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 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.'

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.

I really like not having to justify my decisions to anyone else, as well as the freedom to vacation whenever I want.

It definitely helps that I can bet big with ice water in my veins.

I've already begun giving to children's nonprofits in the Las Vegas area.

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.

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.

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.

Like Dave Mustaine, I ain't superstitious.

Easily the hardest 'Jeopardy!' categories to study in the kids' section are the so-called 'trashy' pop culture ones.

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.

My source of income is sports betting. I have some investments also.

Anytime you learn something new, you're just trying to file it away - might be useful one day.

Nobody likes to lose.

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.

This game's a lot easier early on in your career because people haven't seen you play. Things got a lot harder when people saw what I did with the ball and began to think about how to bat against me.

Just wanting to play, I think that's my biggest attribute, just wanting to play through whatever I have to in order to go out and compete.

My parents would definitely be my childhood heroes.

I live for Sundays. I live for Mondays. I live for Thursdays.

I know that I have probably an eight- to 10-year window in this league, and if I want to be what I say I want to be, then I have to commit myself 100 percent.

I actually have no style whatsoever. I'm the worst. I have people I talk to, and I say, 'Please tell me how to dress because I don't know what I'm doing.' The biggest thing for me is my mom. I'm like, 'Mom, do I look good?' If she says yes, I'm good to go.