Biography:

Kardsharp.com founder, Television Producer, author, speaker and the world-renowned card mechanic …Houston Curtis is known for co-founding the largest and most elite high stakes poker game in Hollywood history with actor Tobey Maguire. After losing millions during the famed celebrity poker scandal and 2008 market crash, Curtis left LA Dead broke, on the heels of a heart attack that had him pronounced dead on the table at Cedar Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles and revived only to be told by doctors that, at best he had 5 years to live. Always one to beat the odds, Curtis new book, Billion Dollar Hollywood Heist shares his account of the celeb filled high stakes game that inspired Arron Sorkin’s academy award nominated film Molly’s Game.