Moss, who runs the poker room at the Dunes, a big hotel out on the Strip, where heavy - money poker games are frequent.

For the first time, a computer algorithm has solved a game of poker, heads - up limit Texas Hold»em, making it unbeatable in the long run against any opponent.

First of all, in my opinion this isn't a poker movie - for me as a poker enthusiast, this movie has poker in it, but mainly it is about Molly running a game for rich people and one of those people trying to use the situation to make money and ruin other people lives.

«Molly's Game» was written and directed by Aaron Sorkin and is based on the memoir and true story of Molly Dubin Bloom, a Colorado native who invaded the New York and California gambling scene running the highest staked poker games either State ever encountered.

Swift, stylish, tough - minded and sharp - tongued, this engaging fact - based drama, about a young woman who at one point ran the richest poker game in the world, is worth recommending if only to see its star, Jessica Chastain, at the top of her nerviest, most icily self - controlled game.

Summary: MOLLY»S GAME is the true story of Molly Bloom a beautiful, young, Olympic - class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high - stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapGAME is the true story of Molly Bloom a beautiful, young, Olympic - class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high - stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapgame for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapons.

Molly's Game is the true story of Molly Bloom a beautiful, young, Olympic - class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high - stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapGame is the true story of Molly Bloom a beautiful, young, Olympic - class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high - stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapgame for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapons.

Molly Bloom (Jessica Chasten) runs an exclusive poker game that only the very richest can afford.

Aaron Sorkin makes his directorial debut with the script which he wrote, and it stars Jessica Chastain as Molly Bloom, a onetime champion skier who eventually becomes a somewhat notorious poker madam running high - stakes games in Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

Chastain plays Molly Bloom, the so - called real life «Poker Princess» who ran one of the most profitable underground poker games ever — and lost everything, partially because she protected the men who took her Poker Princess» who ran one of the most profitable underground poker games ever — and lost everything, partially because she protected the men who took her poker games ever — and lost everything, partially because she protected the men who took her down.

Synopsis: The true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic - class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high - stakes poker game and became an FBI target.

Molly Bloom a beautiful, young, Olympic - class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high - stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapons.

Molly teaches herself poker in order to run a good game, and in time she's running the game so well that Dean inevitably tries to crush her.

As I say in my video review above, Sorkin knew this was a script he had to shoot himself, as it centers on Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain), a champion skier growing up who completely switched gears and became notorious for running some of the highest - profile poker games ever.

In «Molly's Game,» Jessica Chastain is Molly Bloom, a former athlete targeted by the FBI after she gets involved in running high - stakes poker games.

Molly's Game, about Molly Bloom, a former world - class skier who began running a high - stakes celebrity poker game, is also nominated for Best ScreenpGame, about Molly Bloom, a former world - class skier who began running a high - stakes celebrity poker game, is also nominated for Best Screenpgame, is also nominated for Best Screenplay.

Molly is put in charge of running the game, and it's there she meets Player X (Michael Cera), an uber - famous actor and poker grifter who works with her to start running her own game so she can reap more profits and have more control.

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The answer to that question lies in Molly's Game, a biographical drama about Molly Bloom, who ran a high - stakes poker game for rich people, famous people, powerful people, and eventually dangerous criminGame, a biographical drama about Molly Bloom, who ran a high - stakes poker game for rich people, famous people, powerful people, and eventually dangerous crimingame for rich people, famous people, powerful people, and eventually dangerous criminals.

The true story of an Olympic - class skier named Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain) who ran the world's most exclusive high - stakes poker game and became an FBI target.

The directorial debut for famed writer Aaron Sorkin is Molly's Game, a riveting tale of a former almost Olympic skier, Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain) who ran the biggest high - stakes poker game in both Los Angeles and New YGame, a riveting tale of a former almost Olympic skier, Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain) who ran the biggest high - stakes poker game in both Los Angeles and New Ygame in both Los Angeles and New York.

His directorial debut Molly's Game covers the true story of «poker princess» Molly Bloom, who ran high - stakes poker games in Los Angeles and New York before running into trouble with the law.

«In her latest film, Molly's Game, Chastain brings to life Molly Bloom's story of a determined woman who goes from being an Olympic skier to making millions running an exclusive high - stakes poker game.&raGame, Chastain brings to life Molly Bloom's story of a determined woman who goes from being an Olympic skier to making millions running an exclusive high - stakes poker game.&ragame.»

While working as PA to a Hollywood sleazebag, she starts to run his weekly celebrity card game, and soon reinvents herself as a powerful and untouchable poker hostess.

It's the real - life story of Olympic - level skier Molly Bloom (played by Jessica Chastain), who quit the sport after physical injury and then embarked on a new test of nerves, running a high - stakes poker game that eventually brought her up on mob and racketeering charges by the FBI in 2013.

The film stars Jessica Chastain as the real - life Olympic skier who ran afoul of the law after running a series of high - stakes, star - studded poker games in Los Angeles and New York.

Based on her memoir, «Molly's Game» tells the story of Molly Bloom, a one - time aspiring Olympic skier who found herself running a wildly successful series of underground high - stakes poker games before running afoul of law enforcement.

Joseph Gordon - Levitt appears in another vignette as Johnny, a reckless card shark, determined to infiltrate a high - stakes poker game run by a villainous senator (Powers Boothe, gloriously horrifying) with a shady past and a taste for cruelty.

She had no reason to suspect that he was a third generation flimflam man descended from a grandfather who ran a crooked poker game in Harlem back in the day.

It is based on the true story of Molly Bloom — who made a whole bunch of money running high stakes poker games with Hollywood royalty, sports stars, and even the Russian mob until the FBI tracked her down and arrested her.

Bloom was a former skier who found herself running the world's biggest underground poker game at a young age.

Adapted from the autobiography of the woman who ran one of the highest - end floating poker games in the country, «Molly's» is unfailingly intelligent and a good, deep study of a clever female beating an overwhelmingly male game — until she doesn't, then sabotages herself by clinging to an ethical chimera that the movie doesn't convince us is worth the cost.

Jessica Chastain on the other hand impresses in two vastly different roles: In Molly's Game she is a modern day woman who used to be a Olympic skier but starts to run a high stakes poker ring.

The true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic - class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high - stakes poker game and became an FBI target.

In «Molly's Game,» writer - director Aaron Sorkin tells the true story of Molly Bloom, who for years ran an illegal poker ring for Hollywood celebrities.

Chastain plays Molly Bloom who runs a high stakes poker game.

It is based on the memoir by Molly Bloom, an Olympic - class skier who was targeted by the FBI after she began running a high - stakes poker game.

Molly's Game (R for profanity, drug use and some violence) Jessica Chastain plays the title character in a biopic chronicling the rise and fall of Molly Bloom, the Olympic skier - turned - gambling operator who ran a high - stakes poker game for a decade until the FBI brought down the operatGame (R for profanity, drug use and some violence) Jessica Chastain plays the title character in a biopic chronicling the rise and fall of Molly Bloom, the Olympic skier - turned - gambling operator who ran a high - stakes poker game for a decade until the FBI brought down the operatgame for a decade until the FBI brought down the operation.

Molly's Game is the true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic - class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high - stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapGame is the true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic - class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high - stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapgame for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapons.

She put her entrepreneurial skills to good use and eventually found her way into running high - stakes poker games for Hollywood's elite for eight years before the FBI brought her down.

Two penniless young crims, Frankie (Scoot McNairy) and Russell (Ben Mendelsohn), shoot up a backroom poker game run by Markie (Ray Liotta).