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I have no special knowledge of markets, so I invest solely in low-expense index funds, plus some cryptocurrencies.
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The first bet I remember was on the Chargers in Super Bowl 29 with my classmates. I lost a lot of weeks' allowance.
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I think there's a mental block for betting big amounts that doesn't exist for me but it does for other people.
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There are times when you'll only have one or two seconds to decide if you're going to bet on something and you need to be decisive. You need to do math quickly in your head.
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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.
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It's one thing to skip class to play poker, but if I'm learning how to think in the real world playing poker, then maybe that's more valuable than a college education could've been.
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There's nothing better for my interests and talents than combining math and sports for profit.
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If you believe in yourself, you don't have to do things the same way everyone else is doing it.
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I bet sports all the time and very rarely get in a spot where someone offered me even money on something I'm going to get right five out of six times.
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It is exciting for me to see the stats guys winning the battle and getting into MLB front offices.
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As a sports fan, I like the one-and-done playoff setups of the NFL and NCAA, but a best-of-seven gives the favorite a much better chance of prevailing in the end.
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When I was a kid, I would turn on the television as soon as I got home from school.
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I kind of didn't look at anyone else's strategy for 'Jeopardy!' I thought, I'm going to build this from the ground up... If I had never seen a 'Jeopardy!' game played before, what would I have to do to play it to maximize my winnings, maximize my chances of winning?
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I know life goes on if you make a big bet and you lose. But if you don't give yourself the best chance of winning, you're going to kick yourself tomorrow.
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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.
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I think the best way to quickly describe my personality is that I'm a maximizer rather than a satisficer, i.e. I want to squeeze every drop out of an opportunity rather than settle for 'good enough.'
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I went to Illinois. Most people think I went to Princeton or something. But I was never a diligent student.
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I really like not having to justify my decisions to anyone else, as well as the freedom to vacation whenever I want.
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I've already begun giving to children's nonprofits in the Las Vegas area.
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I'm a pro sports gambler. You have winning days and you have losing days. But you know if you've got the right strategy, you're going to get it in the end.
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I spent almost no time studying categories like geography and sports, even though they came up frequently on 'Jeopardy,' because I'm already strong in those subjects.
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There were times in school where I would say, 'I should go to class.' But I could make $100 playing online poker if I didn't go.
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Easily the hardest 'Jeopardy!' categories to study in the kids' section are the so-called 'trashy' pop culture ones.
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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.
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Anytime you learn something new, you're just trying to file it away - might be useful one day.
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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.
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