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Author
Publisher
Itbooks, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When Molly Bloom was a little girl growing up in a small Colorado town, she watched her brothers win medals, ace tests, and receive high praise from everyone they met. Molly wanted nothing more than to bask in that glow a little herself, so she pushed herself too--as a student, as an athlete. She was successful but felt like she was always coming from behind. She wanted to break free, to find a life without rules and limits, a life where she didn't...
3) Poker face
Publisher
Screen Media
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A yearly high-stakes poker game between childhood friends turns into chaos when the tech billionaire host unveils an elaborate scheme to seek revenge for the ways they've betrayed him over the years. But as his plans unfold, a group of thieves hatches plans of their breaking into the mansion thinking it is empty. The old friends quickly band together and the years of playing the game help them win their way through a night of terror.
4) Molly's game
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow Publishers
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In the late 2000s, twenty-something Molly Bloom ran the highest stakes, most exclusive poker game Hollywood had ever seen. She was its mistress, its lion tamer, its agent, and its oxygen. Everyone wanted in, few were invited to play. Hundreds of millions of dollars were won and lost at her table. Molly's game became the game for those in the know -- celebrities, business moguls, and millionaires. Molly staged her games in palatial suites with beautiful...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In the small village of Kilbane in County Cork, for a cuppa tea or a slice of brown bread, you go to Naomi's Bistro, managed by the many siblings of the lively O'Sullivan brood. For a pint or a game of darts--or for the poker tournament that's just come to town--it's the pub you want. One player's reputation precedes him--Eamon Foley, a tinker out of Dublin, called the Octopus for playing like he has eight hands under the table. But when Foley is...
8) Lucky you
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Pro gambler Huck Cheever meets irresistible Billie Offer. He learns to treat love the way he treats cards: trusting his heart instead of his head. Meanwhile, he scrambles to raise the $10K entry fee for the glittery, high-roller World Series of Poker, even though, or maybe because, the tournament may pit him against his estranged father.
Author
Language
English
Description
Jack Bell left Elk Horn $700 richer after a poker game against Early Philpot. What Jack didn't reckon on was Philpot being such a sore loser and sending a gang of lowlifes into the mountains after him to retrieve his money. Luckily for Jack, a gunfire-triggered avalanche stopped his pursuers--with one dangerous exception. Delbert Hanks was humiliated after Jack Bell rescued him from a frozen grave and sent him running back to Elk Horn with his tail...
10) Five card stud
Series
Language
English
Description
"A stranger is caught cheating in a game of five card stud in a Rincon, Colorado saloon in 1880. Van Morgan (Dean Martin) unsuccessfully tries to save the gambler's life as the other five players lynch the cheat. Meanwhile, a gold rush has brought a group of outsiders to Rincon, like gun-toting preacher Jonathan Rudd (Robert Mitchum) and Lily Langford (Inger Stevens), with her collection of beautiful lady "barbers." When two townspeople are murdered,...
11) California split
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Keeping one step ahead of their bookie, two L.A. gamblers embark on a winning streak that takes them to Reno, Nevada, where they enter a high-stakes poker game against the legendary Amarillo Slim.
Publisher
Distributed by Goldhil Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The world's best players match wits and skill in the most exciting poker tournament ever. Stakes are high and the gambling is intense in this fast-paced series. Join the action as legendary players battle rising superstars in a no limit Texas Hold'em championship.
13) Rounders
Series
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"A young man is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks."--IMDB web site.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"How a New York Times bestselling author and New Yorker contributor parlayed a strong grasp of the science of human decision-making and a woeful ignorance of cards into a life-changing run as a professional poker player, under the wing of a legend of the game It's true that Maria Konnikova had never actually played poker before and didn't even know the rules when she approached Erik Seidel, Poker Hall of Fame inductee and winner of tens of millions...
17) The grand
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A recovering gambler tries to save his late grandfather's hotel and casino by winning in a poker championship, against a host of amateurs and pros. Bonus features include alternate endings, deleted scenes, commentary, and more.
Author
Publisher
D & B Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The winningest player in organized poker history, who holds every record at the World Series of Poker, including 14 world championships, tells of his humble Midwestern roots, tales of his ego earning him the nickname the "Poker Brat," and the successful techniques that have helped him achieve his goals and rech the summit of the poker world --
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Profiles poker champion Stuey Ungar, offering insight into his meteoric career as one of the game's most feared tournament players, the factors behind his tragic change of circumstances, and his early death at the age of forty-five.
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