And I was going to fire a series of questions at you about that and just let you run with it - So how good did you guys get? Did either of you become consumed by the game? What's your best poker story from that time? Does either of you still play or did you both retire? And when you do play, do your opponents get excited to play against you so they can tell their buddies how they whupped the guys who wrote 'Rounders'? - but I've been really enjoying the work of NESN's new sideline reporter during Red Sox games, Tina Cervasio, who may or may not know anything about baseball (it's still unclear after two weeks), so I thought I would ask the question like she would ask it.

Simmons: When you guys were researching 'Rounders,' as you mentioned earlier, you played a ton of poker against some of the best rounders in New York City. This week's exchange is with screenwriters Brian Koppelman and David Levien, or as I like to call them, 'The Guys Who Wrote Rounders.' Welcome to 'The Curious Guy,' where I e-mail questions to somebody successful - whether it's a baseball pitcher, an author, a creator of a TV show, another writer or whomever - and we trade e-mails for the rest of the week.