Jeopardy!

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What is his strategy?

Works the board from the bottom up, answering the highest value questions first. Bets big when he gets a daily double, often doubilng up. And he's super fast & almost always right, he barely lets his opponents answer any questions.

Maybe they should let him take over Alex Trebek's job when Trebek gets too sick to work.

I've been waiting for someone to use this strategy for years! It's exciting to see it happening and to see my hypothesis on its effectiveness playing out. It just makes sense: start in the categories with which you feel most comfortable and get the big $$. The daily double is most often found in the middle of the board to upper area. That way when you find it, you have a good bit of money to wager AND you're able to double your money on an easy-ish question.

So many times people find the first round DD early on, maybe 3-5 questions in, and have just over $1,000 or under $1,000 to wager. Even with making it a true daily double, the max you'll win is $2k.

+1
I've asked my husband so many times why contestants don't START with the high-value questions on the bottom row and work their way up, thus maximizing their winnings before time runs out (the way James does). It's never made sense to me when they start at the top with the low-value questions. I want to say, hurry up and get the big ones!!

+100
I never understood starting with the low dollar values; especially when you know the category. But I've seen people do it and they flame out on the bottom two questions because they're so much harder. He is the rare individual who is knowledgeable about many, many, many things.

[Anonymous]

Alex looks good and am thinking maybe he can beat the big C

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He is a sexy half European, half Japanese man.

He definitely is! I find him very attractive and seems to be just as sweet as he could be. May find out at some point he has some flaws, but for now he rocks.

[Anonymous]

Pissed me off that Jeopardy was not on tonight because of NFL draft but I just found out that tonight's episode (spoiler alert, James won again!) will air Saturday night at 7:30.

[Anonymous]

Dominance in ALL facets of the game is the secret of his success - plain and simple!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

What is his strategy?

Works the board from the bottom up, answering the highest value questions first. Bets big when he gets a daily double, often doubilng up. And he's super fast & almost always right, he barely lets his opponents answer any questions.

Maybe they should let him take over Alex Trebek's job when Trebek gets too sick to work.

I've been waiting for someone to use this strategy for years! It's exciting to see it happening and to see my hypothesis on its effectiveness playing out. It just makes sense: start in the categories with which you feel most comfortable and get the big $$. The daily double is most often found in the middle of the board to upper area. That way when you find it, you have a good bit of money to wager AND you're able to double your money on an easy-ish question.

So many times people find the first round DD early on, maybe 3-5 questions in, and have just over $1,000 or under $1,000 to wager. Even with making it a true daily double, the max you'll win is $2k.

+1
I've asked my husband so many times why contestants don't START with the high-value questions on the bottom row and work their way up, thus maximizing their winnings before time runs out (the way James does). It's never made sense to me when they start at the top with the low-value questions. I want to say, hurry up and get the big ones!!

+100
I never understood starting with the low dollar values; especially when you know the category. But I've seen people do it and they flame out on the bottom two questions because they're so much harder. He is the rare individual who is knowledgeable about many, many, many things.

Because then you get daily doubles and you have nothing to bet. That's how this guy is making so much, he's building up with all of the easier answers and going all in for daily doubles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He is unbelievable. He literally knows everything. I do actually feel bad for his opponents!

My husband was telling me he read an article though that Jeopardy is in a bit of a quandary - they don't tend to have that kind of cash on hand that was accumulated so fast. Ken Jennings took a long while to amass his winning, while this guy is already at a million dollars in 14 days. It's nuts!

My friends husband went up against him and wound up being his closest competitor so far.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

What is his strategy?

Works the board from the bottom up, answering the highest value questions first. Bets big when he gets a daily double, often doubilng up. And he's super fast & almost always right, he barely lets his opponents answer any questions.

Maybe they should let him take over Alex Trebek's job when Trebek gets too sick to work.

I've been waiting for someone to use this strategy for years! It's exciting to see it happening and to see my hypothesis on its effectiveness playing out. It just makes sense: start in the categories with which you feel most comfortable and get the big $$. The daily double is most often found in the middle of the board to upper area. That way when you find it, you have a good bit of money to wager AND you're able to double your money on an easy-ish question.

So many times people find the first round DD early on, maybe 3-5 questions in, and have just over $1,000 or under $1,000 to wager. Even with making it a true daily double, the max you'll win is $2k.

+1
I've asked my husband so many times why contestants don't START with the high-value questions on the bottom row and work their way up, thus maximizing their winnings before time runs out (the way James does). It's never made sense to me when they start at the top with the low-value questions. I want to say, hurry up and get the big ones!!

+100
I never understood starting with the low dollar values; especially when you know the category. But I've seen people do it and they flame out on the bottom two questions because they're so much harder. He is the rare individual who is knowledgeable about many, many, many things.

Because then you get daily doubles and you have nothing to bet. That's how this guy is making so much, he's building up with all of the easier answers and going all in for daily doubles.

No, he's starting with the bottom row, which is less likely to have daily doubles, to build his balance. Then goes to row 2 and then row 1, then comes back to 3 and 4 where the daily doubles are most likely to be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

What is his strategy?

Works the board from the bottom up, answering the highest value questions first. Bets big when he gets a daily double, often doubilng up. And he's super fast & almost always right, he barely lets his opponents answer any questions.

Maybe they should let him take over Alex Trebek's job when Trebek gets too sick to work.

I've been waiting for someone to use this strategy for years! It's exciting to see it happening and to see my hypothesis on its effectiveness playing out. It just makes sense: start in the categories with which you feel most comfortable and get the big $$. The daily double is most often found in the middle of the board to upper area. That way when you find it, you have a good bit of money to wager AND you're able to double your money on an easy-ish question.

So many times people find the first round DD early on, maybe 3-5 questions in, and have just over $1,000 or under $1,000 to wager. Even with making it a true daily double, the max you'll win is $2k.

+1
I've asked my husband so many times why contestants don't START with the high-value questions on the bottom row and work their way up, thus maximizing their winnings before time runs out (the way James does). It's never made sense to me when they start at the top with the low-value questions. I want to say, hurry up and get the big ones!!

+100
I never understood starting with the low dollar values; especially when you know the category. But I've seen people do it and they flame out on the bottom two questions because they're so much harder. He is the rare individual who is knowledgeable about many, many, many things.

Because then you get daily doubles and you have nothing to bet. That's how this guy is making so much, he's building up with all of the easier answers and going all in for daily doubles.

I heard an interview with him and he said one of his biggest strategic moves is not guessing. He only buzzes in when he’s certain he knows. So he very rarely gets anything wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He is unbelievable. He literally knows everything. I do actually feel bad for his opponents!

My husband was telling me he read an article though that Jeopardy is in a bit of a quandary - they don't tend to have that kind of cash on hand that was accumulated so fast. Ken Jennings took a long while to amass his winning, while this guy is already at a million dollars in 14 days. It's nuts!

My friends husband went up against him and wound up being his closest competitor so far.

Your friend’s husband is the guy from Brandeis?! I hope they bring him back to play again

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He is unbelievable. He literally knows everything. I do actually feel bad for his opponents!

My husband was telling me he read an article though that Jeopardy is in a bit of a quandary - they don't tend to have that kind of cash on hand that was accumulated so fast. Ken Jennings took a long while to amass his winning, while this guy is already at a million dollars in 14 days. It's nuts!

My friends husband went up against him and wound up being his closest competitor so far.

Your friend’s husband is the guy from Brandeis?! I hope they bring him back to play again

Yup. That’s him. $18 short. She posted when he went out for the taping. Then again when it was airing and then I knew who he’d be up against. He did amazing and hope he tries again.

[Anonymous]

Oh man, it was close tonight! For once. I was hopeful he’d get knocked off. Not because I don’t like him, but because I want to see who beats him.

[Anonymous]

I am surprised that there is not more activity on this thread given all the buzz about James H

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am surprised that there is not more activity on this thread given all the buzz about James H

He's amazing and kind of funny/quirky. He said everyone thinks he "went to Princeton, but no, I went to Illinois State". He said he was a solid C student because he didn't bother going to class because he had online betting to do. The NYT has done some good stories on him (sorry I get the print edition)...he's never had a "9-5" job....good for him! He was a child prodigy in math at age 4 and interviewed for some local paper in Illinois at age 4. Hope he keeps winning. Last night was too close for comfort.

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Anonymous wrote:This guy is incredible. He said he never really liked school. (He must have been too smart for regular school). He said he read children's books to learn stuff about topics he doesn't know. There is a great article in today's WP in the Style section about him. (I get the print version so I don't have the link...sorry).

I have never seen anyone who knows so much about so many issues. The guy is only 34 years old.

I had a Physics professor in college who had a whole shelf in his office dedicated to children's books on Physics' topics. He encouraged all of us to come in and read them if there was a topic we were struggling with. Know what? It worked. The children's books helped you understand the difficult topic and get a good grasp on it. Once you had that, it was easier to go back to our materials and really start learning the more in-depth stuff.

I'm a college professor and I have some $$ to spend on books this summer. This is not a bad idea. Thank you! All students sometimes struggle, and this is an innovative way to get anyone up to speed.