Molly Bloom

A lot of times gamers are playing their own games.

A lot of times gamers are playing their own games.

If they had a bad night, the rake would be higher, da-da-da-da-da, I wasn't taking a rake.

If they had a bad night, the rake would be higher, da-da-da-da-da, I wasn't taking a rake.

And then I realized,

And then I realized,

OK, well, if I can become the bank for these games and I can settle them and then provide this experience in which you could sit down next to your hero or you could sit next to somebody who's going to change your life and business, and then there's no pros and it's all action, this is how I'm going to do it.

OK, well, if I can become the bank for these games and I can settle them and then provide this experience in which you could sit down next to your hero or you could sit next to somebody who's going to change your life and business, and then there's no pros and it's all action, this is how I'm going to do it.

So I became the bank for these games.

So I became the bank for these games.

The game in New York was a $250,000 buy-in.

The game in New York was a $250,000 buy-in.

It was 2008, and I remember the first game

It was 2008, and I remember the first game

The president was in the background on the television giving the State of the Union on the economy, and there was like $10 million on the table.

The president was in the background on the television giving the State of the Union on the economy, and there was like $10 million on the table.

These were insane games.

These were insane games.

They were playing insane variations of- And you loved the thrill.

They were playing insane variations of- And you loved the thrill.