Sentences with phrase «stakes poker»

Perhaps it would be more honest to come to this realization and instead enjoy an extended weekend in Vegas burning the money on loose women, high stakes poker and your mind altering substance of choice.

I stream high stakes poker tournaments on the internet and win / lose thousands of dollars each day.

The initiative was launched as a joint effort between Richey and fellow high - stakes poker player, Eric Liu.

«Curious mix of online gaming based way offshore and hyperlocal stuff — basement, backroom dens, high - stakes poker, blackjack, and a ton of half - legal video slots for the truly stupid.

What's really sad about the whole thing is the fact that they are throwing money around like our problem with the environment is a high - stakes poker game.

You're exactly right that we are «playing what amounts to two games of high - stakes poker at the same time by driving up greenhouse - gas concentrations».

But there was little disagreement that playing what amounts to two games of high - stakes poker at the same time by driving up greenhouse - gas concentrations is a bad idea, particularly as ever more people concentrate on coastlines in both rich and poor countries.

They carry a weight of consequence that has the same leaden impact as someone going «all in» on a high - stakes poker hand.

In Prominence Poker, players seek the thrill of high stakes poker as they visit the city of Prominence, a gambling utopia founded by crooked goons, in search of underground games.

Poker Night 2, sequel to Telltale's high - stakes poker game, is coming to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Steam for PC and Mac later this April.

If money is fungible, then it doesn't matter how you earn income: whether from employment, reselling, manufactured spending, or high - stakes poker, every dollar you earn goes into the same pot, out of which you make decisions about consumption and savings.

However, this 2012 article also provides an interesting perspective: «Reading between the lines of the NTR annual report, it would appear that the aggressive Greenstar [NTR's Irish waste management business] writedowns were at least in part a game of high - stakes poker» as NTR was «attempting to buy the loans from the banks at a discount».

Blogging is playing low stakes poker before you go to the world championships.

Set in the glitz and glamour of Vegas, the hub for gamblers, the story would definitely intrigue people who love high - stakes poker.

Not the kind you're going to see at a high - stakes poker tournament in Las Vegas, but rather something you'd find in the classroom.

And he lets words rip like gunfire in the fact - based story of Molly Bloom (Chastain), a former Olympic hopeful as a skier who switched gears to run a high - stakes poker game («the world's most exclusive, decadent man cave»).

Making his directorial debut with an adaptation of Molly Bloom's 2014 memoir about running a high - stakes poker game, Aaron Sorkin fills the script with smart (and improbably sassy) zingers, including this put - down, by Bloom's lawyer (Idris Elba), of the cover photo chosen by his client (Jessica Chastain) for her book:

Jessica Chastain runs a high - stakes poker game for celebrities in the gripping first trailer for Aaron Sorkin's directorial debut, «Molly's Game.»

Lots of card - shark speak goes whizzing past, mostly unexplained, as Sorkin and his masterful lead Jessica Chastain tell the story of Molly Bloom, who went from aspiring Olympic freestyle skier to queen of secretive high - stakes poker.

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.

Plot: 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.

The odd - story - out centres on Johnny (Joseph Gordon - Levitt), a young gambler on a lucky streak who sits down opposite the city's corrupt Senator Roark (Powers Boothe) at a high - stakes poker game.

Aaron Sorkin's directorial debut stars Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba in the true story of Molly Bloom, proprietor of Hollywood's most exclusive high - stakes poker game for a decade before being shut down by the FBI.

Bloom ran an ongoing and illegal high - stakes poker game in Los Angeles and then New York in the first decade of the new millennium; she ultimately fell afoul of federal prosecutors, narrowly avoided jail, wrote a book, and here's the inevitable movie, not only scripted by Sorkin but directed by him in his behind - the - camera debut.

Molly Bloom was an Olympic - class skier before she became the go - to for the world's highest stakes poker game — for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night.

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.

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).

Poker online fans routinely site the popularity of Rounders in chat rooms, and high - stakes poker tournaments as the inspiration for getting them interested in the game.

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.

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

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.»

And after you put the kids to bed, you can watch Jessica Chastain deliver a quick and captivating performance in Aaron Sorkin's high - stakes poker crime film Molly's Game.

A drug addict and criminal, Molly develops a brash, increasingly combative personality while running underground high - stakes poker games.

The strong female character in Sorkin's first feature behind the camera is Molly Bloom, a remarkably determined woman who goes from being an Olympic skier to making millions running an exclusive high - stakes poker game, first in Los Angeles then in New York.

All the bullets and fistfights eventually lead to a high - stakes poker game in which the super sleuth, with the backing of the UK government and the watchful eye of their beautiful treasury officer Vesper (Eva Green), puts taxpayers» money on the line in the hopes of breaking up Le Chiffre's evil network.

And finally, there's a third plot which doesn't really seem to fit, starring Joseph Gordon - Levitt as Johnny, a cocky young gambler with a secret, who engages the corrupt Senator Roark (Powers Booth) in a game of high - stakes poker.

Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba will star in Sorkin's directorial debut, set in the world of high - stakes poker

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.

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 weapons.

The film is based on the memoir by Molly Bloom that Sorkin adapted himself, and it follows the world of high - stakes poker.

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 operation.

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.

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

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.

The always welcome Joseph Gordon - Levitt hits Sin City as Johnny, a young gambler who dares to take on Roark in a game of high stakes poker.

So they hit the road together, heading for a high - stakes poker game in New Orleans.

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 real - life story of a high - stakes poker organizer who got mixed up in a world of celebrities, Wall Street thugs, and mafia goons, Molly's Game has a lot going for it, not to mention a few things going against.

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.

After missing out on Olympic glory, Bloom went on to launch an exclusive, high - stakes poker game that brought together celebrities, politicians, and the ultra rich.