In , she participated at The Unibet Open Bucharest. The project has drawn attention to unconscious gender bias and gender equality in poker.

In an interview, Molly said that she has no plans to return to the poker world despite her tendency toward high stakes. In , Molly told The Carousel :.

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January 20, Bloom was born on April 21, , and grew up in Loveland , Colorado. In , Bloom moved to Los Angeles and found work as a barmaid.

In , Darin Feinstein , one of the co-owners of The Viper Room nightclub, was approached by actor Tobey Maguire about hosting a high-stakes poker game in the basement of the club.

Feinstein recruited Bloom to cater to the players and manage the game. In , Bloom started her own business, registering Molly Bloom Inc.

She began organizing games in a private apartment at the new Astor Place and suites at the Plaza Hotel , which used the same sophisticated dealing equipment used in casinos, and which were staffed by women hired from 1 Oak, an exclusive nightclub.

However, Bloom had fewer contacts in New York, where raids on underground games prompted them to relocate to Long Island. As a result of this, Bloom attracted rich businessmen from Wall Street but also more disreputable gamblers whose bids were significantly smaller than those in Los Angeles.

In , one of Bloom's games in Los Angeles was shut down as part of a bankruptcy investigation into a Ponzi scheme run by Bradley Ruderman, one of the players.

Others were charged with money laundering, extortion , fraud and operating illegal poker rooms in New York City.

In May , Bloom pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and was sentenced to one year of probation and hours of community service. Bloom's memoir about her experiences, Molly's Game , was published in Her father is a professor at Colorado State University and is also a clinical psychologist by profession.

Similarly, her mother used to work as a ski and snowboard instructor. She had her own line of clothing and has earned respect as a professional fly-fisher.

She is blessed with a younger brother Jeremy. Both the siblings got interested in being a professional skier being inspired by her mother.

Jeremy turned to be successful in setting a record to be the only one to ski in the Winter Olympics in history. Her mother is Christian whereas her father is a Jewish.

She went to the University of Colorado Boulder for her higher education where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in political science.

Bloom moved to Los Angeles in where she initially started serving as a cocktail waitress. She was recruited by Darin Feinstein where she was made responsible to manage the game and cater to the players.

Gaining a couple of year of experience in the field, she started her own business in by registering Molly Bloom Inc.

Molly Bloom Inc. The financial problem of also affected her business and therefore she went on the road in Later, she started organizing tournaments at the new Astor Place in a private apartment.

She introduced sophisticated dealing equipment and also hired girls from 1 Oak and Avenue.