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b"In this new episode Steven sits down with the author, entrepreneur and \\u2018Poker Princess\\u2019 Molly Bloom.\\nMolly is a former Olympic skier, and at 21 years old was ranked No. 3 in North America in moguls. After an accident, she left skiing and took a years sabbatical from the University of Colorado - Boulder to move to LA in 2004. Initially bartending, she began to run poker games in The Viper Room. These games attracted A-list celebrities such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, and Ben Affleck, playing for millions of dollars. In 2013, she was arrested for taking part in underground poker games and faced 10 years in prison, but was eventually sentenced to 1 year of probation. In 2014, she released her memoir \\u2018Molly\\u2019s Game\\u2019 which was made into an award winning film of the same name in 2017.\\nIn this conversation Molly and Steven discuss topics, such as:\\n\\nHow her upbringing was based around competition and achievement\\n\\nWhy she was obsessed with achieving glory from a young age\\n\\nMoving to LA and finding her way into running poker games\\n\\nHow she started running illegal poker games and made them different from others\\n\\nThe psychological lessons she learned from watching poker games\\n\\nHow she made herself indispensable to the game and its players\\n\\nWhat it took to run the world's most exclusive poker nights\\n\\nHaving her poker game and income taken from her\\n\\nLearning to pivot quickly from failure to success\\n\\nSeeing someone lose $100 million in one night\\n\\nKicking Dan Bilzerian out of her poker game\\n\\nHow she was making $4-6 million a year from tips\\n\\nThe mafia showing up at her door\\n\\nWhat she was able to learn from listening to the elite players of her game\\n\\nHow she had access to the world\\u2019s most powerful people\\n\\nBecoming addicted to drinking and drugs\\n\\nHer legal troubles with the FBI and facing 10 years in prison\\n\\nWhy she refused to snitch to the authorities for millions of dollars\\n\\nThe lessons she has learned coming out of the world of poker\\n\\nBeing comfortable with risk and the necessity of taking risks in life\\n\\nHow she was able to sell her story into a Hollywood movie\\n\\nYou can purchase Molly\\u2019s memoir, \\u2018Molly\\u2019s Game\\u2019, here:\\xa0https://bit.ly/3OvOLxq\\n\\nFollow Molly:\\nInstagram:\\xa0https://bit.ly/3rOB3yk\\nTwitter:\\xa0https://bit.ly/45tjBOe\\n\\nFollow me:\\n\\ufeffhttps://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"