Sentences with phrase «stake poker game»

They want her to give up information on the men who played in her high stakes poker games.

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.

A high stakes poker game in Montenegro, overseen by sexy Treasury official Vesper Lynd (Eva Green), sparks the rest of the plot, including a battle of wits with senior intelligence officer M (Dame Judi Dench).

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.

But his chameleon - like ability as an actor was showcased that same year with an appearance on Iron Horse, in the episode «Wild Track», as a duplicitous 19th century businessman involved in a high - stakes poker game on a train besieged by outlaws — even those familiar with his work elsewhere could forget that it was the familiar face from Dragnet.

(He didn't want me walking in on the high - stakes poker game going on in there.)

Summary Capsule: James Bond, having just earned his double - oh status, learns the state of espionage today as he follows a trail of terrorism and murder to a high stakes poker game at Casino Royale.

The drama is based on the memoir of Molly Bloom, the young woman who orchestrated one of the highest stakes poker games ever.

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.

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.

In November Brad Pitt was said to be negotiating for a role in Cogan's Trade, which will adapt the George V. Higgins novel about Jackie Cogan, «a professional enforcer who investigates a heist that takes place during a high stakes poker game under protection of the mob.»

Molly Bloom knew her secretive high - stakes poker games attracted an «incredible network» of people «to try and leverage».

Aaron Sorkin wrote and directed this taught telling of a true tale about an Olympic hopeful that switched gears and ran an exclusive high - stakes poker game while still in her 20s.

The film marks Sorkin's directorial debut and is based on the true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic - class skier who ran a high - stakes poker game for celebrities and business tycoons.

You can practically smell the cigarette smoke and bourbon - soaked desperation wafting through «Mississippi Grind,» a nicely observed throwback of a road movie about a pair of gambling addicts en route from Dubuque, Iowa, to a high - stakes poker game in New Orleans.

You may not know Molly Bloom's name but she was an Olympic class skier who suffered a career - ending injury and then ran an exclusive high stakes poker game that attracted Hollywood celebs and the FBI's attention.

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.

The story, about a world - class skier named Molly Bloom who went on to run the world's most exclusive high - stakes poker game (only to become an FBI target), represents famed screenwriter Aaron Sorkin's directorial debut.

You are playing a high stakes poker game that your conscienciousness fades to black in the end or some special cool thing that doesn't take it to account anything you have done on earth happens when you die.

Traditional barometers of high risk behaviour — such as betting a day's wages at a high stakes poker game or riding a motorcycle without a helmet — are often stereotypically masculine.

Dr Thekla Morgenroth, post-doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Exeter, and lead author of the paper said: «When people imagine a risk - taker, they might picture someone risking their fortune at a high - stakes poker game, an ambitious CEO, or someone crossing the Grand Canyon on a tightrope — but chances are that the person they picture will be a man.

As they gamble their way down South toward a legendary high - stakes poker game in New Orleans, the trip's highs and lows unveil the duo's true character and motivation, and an undeniable bond forms between them.

The big gambling event for them is at a New Orleans casino, where they play in a high - stakes poker game.

Synopsis: Convinced that his newfound friend (Ryan Reynolds) is a good - luck charm, a gambling addict (Ben Mendelsohn) takes the man on a road trip to a high - stakes poker game in New Orleans.

«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.

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 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 weapons.

From the Studio: 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's Game Jessica Chastain is superb in this fact - based account of a young woman who becomes rich by hosting high - stakes poker games.

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.

Michael Cera and Jeremy Strong as gamblers in on the secret, high - stakes poker game.

Bloom was in the qualifying trials for freestyle skiing when she wiped out, a life - derailing accident that would send her down a very different path of hosting illegal high - stakes poker games, getting raided by the FBI, and writing a book about the whole affair.

Dean runs a high - stakes poker game for friends, and he asks Molly to organize it.

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.

After blowing up an African embassy while chasing down an alleged gun - for - hire (Sébastien Foucan, co-founder of parkour), Bond is sent to Montenegro where a high - stakes poker game is being hosted by Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), an Albanian banker with ties to the terrorist network.

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

Gerry, perceiving Curtis as a smiling good - luck charm, begs him to come along for a high - stakes poker game in New Orleans, for which the minimum buy - in is a cool $ 25 grand.

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.

STXFilms and The Mark Gordon Company's Molly's Game is based on 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 weapons.

The heroine of Molly's Game was on track to be an Olympic skiing champion, until a freak accident took her out of the race, and a very different career ensued, as she inched her way, stack - heeled, into running the most infamous high - stakes poker game in Hollywood.

Molly's Game is at its best when it's wrapped up in the high - stakes poker games, the unexpected turns of fate, and the spirit of competition that drives Molly Bloom to take charge of the game and the players.

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 criminals.

The film stars Brad Pitt playing a mob enforcer who must investigate the robbery of a high stakes poker game.

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.

Jessica Chastain plays Molly Bloom, a young Olympic - class skier from Colorado 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.

Jessica Chastain plays Molly, a young Olympic - class skier from Colorado 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.