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. In Billion Dollar Hollywood Heist, Curtis goes all-in, revealing the true story behind the game. But Houston Curtis, the card shark who co-founded the game with Tobey Maguire, knows that Sorkin’s is the whitewashed version. 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.
“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.
