When I watched 'Jeopardy!' as a kid, I would primarily watch with my grandmother. She was the most beautiful person the world has ever seen. Her first language wasn't English, so she couldn't follow along well, but she wanted to share this experience with me since she saw it was something I really liked.
As a gambler, I hold myself to an especially high standard of honor, and it disgusts me when people try to cheat at games.
Anytime you learn something new, you're just trying to file it away - might be useful one day.
If you believe in yourself, you don't have to do things the same way everyone else is doing it.
The first bet I remember was on the Chargers in Super Bowl 29 with my classmates. I lost a lot of weeks' allowance.
Baseball was my goal from a young age, but gambling had significantly fewer barriers to entry.
I wouldn't recommend sports betting as a career. It requires a ton of effort and mastery of many different skills, and successful bettors are unwilling to teach you because you would be their competition.
Holzhauer Haters' is pretty catchy, but I have not encountered too many haters. I'm sure they are out there, but I don't spend my free time looking up every person's opinion of James Holzhauer.
My source of income is sports betting. I have some investments also.
Nobody likes to lose.
I want to not lose what makes me be me.
There are big advantages to having a lot of chips early on in a poker tournament. You can make plays that other people can't.
I think there's a mental block for betting big amounts that doesn't exist for me but it does for other people.
I sketched out what I believed to be my optimal strategy for 'Jeopardy:' Play fast, build a stack, bet big, and hope for the best. In my mind, playing a seemingly risky game actually minimizes my chances of losing.
Like Dave Mustaine, I ain't superstitious.
I really like not having to justify my decisions to anyone else, as well as the freedom to vacation whenever I want.
In gambling we say you are 'on tilt' when your mood gets in the way of making your best decisions. And nobody plays well on tilt.
I've already begun giving to children's nonprofits in the Las Vegas area.
Parenting is much more nerve-wracking than 'Jeopardy!'
I went to Illinois. Most people think I went to Princeton or something. But I was never a diligent student.
