This story full of ingenuity and secrecy ended up bringing Molly Bloom closer to prison and she had to reinvent her life.
If one thinks of millionaires and tycoons of the worlda luxurious mansion, a yacht on the river and thousands of exclusive amenities of the upper echelons of society come to mind. However, below these steps, there are many people who knew how to move in the clandestine world to forge their fortune, but their destinies are not always as brilliant as their jewels.
That’s the story of Molly Blooma businesswoman who knew how to take advantage of her knowledge and good business management to organize the clandestine parties of poker biggest in the United States, which included renowned stars of hollywood. The games filled his wallet, but they put it in danger on more than one occasion and he had to reinvent himself so as not to have legal problems.
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Molly Bloom’s millionaire past
Originally, Molly Bloombetter known as the “poker princess”, was a high performance skier whose sporting career ended abruptly after suffering an accident. Due to certain affinities, he initially leaned towards the Faculty of Law, but instead, he ended up organizing exclusive poker games for Hollywood eliteswhere the bets were millionaires and access was strictly limited.
In those meetings, they moved billions of dollars. Bloom remembers that one of the most surreal moments of that stage was when he had to count, by hand, a million dollars. However, that glamorous life also had a dark side. Bloom suffered a beating at the hands of the russian mafiastarted taking drugs and, In 2011, he lost all his assets after an FBI raid.
Two years later, she was arrested in New York and accused of having enriched herself by organizing illegal games. She was not the only one to fall for this police move: more than 30 people were arrested as part of a network linked to clandestine gambling and money laundering. Bloom faced the possibility of spending five years in prison, but luck was on his side. After reaching an agreement with the justice system, she was sentenced to pay a fine and got parole.
The book that tells your story
After leaving prison, Bloom wrote a book recounting his experience and approached writer Aaron Sorkin to propose that he adapt it to film. Thus “Master Bet” was born. Titled in English as “Molly’s Game“, was published in 2014 and was adapted to film in 2017. It is an autobiography where Bloom narrates his life and how it was forging his fame in Hollywood.
The book not only details the hidden places of this gambling worldbut also the personal challenges she faced: from dealing with pressure, drugs and violence, to her arrest and the trial that ended her life as a host of these games. The work was adapted to film in a film directed by Aaron Sorkin and starring Jessica Chastainwhich received very good reviews.
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