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Billion Dollar Hollywood Heist
- The A-List Kingpin and the Poker Ring that Brought Down Tinseltown (The Front Page Detectives Series)
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
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Summary
"Right out of the gate, the entire game was designed to empty the pockets of those rich, celeb-loving LA suckers." (Houston Curtis)
Leonardo DiCaprio. Alex Rodriguez. Tobey Maguire. Affleck. Damon. Cassavetes.
What do these people have in common? Not just fame and fortune; all these men are also alumni of the ultra-exclusive, high-stakes poker ring that inspired Aaron Sorkin's Oscar-nominated film, Molly’s Game.
But Houston Curtis, the card shark who cofounded the game with Tobey Maguire, knows that Sorkin's is the whitewashed version. In Billion Dollar Hollywood Heist, Curtis goes all-in, revealing the true story behind the game. From its origins with Maguire to staking DiCaprio's first game, installing Molly Bloom, avoiding the hookers and blow down the hall, and weathering the FBI investigation that left Curtis with a lien on his house - this is the no-holds-barred account of the world’s most exclusive Texas hold ’em game from the man who started it - with all the names and salacious details that Molly's Game left out.
With the insider appeal of Rounders, more A-listers than Ocean's 11, and the excitement of The Sting, Billion Dollar Hollywood Heist is the untold, insider’s story that makes Molly's Game look tame.
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- Paul Loftus
- 26-03-21
Namedrops and Self Congratulation
An excellent book, if you like 6 hours of name dropping and the author telling you over and over how incredibly clever he is.
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- Julie
- 14-04-22
Bitter man with huge ego and obsession with Molly
Huge ego, name dropper really bitter about Molly Bloom making money off their hustle... his plan was to stitch people up and then acts very honourable and as if he's been wronged when it goes tits up. It is his perspective of what happened, as with Molly's take on it...just one perspective so they are bound to be different and know different details but he doesn't recognise that, just often calls her a liar. Spends a huge amount of the book slagging her off claiming to be the brains of the operation and saying how great he was.
This guy is so full of himself and gets bitter when it doesn't work out for him or if things go well for others. He clearlt isn't the big player he thinks he is. I regret buying this as it will have given him money.
Only good thing is he got what he deserved.
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- David
- 14-07-22
Pretty bad
There's no real story here. Just constant name-dropping and self-praise for being some kind of undiscovered genius.
Instead of developing a narrative of what is a very interesting theme of high stakes thrills, it's just 5+ hours of Molly's a greedy woman and these rich dudes are idiots.
Avoid this as it's likely to grate after a while. And doesn't get better.
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- Belinda Brooks
- 21-06-20
The whinings of a disgruntled misogynist
What might have been a great story is marred by Curtis’s constant whining about how Molly Brown made “too much” in tips while he cheated and colluding at pretty much every poker table he’s ever played.
Curtis vociferously judges Molly for her comparatively innocuous indiscretions, while all the time reminding us what a clever card shark he is and the many millions he made cheating!
To top it off every other woman he mentions is referred to a hooker and quite often much worse.
The only reason this book was written was because Curtis can’t stand the idea that Molly would be getting any credit for what he considers to be his master plan.
Embarrassing for him and god knows under what rock Toby Maguire is now hiding!
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