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Ep. 10: Brian Koppelman, co-writer/producer of Rounders, Ocean's Thirteen, The Illusionist, etc.

The Tim Ferriss Show

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A New York City Poker Club - A Memoir

"I was 30 years old. I was unhappy with the life i was living," he says. "When i went into this one poker club i new york city, i realized, ok, that's a movie." He and his best friend would write for two hours every morning in their storage space under an apartment they were living in. They'd then go to these poker clubs and try to lac data, you know, lines that people said,. stories that they told us, character traits; no thought that it was realistic or unrealistic.

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