Everything Molly's Game doesn't tell you about the true story

A litany of celebrity encounters may have provided a certain amount of entertainment to Molly's Game, but that was clearly not the focus of Sorkin's film. One major thing that he decided to leave out were the many famous faces that posted up at the table while Bloom was running the show.

In addition to Leonardo DiCaprio, Maguire convinced Ben Affleck to stop by for a few hands. He may have regretted it almost instantly, as Bloom reported that he was joined at the table by notorious poker player and serial celebrity dater Rick Salomon. After Salomon asked Affleck a rather personal question about his ex Jennifer Lopez's backside, the table allegedly went silent before the actor responded: "'It was nice,' he said, and pushed into a huge pot."

When she began running games in New York City, another one of J-Lo's exes, baseball player Alex Rodriguez, joined the game. "Men, no matter what age, ilk, or net worth, idolize a professional athlete," Bloom wrote. "As they recognized him, they turned into excitable little boys."

As Bloom explained in an interview with Vice, these celebrity players weren't just frivolous thrills for her. Having people like DiCaprio and Rodriguez at her games drew players willing to make big buy ins just to sit next to their favorite celebs. "People want to sit at a table with them, be close to them," she said, "and this was a big draw to the game."

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