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Short Stacks: Molly Bloom Returns to Campus, Poker Tournament for Ukraine War Victims
Molly Bloom hits the college circuit, Phil Hellmuth&#;s Las Vegas house for sale, and a poker tournament in Florida to benefit Ukraine war victims are some of the short stacks CardsChat picked up in its latest orbit of poker news.
Molly Bloom visited her old college campus in Boulder, Colo. and funnen an audience of more than a thousand people filled an auditorium to hear &#;stories of her notorious past running big-money private poker games, the art of reinvention, and the importance of believing in yourself.&#;
“Here I am with all of you. It sure feels like a redemptive moment,” she said.
She was the seventh speaker as part of the University of Colorado&#;s Leo Hill Leadership Speaker series which is made to provide &#;students the opportunity to hear from world leaders about their own leadership development, growth, and advice as leaders is an important aspect of a student’s own leadership
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Molly Bloom&#;s Odyssey: One Woman&#;s Voyage though LA&#;s High Stakes Poker Scene
Depending on your frame of reference the name Molly Bloom either brings up thoughts of the classic novel &#;Ulysses&#; by James Joyce, or you may have seen some of the stories from the past few years about Molly Dubin Bloom running an underground poker game in Los Angeles. The game involved notable names such as Tobey Maguire, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. This article, as you&#;d probably expect, is about the second of these Molly&#;s.
Late last year, Molly Bloom had pled guilty to running an illegal high stakes poker game for a range of Hollywood movers and shakers. In Federal Court last week she was sentenced to a $1, fine and a year of probation for her part in running the game. She also agreed to forfeit $, as part of her deal. 34 people, including well known poker player Abe Mosseri, were indicted in this case. The Russian Mob was thought to also have a hand in
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Molly Bloom on Hollywood&#;s Elite, Billionaire Boys Club, and Her New Book Molly&#;s Game
In , "Poker Princess" Molly Bloom, pled guilty to charges of running illegal high-stakes poker games for Hollywood stars and Wall Street millionaires. Now, Bloom, who was sentenced to a year of probation and fined $1,, has peeled back the curtains on the legendary game in her new book Molly’s Game: High Stakes, Hollywood’s Elite, Hotshot Bankers, My Life in the World of Underground Poker.
The book tells the story behind the high-stake poker games — which included Hollywood A-listers Tobey Maguire, Ben Affleck, and Matt Damon — and on Bloom’s downfall when she was among 34 people indicted on illegal gambling charges tied to Russian organized crime.
“For a few brief hours, once, sometimes twice a week, high up in a beautiful five-star hotel suite, a series of regular (yet anything but regular) players left everything else in their lives at the door, and had an experie