MOLLY'S GAME AND NEIL'S GAME
I want to tell you a story, within a story, within a story, about the new movie called Molly's Game . It's a largely true story about Molly Bloom , the girl who changed from a would-be Olympic skier into the so-called "Poker Princess", who ran the most exclusive high-stakes underground poker game in the world, in both LA and New York, in the mid-to-late 2000's to early 2010's. But before I do, I just want to say that Texas Hold 'em poker is also my game, as I have played it since 2004 and have been both a tournament winner and game host. I run a twice weekly game at my local club these days and it is practically the only independent game left in Sydney. Everything else is run by large organisations, who take a rake of the winnings. Interestingly, I both run and play in the game and despite people thinking poker is mostly just luck (80%) and skill (20%), I can assure you that it's the other way around. I play by a set structure and have consist