Sentences with phrase «stakes games in»

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.

He convinces younger player Curtis to join him on a road trip, and they begin gambling their way towards a high - stakes game in New Orleans.

Not exact matches

• Black Dog Venture Partners acquired a ten percent stake in Wobbl3 Entertainment, a Salt Lake City - based video game developer.

The forthcoming film Molly's Game, which stars Jessica Chastain and arrives in theaters on Christmas Day, takes moviegoers on a high - stakes trip through the world of underground poker.

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.

Analysts agree that there's room in the booming eSports market for new companies to stake a claim, assuming they have an angle that gamers are interested in — like 4K.

The risk for the independents is if they play hard to get for too long they'll end up standing out in the cold when this high - stakes game of musical chairs ends.

Japanese company Nintendo (ntdoy) owns a large stake in the game's publisher, The Pokemon Company, and has seen its stock price surge after the runaway success of Pokemon Go.

While experienced negotiators sometimes refer to their methods as the «negotiating game,» it's really a misnomer for a process in which the stakes are often extremely high.

Even MORE money is at stake than what Kobe or even the best rock bands in the world can make by being at the top of their game.

Give your employees a stake in the game.

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Meanwhile, the stakes had risen in the Game of Business, and Stack was not entirely sure the players understood the new rules.

Among our findings, offering a retirement plan is merely table stakes in the talent game: 90.3 percent of applicants have one.

That same month he also bought a 15 % stake in mobile - game maker Glu Mobile for $ 126 million.

But if the story told by the film - makers is even close to accurate, the world the workers live in is anything but sane, and they're struggling, after all, to feed their families without the help of the power - brokers who see them as mere pawns in a very high - stakes game.

That is, in fact, its whole raison d'être — a high - stakes game of musical chairs in which family members and executive are scrambling for a place in 93 - year - old Sumner Redstone's estate plan.

the GP buys a stake of the equity (note the GP principals typically have to personally guarantee the loan so they have that skin in the game too).

Some 33,000 backers have kicked in money for Crowfall's development, and ArtCraft — which has also raised money from traditional early - stage investors — likes the idea of offering them a stake in the game's financial outcome, said J. Todd Coleman, the company's creative director.

A look inside the true story of a high - stakes adventure in the world of underground poker Molly Bloom, Author, Molly's Game Interviewer: Pattie Sellers, Fortune

However, that value has since dropped after Nintendo informed everyone that it only owns a 32 percent stake in the Pokémon Company, which licensed the game.

Traditional early - stage investors, institutional public investors, and anyone with extra millions are rushing in to the high - stakes, late - stage game.

Arthur — good issue raised.The candidacy of Hollande will not make much difference for French policy for it was Mitterand who pushed for Maastricht even though the referendum barely passed — the French are terrified of decoupling from the Germans for as DeGaulle famously said — EUROPE IS FRANCE AND GERMANY — all the others are mere trimmings.Also, Germany is the coach and France the coachman — there is so much at work here — the media does a greart disservice by measuring it in sound bites.Sarkozy is bringing Merkel in to campaign for him to subtlely remind the French citizens what is at stake in the upcoming French elections.The tear gas is in Athens but game is in Paris

The activist investor reported an 11.3 percent stake in the U.S. video game publisher, and said he may seek conversations with Take Two representatives about the company.

Millions of Americans — investors, employees, retirees — have a stake in the game too.

Certain Affinity announced Monday Leyou Technologies Holdings Limited of Hong Kong has made a $ 10 million investment for a 20 percent stake in the Austin - based game development company.

But the four nominees have skin in the game: they own 0.3 per cent of Crescent Point, more than twice the stake held by the company's non-employee directors.

He'll, I have no real stake in this game.

We ought to recognize that a «shell game» is being played on us by the defenders of the «neutral» state, but the stakes are much higher than in any ordinary game of three - card Monte.

It's no more news worthy than George W. Bush's head being impaled on a stake in Game of Thrones

The stakes in the game get higher.

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.

Our common sense isn't sufficiently reliable to play at this high - stakes game: We often misattribute causes to empirical phenomena, and though we occasionally recognize our error in retrospect, more often than not we simply leave our instincts unquestioned.

They take a hand in the game of life as it were, but they never have the experience of staking all upon one throw, never attain the conception of an infinite self - consistency.

Now, as an influx of innovation comes from startups looking to get in on the new movement in coffee, the major players in the beverage industry are also now seeking a stake in the game — and they have the resources to quickly dominate the field.

If Le Prof will agree to put out a mostly pacy Gunners team for this game who can play at high tempo throughout the whole time the game will last, I think Arsenal will beat Chelsea to the collection of all the 3 points at stake in the game.

Do we trust them to deliver to us all the 3 points that will be at stake in that game?

A fully recovered Arteta could stake a contrasting DM job alongside Coquelin next season to start in our home game against West Ham.

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

Looks like Wenger got the message my God Finally 2 games won in a row now that his future is a stake he is acting with a half stadium empty

Rigoni hit three 3 - pointers in the final 10 minutes of the game to put Quinnipiac in front, including back - to - back 3s to stake the Bobcats (4 - 9, 1 - 0) to a 61 - 57 advantage.

Team Sammy had been counting down the days for a chance at retribution and here it was with a spot in final Game at stake..

This was a Game that both Teams had circled in red marker (hypothetical red marker) and from the opening tip it was evident that more was at stake than a Week 5 W... Both Teams fought hard and at times got out of their Games because of the emotions involved..

A Game in the Elite8 against # 1 Team Rasky was at stake in addition to earning a Playoff W for their All Sports Series mantle.

Games between teams that could finish in the committee's final top 25 and / or games with other major postseason stakes.

On five separate occasions, demonstrably superior USC teams have lost to UCLA, often with a conference or national title on the line: 1992 (to a walk - on fifth string quarterback), 1994 (with the Rose Bowl possibly on the line), 1995, 2006 (with a national title shot on the line), and 2012 (with a spot in the first Pac - 12 title game at stake).

Watched Arsenal from TV all my life as i live in Africa... I've stopped watching premier league games cos nothing is at stake anymore.

A London derby with plenty at stake for both teams is on tap for Sunday at the Emirates in what will be Arsene Wenger's final game against West Ham as Arsenal's manager.

And so he took refuge outside the million - dollar dealings of the boardrooms, retreating to golf courses and game parlors to play for stakes in the mere hundreds.

The suits are playing a high stake game behind the scenes while all we ask for and pay for is good entertainment value for our dollars, yet we can't get it, and we lay all the blame at the door of a man who is equally caught up in the politics of it all.