Molly Bloom is an American entrepreneur, speaker, and author. In April 2013, she was charged with running a high-stakes poker game that originated in the Viper Room in Los Angeles. She was sentenced to one year of probation, a USD 1,000 fine, and 200 hours of community service. A film adaptation of her book, Molly’s game, starring Jessica Chastain, debuted in December 2017.
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Molly Bloom is an American entrepreneur, speaker, and author of Molly’s Game. In April 2013, she was charged with running a high-stakes poker game that originated in the Viper Room in Los Angeles. She was sentenced to one year of probation, a USD 1,000 fine, and 200 hours of community service. A film adaptation of her book, Molly’s game, starring Jessica Chastain and directed by Aaron Sorkin, debuted in December 2017. Bloom’s father is Jewish and her mother is Christian. Her brothers are Jordan Bloom, a surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Jeremy Bloom, who was an American Olympic skier and professional American football player with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Her father, Larry Bloom, is a clinical psychologist and a professor at Colorado State University. Her mother, Char, was a ski and snowboard instructor and a professional fly-fisher with her own line of clothing. She had trained for years to become an Olympic skiers, but was injured while trying to qualify for the Olympics. She attended the University of Colorado Boulder, where she graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.
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