The stakes were so high, Curtis told The Post, that “winning $20,000 felt like losing.” On Tuesday nights from 2005 until 2009, bold-faced names - including Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio and “The Notebook” director Nick Cassavetes - flocked to The Viper Room or Beverly Hills Four Seasons Hotel to play. Until everything crashed down hard, they pulled it off, putting together the biggest game that Hollywood has ever seen. The alleged goal, according to Curtis’s new book, “ Billion Dollar Hollywood Heist” (Skyhorse Publishing, co-authored with Dylan Howard): for Maguire and Curtis to win as much as possible from their hand-picked suckers. Tobey Maguire wanted to take down Hollywood.īack in 2005, the “Spider-Man” star collaborated with a card cheat-turned-TV producer named Houston Curtis to create a regular poker game for themselves and their rich pals where as much as a few million bucks could be in play on any night. ‘Spider-Man’ fans respond to ‘homophobic’ line cut from classic filmĪndrew Garfield got stoned to Tobey Maguire: 'He's my Spider-Man' 'Babylon' review: Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie dazzle in this familiar showbiz taleĬomic book insider reveals John Malkovich as villain in canceled 'Spider-Man 4'

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