They order in dinner from Matsuhisa or Madeo or tuck into filet mignon prepared by private chefs. Hundreds of thousands of dollars are won and lost - sometimes in a single hand. With eight or nine gathered, they play no-limit hold ’em into the night at one another’s multimillion-dollar homes in Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Brentwood or Malibu. They are among the highest of the high-stakes players in this moneyed town: A-list actors, Hollywood hangers-on and businessmen who can shell out $50,000 just for a seat at the table.
