Online Poker Name?
CrazyZachary

Where do you live now?
Walnut Creek, CA but spend a lot of time in Vegas(renting a room at a house that my friend just bought)

Highest level of education?
Have three semesters left to get my college degree

High school is famous for cliques. Where did you fit in (jock, brainiac, popular, offbeat, other)?
Jock... played football, basketball and baseball

Favorite bricks-and-mortar casino?
Commerce

Favorite Las Vegas Hotel?
Hard Rock

Least-favorite Las Vegas Hotel?
Circus-Circus... Dont like the vibe in there

Favorite club/bar in Vegas?
XS at Encore

Favorite city in America?
San Diego

Favorite city in the world?
San Diego

What year did you begin your poker career?
I started playing when I was 14 but starting playing for a living when I was 18... I have never had a "real" job.

How did you learn the game?
Reading books and asking all my genius poker friends a bunch of ?´s... learning from all my mistakes has helped a lot as well

Who made you so amazing?
My Uncle Chip, and my Mom, Nancy.

Tournaments or cash games?
Tournaments, but I will pick my spots in cash games as well.

Hold´em or another type of poker?
Hold em

Favorite tournament? And why?
Aruba, bc I enjoy the whole trip so much. The tournament is a good one too, but I just love the whole setup they got going on down there.

Style of play?
Anybody that knows me will say im a nit.

Do you model your game after anyone specific?
I like to think I take little pieces from a bunch of different players.

What was your first major win?
395k FTOPS main event about 2 years ago... I got 116th in the WSOP main event for 60k before that, but the 395k was my first BIG one.

What´s the first thing you bought after a big win?
A round of Drinks!

What did your parents say when you first told them you´re making poker your career?
My mom knew it was coming because of Chip and I think she always expected it. It wasn´t a surprise to her at all. I did run a mini casino out of my house from freshman to senior year in highschool which gave me some pocket money which im sure she didn´t mind. Lol.

Besides poker, what other card games do you like?
Gin Rummy, my mom used to beat me up in this game all the time all the time. I got her now though.

Do you own a vacation home/cottage/beach house/etc?
Not yet

If you don´t, do you want one (and if so, where)?
Ocean Ave in Santa Monica

What kind of car(s) do you drive?
2007 Range Rover Sport

If you had a vanity license plate, what would it say?
We´ll give you 8 characters to play with, including spaces.

What´s your dream car?
I have several...

Favorite vacation spot?
Aruba/Australia/San Diego

Are you single? Married? Engaged? Dating someone special? Dating the world? Playing it solo?
Single, just hard right now with so much going on. Im still sooooo young;)

Describe the perfect woman?
Smart, Sexy, Selfless, Down to earth, understanding(especially in this business)

Celebrity that you´d love to shag?
Megan Fox

Celebrity that you´d love to bring home to mom?
Jessica Alba

Celebrity (non-poker) that you´d love to hang out with for a day?
Tom Brady

Poker player (besides Doyle Brunson) that you´d love to hang out with for a day?
Phil Ivey

Poker player that you´d love to shag?
Shannon Elizabeth

Favorite genre of movie?
Comedy

Favorite genre of music?
All types. NO classical

Favorite recording artist/band?
Don´t have a Favorite, Like a lot.

Top five TV shows?
Entourage, ESPN, Sopranos, Curb Your Enthusiasm

Top seven movies?
Scarface, Rounders, Boiler Room, Dumb and Dumber, Braveheart, Old School, Anchorman

Besides poker, are you a sports fan?
YES LOVE SPORTS!!!

Favorite sport to watch?
Cant beat courtside seats in the NBA(best athletes in the world).

Favorite sport to play?
Basketball

Hobbies as a kid?
Sports, girls, sports, girls

Hobbies now (besides poker)?
Working out, traveling, partying, basketball, Tennis

Weirdest thing you´ve ever seen at a poker table?
At my starting table of this years(2009) 1k WSOP every single person at the table took a shot of jagermeister…I don´t drink when I play but I certainly wasn´t going to be the only one that didn´t shoot one down.

If you weren´t playing poker, what would you be doing?
Probably real estate or something to do with the stock market.

When you hit the DoylesRoom tables at home, what´s your setup like? Desktop with multiple screens? Laptop while on the couch? Other?
I have two 30 inch dell screens connected to my desktop and a laptop for the couch and traveling.

Mac or PC?
PC

Who do you fear more? The dentist or the doctor?
Dentist. Hate having my teeth worked on.

Do you subscribe to any magazines? If yes, which ones?
Maxim and Men´s Health

What type of mobile phone are your rocking? Blackberry? iPhone? Windows Mobile Phone? Palm Pre? Old school phone-only phone?
Iphone

Coffee or Tea?
Freshly Squeezed OJ

Beer or wine?
Wine actually... what can I say? Im a mama´s boy!

Fast food or healthy choices?
Healthy

Favorite restaurant?
Mix at Mandalay

If you were a television network, which one would you be? Why?
ESPN BC I love sports so much

Biggest accomplishment outside of poker?
2003 Contra Costa Times athlete of the year(senior year of highschool)...runners up included Kyle Wright whom was the #1 football prospect that year. He went to University of Miami and started off and on for 3 years at QB there. The other runner up was Maurice Drew whom went to UCLA and is now in the NFL doing very well.

If your house burned down, and assuming all pets and people escaped without harm, what would you miss the most?
All my pictures...

If you took six months off from playing poker (no land-based, no online) how would you spend your time?
I would travel a lot and spend a lot of time with my family. I would try to get my real estate license too.